Aston Villa Verdict

The daily verdict on everything Villa

The Villa Player Database

Every notable player in the club's 152 years — everyone with 100+ appearances, plus founders, captains and record holders. 260 players, each with their own page. ● = current squad · ★ = record holder. Click any column to sort; combine the filters freely.

Current squad only

Legacy #	Player	Nation	Position	Career	Apps	Goals
n/a	Walter H. Price ★	England	Defender	1874
12	George Ramsay	Scotland	Forward	1876–1882
44	Gershom Cox	England	Defender	1878–1893	101	0
5	Archie Hunter	Scotland	Forward	1878–1890	73	42
14	Howard Vaughton ★	England	Forward	1880–1888	26	15
32	Albert Brown ★	England	Forward	1884–1894	114	58
39	Dennis Hodgetts	England	Midfielder	1886–1896	215	91
41	Jimmy Warner	England	Goalkeeper	1886–1892	101	0
56	James Cowan	Scotland	Midfielder	1889–1902	354	27
73	Charlie Athersmith	England	Winger	1891–1901	307	85
74	Jack Devey ★	England	Forward	1891–1902	304	187
108	Howard Spencer	England	Defender	1892–1907	292	2
100	Stephen Smith	England	Forward	1893–1901	184	42
96	Jack Reynolds	England	Midfielder	1893–1897	110	17
99	Willie Groves ★	Scotland	Midfielder, Forward	1893–1894	22	4
112	Jimmy Crabtree	England	Defender	1895–1904	200	7
116	Fred Wheldon	England	Forward	1896–1900	137	74
118	Albert Evans	England	Defender	1896–1906	206	0
122	Billy George	England	Goalkeeper	1897–1911	401	0
123	Tommy Bowman	Scotland	Midfielder	1897–1901	113	2
126	Billy Garraty	England	Forward	1897–1908	255	112
129	George Johnson	England	Forward	1897–1905	110	47
131	Albert Wilkes	England	Midfielder	1898–1907	157	8
142	Joe Pearson	England	Midfielder	1900–1908	118	7
144	Joe Bache	England	Forward	1900–1914	474	185
147	Alf Wood	England	Defender	1900–1905	111	7
152	Willie Clarke ★	Scotland	Forward	1901–1905	41	5
160	William Brawn	England	Forward	1901–1906	107	20
163	Alex Leake	England	Midfielder	1902–1907	140	9
170	Alf Miles	England	Defender	1902–1914	269	0
169	Bert Hall	England	Forward	1903–1913	214	62
175	Harry Hampton ★	England	Forward	1904–1920	376	242
182	James Logan	Scotland	Defender	1905–1912	157	4
183	Joe Walters	England	Forward	1905–1912	121	41
195	George Tranter	England	Midfielder	1905–1915	174	1
191	Chris Buckley	England	Forward	1906–1914	143	3
196	Charlie Wallace	England	Forward	1907–1921	349	57
201	Tom Lyons	England	Defender	1907–1915	238	0
220	Clem Stephenson	England	Forward	1910–1921	216	96
228	Tommy Weston	England	Defender	1911–1922	179	0
236	Andy Ducat	England	Midfield	1912–1921	87	4
238	Sam Hardy	England	Goalkeeper	1912–1921	183	0
239	Jimmy Harrop	England	Defender	1912–1921	171	4
258	Frank Moss	England	Defender Midfielder	1914–1929	283	9
260	Richard York	England	Forward	1915–1931	390	86
263	Arthur Dorrell	England	Forward	1919–1931	390	65
272	Frank Barson	England	Midfielder	1919–1922	108	10
273	Billy Kirton	England	Forward	1919–1928	261	59
276	Billy Walker ★	England	Forward	1919–1933	531	244
282	Tommy Jackson	England	Goalkeeper	1919–1930	186	0
278	Tommy Smart	England	Defender	1920–1934	452	8
279	Tommy Ball	England	Defender	1920–1923	77	0
280	Cyril Spiers	England	Goalkeeper	1920–1927	112	0
283	George Blackburn	England	Midfielder	1920–1926	145	2
289	Jock Johnstone	Scotland	Defender	1921–1927	115	1
290	Len Capewell	England	Forward	1921–1930	156	100
292	Thomas Mort	England	Defender	1921–1935	368	2
296	Vic Milne	Scotland	Defender	1923–1929	175	1
298	Teddy Bowen	England	Defender	1923–1934	199	0
