Aston Villa players from the squad that won the 1982 European Cup Final at the 25 years celebration: Jimmy Rimmer, Kenny Swain, Allan Evans, Ken McNaught, Gary Williams, Des Bremner, Gordon Cowans, Dennis Mortimer, Gary Shaw, Tony Morley, Peter Withe, and Nigel Spink

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at its current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa was one of the founding members of The Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992.[1] Aston Villa is one of the most successful clubs in English football history, having won 25 honours in its history.

This is a list of Aston Villa's notable players, generally this means players that have played 100 or more competitive matches for the club, a feat often referred to as joining the 100 club.[2][3] However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; players from the club's pre-Football League days, when they played fewer matches in a season than the present day, club captains, record-holders, and players that became coaches or managers at the club are also included. Players who hold records have footnotes describing the record. Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only including those as a substitute; wartime matches are excluded as competitions were regarded as invitational or friendly.

Notable players

  • Statistics correct as of 9 May 2023.

  This and the † indicate that they hold or held a club or national record
  This and the * indicate that they played their full professional career at Aston Villa.
(n/a) = Information not available
Players in bold are still playing for the club.

Name NationalityPosition[4]Aston Villa careerCaptaincyAppearancesGoalsNotes
Walter H. Price  England Defender18741874–1876n/an/a†[5][6]
George Ramsay  Scotland Forward1876–18821876–1884n/an/a[7]
Archie Hunter  Scotland Forward1878–18901884–18917342[8]
Gershom Cox  England Defender1878–1893–1010–
Howard Vaughton  England Forward1880–1888–2615†[9]
Albert Brown  England Forward1884–1894–11458†[10]
Dennis Hodgetts  England Midfielder1886–1896–21591–
Jimmy Warner  England Goalkeeper1886–1892–1010–
James Cowan  Scotland Midfielder1889–1902*–35427–
Charlie Athersmith  England Winger1891–1901–30785–
Jack Devey  England Forward1891–19021891–1898304187†[11]
Howard Spencer  England Defender1892–19071902–19062922
Jack Reynolds  England Midfielder1893–1897–11017–
Willie Groves  Scotland Midfielder, Forward1893–1894–224†[12]
Stephen Smith  England Forward1893–1901–18442–
Jimmy Crabtree  England Defender1895–19041898–19022007–
Albert Evans  England Defender1896–1906–2060–
Fred Wheldon  England Forward1896–1900–13774–
Billy George  England Goalkeeper1897–1911*–4010–
Billy Garraty  England Forward1897–1908–255112–
Tommy Bowman  Scotland Midfielder1897–1901–1132–
George Johnson  England Forward1897–1905–11047–
Albert Wilkes  England Midfielder1898–1907–1578–
Joe Pearson  England Midfielder1900–1908–1187–
Joe Bache  England Forward1900–19141906–1914474185
Alf Wood  England Defender1900–1905–1117–
Willie Clarke  Scotland Forward1901–1905–415†[13]
William Brawn  England Forward1901–1906–10720–
Alf Miles  England Defender1902–1914–2690–
Alex Leake  England Midfielder1902–1907–1409–
Bert Hall  England Forward1903–1913–21462–
Harry Hampton  England Forward1904–1920–376242†[14]
James Logan  Scotland Defender1905–1912–1574–
George Tranter  England Midfielder1905–1915–1741–
Joe Walters  England Forward1905–1912–12141–
Chris Buckley  England Forward1906–1914–1433–
Tom Lyons  England Defender1907–1915–2380–
Charlie Wallace  England Forward1907–1921–34957–
Clem Stephenson  England Forward1910–1921–21696[8]
Tommy Weston  England Defender1911–1922–1790–
Jimmy Harrop  England Defender1912–1921–1714–
Andy Ducat  England Midfield1912–19211919–1921874
Sam Hardy  England Goalkeeper1912–1921–1830[8]
Frank Moss  England Defender
Midfielder		1914–19291921–19272839–
Richard York  England Forward1915–1931–39086–
Jimmy Gibson  Scotland Defender1927–1936–1979–
Danny Blair  Scotland Defender1931–1936–1380–
Arthur Dorrell  England Forward1919–1931–39065
Frank Barson  England Midfielder1919–1922–10810–
Tommy Jackson  England Goalkeeper1919–1930–1860–
Billy Kirton  England Forward1919–1928–26159–
Billy Walker  England Forward1919–1933*1927–1933531244†[15][16]
Tommy Ball  England Defender1920–1923–770[17][18]
George Blackburn  England Midfielder1920–1926–1452–
Tommy Smart  England Defender1920–1934–4528–
Cyril Spiers  England Goalkeeper1920–1927–1120–
Len Capewell  England Forward1921–1930–156100–
Jock Johnstone  Scotland Defender1921–1927–1151–
Thomas Mort  England Defender1921–1935–3682–
Vic Milne  Scotland Defender1923–1929–1751–
Alec Talbot  England Defender1923–19361933–19342637–
Teddy Bowen  England Defender1923–1934–1990–
Joe Tate  England Midfielder1925–1935–1934–
Billy Kingdon  England Midfielder1926–1936–2415–
Joseph Beresford  England Forward1927–1935–25173–
Eric Houghton  England Forward1927–19461934–1936392170[7][19]
Tom Waring  England Forward1928–1935–226167†[20]
George Brown  England Forward1929–1934–12689–
Jack Mandley  England Forward1929–1934–11226–
Ernie Callaghan  England Defender1930–1947*–1420[21]
Harry Morton  England Goalkeeper1930–1937–2070–
Fred Biddlestone  England Goalkeeper1930–1939–1600–
Dai Astley  Wales Forward1931–1936–173100–
Ronnie Dix  England Striker1932–1937–10430–
Jimmy Allen  England Midfielder1934–(n/a)–1603–
Frank Broome  England Forward1934–1946–15190–
Freddie Haycock  England Forward1936–1939–11033–
George Cummings  Scotland Defender1935–19491938–19392320–
Tom Griffiths  Wales Midfielder1935–19391936–1937671–
Alex Massie  Scotland Midfielder1935–19451937–19381525[22]
Bob Iverson  England Defender1936–1948–15312–
Billy Goffin  England Forward1937–1954–17342–
George Edwards  England Forward1938–1956–15241–
Frank Moss  England Midfielder1938–1951–3133–
Harry Parkes  England Defender
Utility		1939–1955*–3454–
Joe Rutherford  England Goalkeeper1939–1951–1560–
Johnny Dixon  England Forward1945–1961*1955–1959430144
Eddie Lowe  England Midfielder1945–1950–1173–
Amos Moss  England Defender1945–1956–1095–
Leslie Smith  England Forward1945–1952–19737–
Dicky Dorsett  England Defender1946–19531949–195127136–
Keith Jones  Wales Goalkeeper1946–1957–1990–
Trevor Ford  Wales Forward1947–1950–12861[7][8]
Peter Aldis  England Defender1948–1960–2941–
Con Martin  Republic of Ireland/
 Ireland		 Goalkeeper
Utility		1948–1956–2131–
Colin Gibson  England Forward1949–1956–16726–
Stan Lynn  England Defender1950–1961–32338–
Derek Pace  England Forward1950–1958–10742–
Tommy Thompson  England Forward1950–1955–16575–
Davy Walsh  Ireland/
 Republic of Ireland		 Striker1950–1955–11440–
Vic Crowe  Wales Midfielder1951–19641959–196435112[23]
Danny Blanchflower  Northern Ireland Midfielder1951–19541951–195515510[8][24]
Peter McParland  Northern Ireland Forward1952–1962–340120†[7][25]
Billy Baxter  England Midfielder1953–1957–1086–
Gordon Lee  England Defender1955–1966–1422–
Pat Saward  Republic of Ireland Defender1955–1961–1682–
Jackie Sewell  England Forward1955–1959–14440–
Harry Burrows  England Forward1956–1965–18173–
Alan Deakin  England Midfielder1956–19691964–19692709–
Jimmy Dugdale  England Defender1956–1962–2443–
Nigel Sims  England Goalkeeper1956–1964–3080–
Leslie Smith  England Forward1956–1960–12925–