299	Alec Talbot	England	Defender	1923–1936	263	7
327	Joe Tate	England	Midfielder	1925–1935	193	4
319	Billy Kingdon	England	Midfielder	1926–1936	241	5
322	Jimmy Gibson	Scotland	Defender	1927–1936	197	9
323	Joseph Beresford	England	Forward	1927–1935	251	73
334	Eric Houghton	England	Forward	1927–1946	392	170
331	Tom Waring ★	England	Forward	1928–1935	226	167
333	George Brown	England	Forward	1929–1934	126	89
337	Jack Mandley	England	Forward	1929–1934	112	26
335	Fred Biddlestone	England	Goalkeeper	1930–1939	160	0
343	Harry Morton	England	Goalkeeper	1930–1937	207	0
349	Ernie Callaghan	England	Defender	1930–1947	142	0
341	Dai Astley	Wales	Forward	1931–1936	173	100
342	Danny Blair	Scotland	Defender	1931–1936	138	0
353	Ronnie Dix	England	Striker	1932–1937	104	30
355	Jimmy Allen	England	Midfielder	1934–(n/a)	160	3
359	Frank Broome	England	Forward	1934–1946	151	90
361	Tom Griffiths	Wales	Midfielder	1935–1939	67	1
362	George Cummings	Scotland	Defender	1935–1949	232	0
366	Alex Massie	Scotland	Midfielder	1935–1945	152	5
376	Freddie Haycock	England	Forward	1936–1939	110	33
377	Bob Iverson	England	Defender	1936–1948	153	12
394	Billy Goffin	England	Forward	1937–1954	173	42
385	Frank Moss	England	Midfielder	1938–1951	313	3
386	George Edwards	England	Forward	1938–1956	152	41
389	Joe Rutherford	England	Goalkeeper	1939–1951	156	0
391	Harry Parkes	England	Defender Utility	1939–1955	345	4
390	Eddie Lowe	England	Midfielder	1945–1950	117	3
393	Leslie Smith	England	Forward	1945–1952	197	37
396	Johnny Dixon	England	Forward	1945–1961	430	144
402	Amos Moss	England	Defender	1945–1956	109	5
401	Dicky Dorsett	England	Defender	1946–1953	271	36
407	Keith Jones	Wales	Goalkeeper	1946–1957	199	0
404	Trevor Ford	Wales	Forward	1947–1950	128	61
412	Con Martin	Republic of Ireland/ Ireland	Goalkeeper Utility	1948–1956	213	1
426	Peter Aldis	England	Defender	1948–1960	294	1
417	Colin Gibson	England	Forward	1949–1956	167	26
421	Tommy Thompson	England	Forward	1950–1955	165	75
422	Stan Lynn	England	Defender	1950–1961	323	38
424	Davy Walsh	Ireland/ Republic of Ireland	Striker	1950–1955	114	40
428	Derek Pace	England	Forward	1950–1958	107	42
427	Danny Blanchflower	Northern Ireland	Midfielder	1951–1954	155	10
439	Vic Crowe	Wales	Midfielder	1951–1964	351	12
431	Peter McParland ★	Northern Ireland	Forward	1952–1962	340	120
435	Billy Baxter	England	Midfielder	1953–1957	108	6
447	Pat Saward	Republic of Ireland	Defender	1955–1961	168	2
448	Jackie Sewell	England	Forward	1955–1959	144	40
462	Gordon Lee	England	Defender	1955–1966	142	2
450	Jimmy Dugdale	England	Defender	1956–1962	244	3
452	Leslie Smith	England	Forward	1956–1960	129	25
453	Nigel Sims	England	Goalkeeper	1956–1964	308	0
474	Alan Deakin	England	Midfielder	1956–1969	270	9
475	Harry Burrows	England	Forward	1956–1965	181	73
476	Mike Tindall	England	Midfielder	1956–1961	134	4
460	Gerry Hitchens	England	Forward	1957–1961	160	96
467	Ron Wylie	Scotland	Midfielder Forward	1958–1965	244	28
470	Jimmy MacEwan	Scotland	Forward	1959–1966	181	31
472	John Neal	England	Defender	1959–1963	114	0
473	Bobby Thomson	Scotland	Forward	1959–1963	171	70
488	Charlie Aitken ★	Scotland	Defender	1959–1976	660	16
486	Alan Baker	England	Defender	1960–1966	109	17
498	Lew Chatterley	England	Defender Midfielder	1960–1971	160	27
485	John Sleeuwenhoek	England	Defender	1961–1967	260	1
496	Phil Woosnam	Wales	Forward	1962–1966	125	30
501	Mick Wright	England	Defender	1962–1973	315	1