Mike Tindall  England Midfielder1956–1961–1344–
Gerry Hitchens  England Forward1957–1961–16096–
Ron Wylie  Scotland Midfielder
Forward		1958–1965–24428–
Charlie Aitken  Scotland Defender1959–19761966–197366016†[7][26]
Jimmy MacEwan  Scotland Forward1959–1966–18131–
John Neal  England Defender1959–1963–1140–
Bobby Thomson  Scotland Forward1959–1963–17170–
Alan Baker  England Defender1960–1966–10917–
John Sleeuwenhoek  England Defender1961–1967–2601–
Lew Chatterley  England Defender
Midfielder		1960–1971–16027–
Phil Woosnam  Wales Forward1962–1966–12530–
Mick Wright  England Defender1962–1973–3151–
Keith Bradley  England Defender
Midfielder		1962–1972–1359–
Tony Hateley  England Forward1963–1966–14886–
Stan Horne  England Midfielder1963–1965–60[27]
Dave Pountney  England Midfielder1963–1968–1287–
Johnny MacLeod  Scotland Right-winger1964–1968–13918–
Colin Withers  England Goalkeeper1964–1969–1630–
William Anderson  England Forward1967–1973–26345–
John Dunn  England Goalkeeper1967–1971–1180–
Brian Godfrey  England Midfielder
Forward		1967–1971–26025–
Fred Turnbull  England Defender1967–1975–1833–
Brian Tiler  England Defender1968–1973–1274–
Chico Hamilton  England Forward1969–1976–23448–
Pat McMahon  Scotland Midfielder1969–1976–14930–
Bruce Rioch  Scotland Midfielder1969–1974–17537–
Brian Little  England Forward1970–1979–30182[7]
Andy Lochhead  Scotland Forward1970–1973–15347–
Jimmy Cumbes  England Goalkeeper1971–1976–1820–
Ray Graydon  England Forward1971–1977–23081–
Geoff Vowden  England Striker1971–1974–11425–
John Gidman  England Defender1972–1980–2439–
Chris Nicholl  England Defender1972–19771976–197725120
John Robson  England Defender1972–1978–1761–
Ian Ross  Scotland Defender1972–19761974–19762043
John Deehan  England Midfielder1973–1979–13951–
Leighton Phillips  Wales Defender1974–1978–1754–
Frank Carrodus  England Midfielder1974–1979–19610–
Andy Gray  Scotland Forward1975–1979
1985–1987		–20978[28][29]
Gary Williams  England Defender1975–1987–3032–
Dennis Mortimer  England Midfielder1975–19851977–198440536[7]
Gordon Cowans  England Midfielder1976–1985
1988–1991
1993–1994		–52859†[7][30]
Colin Gibson  England Defender1976–1985–23817–
Jimmy Rimmer  England Goalkeeper1977–1983–2870–
Allan Evans  Scotland Defender1977–19891984–198946962–
Ken McNaught  Scotland Defender1977–1983–25914–
Nigel Spink  England Goalkeeper1977–1996–4540–
John Gregory  England Forward1977–1979–7611[31]
Brendan Ormsby  England Defender1978–1986–1407–
Gary Shaw  England Forward1978–1988–16578[29]
Kenny Swain  England Defender1978–1983–1782–
Paul Birch  England Midfielder1978–1991–18825–
Des Bremner  Scotland Midfielder1979–1984–22610–
Tony Morley  England Midfielder1979–1983–17934–
Peter Withe  England Forward1980–1985–18290[7]
Mark Walters  England Midfielder1981–1987–22448–
Tony Dorigo  England Defender1983–1987–1351–
Tony Daley  England Midfielder1985–1994–29038–
Kevin Gage  England Defender1987–1992–14512–
Stuart Gray  England Midfielder1987–19911989–199213215–
David Platt  England Midfielder1988–1991–14568[28]
Chris Price  England Defender1988–1992–1424–
Ian Olney  England Forward1988–1992–11421–
Paul McGrath  Republic of Ireland Defender1989–1996–32110[7][8][28]
Dwight Yorke  Trinidad and Tobago Forward1989–1998–28897–
Dalian Atkinson  England Forward1991–1995–11438–
Ugo Ehiogu  England Defender1991–2000–28517–
Garry Parker  England Midfielder1991–1995–11914–
Kevin Richardson  England Midfielder1991–19951992–199518816–
Steve Staunton  Republic of Ireland Defender1991–1998
2000–2003		2002–200335019–
Shaun Teale  England Defender1991–1995–1855–
Dean Saunders  Wales Forward1992–1995–14249–