512	Keith Bradley	England	Defender Midfielder	1962–1972	135	9
500	Tony Hateley	England	Forward	1963–1966	148	86
502	Dave Pountney	England	Midfielder	1963–1968	128	7
503	Stan Horne	England	Midfielder	1963–1965	6	0
506	Johnny MacLeod	Scotland	Right-winger	1964–1968	139	18
511	Colin Withers	England	Goalkeeper	1964–1969	163	0
519	William Anderson	England	Forward	1967–1973	263	45
523	Brian Godfrey	England	Midfielder Forward	1967–1971	260	25
525	Fred Turnbull	England	Defender	1967–1975	183	3
527	John Dunn	England	Goalkeeper	1967–1971	118	0
532	Brian Tiler	England	Defender	1968–1973	127	4
536	Chico Hamilton	England	Forward	1969–1976	234	48
537	Pat McMahon	Scotland	Midfielder	1969–1976	149	30
538	Bruce Rioch	Scotland	Midfielder	1969–1974	175	37
547	Andy Lochhead	Scotland	Forward	1970–1973	153	47
555	Brian Little	England	Forward	1970–1979	301	82
551	Geoff Vowden	England	Striker	1971–1974	114	25
552	Ray Graydon	England	Forward	1971–1977	230	81
556	Jimmy Cumbes	England	Goalkeeper	1971–1976	182	0
557	Ian Ross	Scotland	Defender	1972–1976	204	3
558	Chris Nicholl	England	Defender	1972–1977	251	20
560	John Gidman	England	Defender	1972–1980	243	9
562	John Robson	England	Defender	1972–1978	176	1
579	John Deehan	England	Midfielder	1973–1979	139	51
569	Frank Carrodus	England	Midfielder	1974–1979	196	10
572	Leighton Phillips	Wales	Defender	1974–1978	175	4
578	Andy Gray	Scotland	Forward	1975–1979 1985–1987	209	78
580	Dennis Mortimer	England	Midfielder	1975–1985	405	36
598	Gary Williams	England	Defender	1975–1987	303	2
582	Gordon Cowans ★	England	Midfielder	1976–1985 1988–1991 1993–1994	528	59
601	Colin Gibson	England	Defender	1976–1985	238	17
589	John Gregory	England	Forward	1977–1979	76	11
590	Ken McNaught	Scotland	Defender	1977–1983	259	14
591	Jimmy Rimmer	England	Goalkeeper	1977–1983	287	0
594	Allan Evans	Scotland	Defender	1977–1989	469	62
611	Nigel Spink	England	Goalkeeper	1977–1996	454	0
596	Gary Shaw	England	Forward	1978–1988	165	78
599	Brendan Ormsby	England	Defender	1978–1986	140	7
602	Kenny Swain	England	Defender	1978–1983	178	2
619	Paul Birch	England	Midfielder	1978–1991	188	25
604	Tony Morley	England	Midfielder	1979–1983	179	34
606	Des Bremner	Scotland	Midfielder	1979–1984	226	10
615	Peter Withe	England	Forward	1980–1985	182	90
618	Mark Walters	England	Midfielder	1981–1987	224	48
628	Tony Dorigo	England	Defender	1983–1987	135	1
633	Tony Daley	England	Midfielder	1985–1994	290	38
645	Kevin Gage	England	Defender	1987–1992	145	12
652	Stuart Gray	England	Midfielder	1987–1991	132	15
653	David Platt	England	Midfielder	1988–1991	145	68
655	Chris Price	England	Defender	1988–1992	142	4
657	Ian Olney	England	Forward	1988–1992	114	21
663	Paul McGrath	Republic of Ireland	Defender	1989–1996	321	10
668	Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	Forward	1989–1998	287	98
670	Dalian Atkinson	England	Forward	1991–1995	114	38
673	Kevin Richardson	England	Midfielder	1991–1995	188	16
674	Steve Staunton	Republic of Ireland	Defender	1991–1998 2000–2003	350	19
675	Shaun Teale	England	Defender	1991–1995	185	5
676	Ugo Ehiogu	England	Defender	1991–2000	285	17
684	Garry Parker	England	Midfielder	1991–1995	119	14
687	Earl Barrett	England	Defender	1992–1995	132	2
688	Mark Bosnich	Australia	Goalkeeper	1992–1999	227	0
689	Ray Houghton	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder	1992–1995	121	11
691	Dean Saunders	Wales	Forward	1992–1995	142	49