Earl Barrett  England Defender1992–1995–1322–
Mark Bosnich  Australia Goalkeeper1992–1999–2270–
Ray Houghton  Republic of Ireland Midfielder1992–1995–12111–
Andy Townsend  Republic of Ireland Midfielder1993–19971995–199717711–
Lee Hendrie  England Midfielder1993–2007–30832–
Ian Taylor  England Midfielder1994–2003–29343–
Savo Milošević  Serbia and Montenegro/
 Serbia		 Forward1995–1998–11734–
Mark Draper  England Midfielder1995–2000–14114–
Gareth Southgate  England Defender1995–20011997–20012449–
Alan Wright  England Defender1995–2003–3315–
Julian Joachim  England Striker1996–2001–17346–
Darius Vassell  England Forward1997–2005–16235–
Gareth Barry  England Defender
Midfielder		1998–20092006–200844152–
Dion Dublin  England Defender
Forward		1998–2004–19059–
Paul Merson  England Midfielder1998–20022001–200214519–
Steve Stone  England Midfielder1999–2002–1217–
Mark Delaney  Wales Defender1999–2007–1932[32]
George Boateng  Ghana Midfielder1999–2002–1275[33]
Jlloyd Samuel  Trinidad and Tobago Defender1999–2007–1993–
Thomas Hitzlsperger  Germany Midfielder2001–2005–11013–
Juan Pablo Ángel  Colombia Forward2001–2007–20566–
Olof Mellberg  Sweden Defender2001–20082003–20062638†[34]
Gavin McCann  England Midfielder2003–2007–1295–
Thomas Sørensen  Denmark Goalkeeper2003–2008–1580–
Martin Laursen  Denmark Defender2004–20092008–20099111–
Steven Davis  Northern Ireland Midfielder2004–2007–1099–
Gabriel Agbonlahor  England Forward2005–2018*2015–201639186[lower-alpha 1]
James Milner  England Midfielder2005–2006
2008–2010		–12622
Stiliyan Petrov  Bulgaria Midfielder2006–20132009–201221912–
Ashley Young  England Defender
Winger		2007–2011
2021–2023		2022–202324739[lower-alpha 2]
John Carew  Norway Forward2007–2011–14347–
Nigel Reo-Coker  England Midfielder2007–2011–1223–
Brad Friedel  United States Goalkeeper2008–2011–1310†[35][36][37][38]
Brad Guzan  United States Goalkeeper2008–2016–1270–
Carlos Cuéllar  Spain Defender2008–2012–1203–
Emile Heskey  England Forward2008–2012–11014–
Fabian Delph  England Midfielder2009–201520151348–
Ciaran Clark  Republic of Ireland Defender2009–2016–15910–
Marc Albrighton  England Midfielder2009–2014–1019–
Stephen Warnock  England Defender2009–2012–1044–
Richard Dunne  Republic of Ireland Defender2009–2013–1114–
James Collins  Wales Defender2009–2012–1106–
Andreas Weimann  Austria Forward2010–2015–12924–
Alan Hutton  Scotland Defender2011–2019–1933–
Ashley Westwood  England Midfielder2012–2017–1023–
Ron Vlaar  Netherlands Defender2012–20152012–2015882–
Christian Benteke  Belgium Forward2012–2015–10149–
Leandro Bacuna  Curaçao Midfielder2013–2017–1298–
Jack Grealish  England Midfielder2014–20212019–202121332†[39]
Micah Richards  England Defender2015–20192015–2016312[lower-alpha 1]
Tommy Elphick  England Defender2016–20192016461–
Mile Jedinak  Australia Midfielder2016–2019802[40]
James Chester  Wales Defender2016–20202016–2017
2018–2019		12110–
Jonathan Kodjia  Ivory Coast Forward2016–2020–10531–
Albert Adomah  Ghana Forward2016–201910318–
John Terry  England Defender2017–20182017–2018371[41]
Ahmed Elmohamady  Egypt Defender2017–2021–1294–
Conor Hourihane  Republic of Ireland Midfielder2017–2022–13328–
Neil Taylor  Wales Midfielder2017–2021–1030†[42]
John McGinn  Scotland Midfielder2018–2022–18117[lower-alpha 2]
Anwar El Ghazi  Netherlands Forward2018–2022–11926–
Tyrone Mings  England Defender2019–2021–221628–
Jacob Ramsey  England Midfielder2019–10112–
Douglas Luiz  Brazil Midfielder2019––14810–
Ezri Konsa  England Defender2019–1356–
Ollie Watkins  England Forward2020–11342–
Matty Cash  Poland Defender2020–1017–
Emiliano Martínez  Argentina Goalkeeper2020––1150†[43][44][45][46]

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Gabriel Agbonlahor was designated club captain while Micah Richards was designated team captain during the 2015–16 Premier League campaign. Agbonlahor resigned the position following a suspension from first team duties in April 2016. Richards was replaced by Tommy Elphick as captain in August 2016.
  2. 1 2 Ashley Young was designated club captain while John McGinn was designated captain by manager Steven Gerrard at the start of the 2022-23 Premier League campaign.

Specific

  1. ↑ "Villa History 1874–1887". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  2. ↑ Kendrick, Mat (25 January 2014). "Ciaran Clark so proud to join Villa's 100 club". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Club, Aston Villa Football. "Ollie Watkins 100: Aston Villa's latest centurion". Aston Villa Football Club. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  4. ↑ For a full description of positions see football positions.
  5. ↑ One of the four founding members (founding fathers) of the club.
  6. ↑ First official club captain of Aston Villa.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 One of 12 players to be inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame in 2006.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Football League 100 Legends Hall of Fame entrant.
  9. ↑ Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Albert Brown.
  10. ↑ Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Howard Vaughton.
  11. ↑ Third all time goalscorer.
  12. ↑ The first player to be transferred for £100 and the first recorded professional transfer fee, from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893.
  13. ↑ Aston Villa's first Black player and the first Black goalscorer in the English Football League, for Aston Villa in December 1901.
  14. ↑ Second all time goalscorer.
  15. ↑ Club record goalscorer.
  16. ↑ Second all time appearances.
  17. ↑ The only Football League player to have been murdered.
  18. ↑ Cowan, Mark (6 May 2010). "The star Villa player shot dead by neighbour". From the archives. Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  19. ↑ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1953-58, winning the 1957 FA Cup. He was also a director, youth coach, and vice-president of the club in later years, holding the latter role until his death in 1996.
  20. ↑ Club record for most league goals (49) and most goals in total (50) scored in a season, in 1930–31.
  21. ↑ Callaghan was the club record holder for oldest first team player for 63 years between 1947-2011; he was 39 years and 86 days old when he became the club's oldest player in 1946 and 39 years and 257 days on his last appearance in 1947. Brad Friedel broke his record in February 2011.
  22. ↑ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1945-50.
  23. ↑ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1970-74, winning the 1971-72 Third Division title.
  24. ↑ English Football Hall of Fame inductee (2003).
  25. ↑ First Aston Villa player to participate in a World Cup and the club's top-scorer in World Cups with five goals.
  26. ↑ Charlie Aitken is the all time appearance record holder.
  27. ↑ Horne was the first homegrown Black player at Aston Villa, having joined the Villa youth team in 1961, he made his senior debut in 1963, he was transferred to Manchester City in 1965.
  28. 1 2 3 Won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.
  29. 1 2 Won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
  30. ↑ Third all time appearance record holder.
  31. ↑ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1998-2002, winning the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup title.He was also a coach at the club between 1994-96.
  32. ↑ Delaney joined Aston Villa as a youth coach in 2007 shortly after his retirement as a player and progressed to become Head Coach of the Under-23 side by 2015, a role he held until May 2022.
  33. ↑ Boateng re-joined Aston Villa as an under-18 coach in 2019 and progressed to become Professional Development Coach for the Under-23 side in 2020, a position he held until August 2022 when he left to coach the Ghana national side ahead of the 2022 World Cup.
  34. ↑ First club captain from outside the British Isles.
  35. ↑ Friedel became Aston Villa's oldest first team player in February 2011 aged 39 years and 259 days, beating the record previously held for over 63 years by Ernie Callaghan. On the day of his final appearance, a 1-0 home win against Liverpool, he was 40 years and 4 days old, it was also his 400th game in the Premier League.
  36. ↑ Evans, Gregg. "Brad Friedel exclusive: 'Even at 44 years old, I could have carried on'". The Athletic. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  37. ↑ Joint highest clean sheets (15) in a Premier League season with Emi Martínez, achieved in the 2009-10 season.
  38. ↑ Wilson, Amie. "Brad Friedel delivers 'huge' Emi Martinez verdict and ponders Aston Villa record". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  39. ↑ When sold to Manchester City in August 2021 for £100mn, Grealish became the most expensive player in English football history.
  40. ↑ Jedinak re-joined Aston Villa as a youth coach in October 2020. He later took up the additional role of Loan Development Coach in 2021.
  41. ↑ Terry re-joined Aston Villa as assistant head coach in October 2018, two months after he departed as captain. He remained in the position until August 2021.
  42. ↑ First British Asian player for Aston Villa.
  43. ↑ Joint highest clean sheets (15) in a Premier League season with Brad Friedel, achieved in the 2020-21 season.
  44. ↑ Wilson, Amie. "Brad Friedel delivers 'huge' Emi Martinez verdict and ponders Aston Villa record". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  45. ↑ First active Aston Villa player to win the World Cup with Argentina in 2022, he was also awarded the Golden Glove award for best goalkeeper.
  46. ↑ "The mind games of Argentina's dancing hero Martinez". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

General

  • Hayes, Dean (2 October 1997). The Villa Park Encyclopedia: A-Z of Aston Villa. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85158-959-3.
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  • Ward; Griffin, Jeremy (2002). The essential history of Aston Villa. Headline book publishing. ISBN 0-7553-1140-X.
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