693	Andy Townsend	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder	1993–1997	177	11
712	Lee Hendrie	England	Midfielder	1993–2007	308	32
701	Ian Taylor	England	Midfielder	1994–2003	293	43
705	Alan Wright	England	Defender	1995–2003	331	5
706	Mark Draper	England	Midfielder	1995–2000	141	14
707	Savo Milošević	Serbia and Montenegro/ Serbia	Forward	1995–1998	117	34
708	Gareth Southgate	England	Defender	1995–2001	244	9
713	Julian Joachim	England	Striker	1996–2001	173	46
726	Darius Vassell	England	Forward	1997–2005	162	35
724	Gareth Barry	England	Defender Midfielder	1998–2009	441	52
727	Paul Merson	England	Midfielder	1998–2002	145	19
731	Dion Dublin	England	Defender Forward	1998–2004	190	59
734	Steve Stone	England	Midfielder	1999–2002	121	7
736	Mark Delaney	Wales	Defender	1999–2007	193	2
737	George Boateng	Ghana	Midfielder	1999–2002	127	5
741	Jlloyd Samuel	Trinidad and Tobago	Defender	1999–2007	199	3
751	Thomas Hitzlsperger	Germany	Midfielder	2001–2005	110	13
752	Juan Pablo Ángel	Colombia	Forward	2001–2007	205	66
754	Peter Schmeichel	Denmark	Goalkeeper	2001–2002	36	1
756	Olof Mellberg ★	Sweden	Defender	2001–2008	263	8
771	Gavin McCann	England	Midfielder	2003–2007	129	5
772	Thomas Sørensen	Denmark	Goalkeeper	2003–2008	158	0
776	Martin Laursen	Denmark	Defender	2004–2009	91	11
777	Steven Davis	Northern Ireland	Midfielder	2004–2007	109	9
785	James Milner	England	Midfielder	2005–2006 2008–2010	126	22
790	Gabriel Agbonlahor	England	Forward	2005–2018	391	86
791	Stiliyan Petrov	Bulgaria	Midfielder	2006–2013	219	12
797	John Carew	Norway	Forward	2007–2011	143	47
798	Ashley Young	England	Defender Winger	2007–2011 2021–2023	247	39
800	Nigel Reo-Coker	England	Midfielder	2007–2011	122	3
808	Brad Friedel ★	United States	Goalkeeper	2008–2011	131	0
812	Carlos Cuéllar	Spain	Defender	2008–2012	120	3
813	Brad Guzan	United States	Goalkeeper	2008–2016	127	0
815	Emile Heskey	England	Forward	2008–2012	110	14
816	Marc Albrighton	England	Midfielder	2009–2014	101	9
818	Fabian Delph	England	Midfielder	2009–2015	134	8
820	Ciaran Clark	Republic of Ireland	Defender	2009–2016	159	10
821	James Collins	Wales	Defender	2009–2012	110	6
822	Richard Dunne	Republic of Ireland	Defender	2009–2013	111	4
823	Stephen Warnock	England	Defender	2009–2012	104	4
825	Andreas Weimann	Austria	Forward	2010–2015	129	24
838	Alan Hutton	Scotland	Defender	2011–2019	193	3
846	Ron Vlaar	Netherlands	Defender	2012–2015	88	2
849	Ashley Westwood	England	Midfielder	2012–2017	102	3
850	Christian Benteke	Belgium	Forward	2012–2015	101	49
857	Leandro Bacuna	Curaçao	Midfielder	2013–2017	129	8
866	Jack Grealish ★	England	Midfielder	2014–2021	213	32
879	Micah Richards	England	Defender	2015–2019	31	2
889	Tommy Elphick	England	Defender	2016–2019	46	1
893	James Chester	Wales	Defender	2016–2020	121	10
895	Mile Jedinak	Australia	Midfielder	2016–2019	80	2
896	Jonathan Kodjia	Ivory Coast	Forward	2016–2020	105	31
897	Albert Adomah	Ghana	Forward	2016–2019	103	18
902	Conor Hourihane	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder	2017–2022	133	28
905	Neil Taylor ★	Wales	Midfielder	2017–2021	103	0
907	Ahmed Elmohamady	Egypt	Defender	2017–2021	129	4
908	John Terry	England	Defender	2017–2018	37	1
919	John McGinn ●	Scotland	Midfielder	2018–	329	40
922	Anwar El Ghazi	Netherlands	Forward	2018–2022	119	26
927	Tyrone Mings ●	England	Defender	2019–	209	9
929	Jacob Ramsey	England	Midfielder	2019–2025	167	17
935	Douglas Luiz	Brazil	Midfielder	2019–2024 2026	224	23
937	Ezri Konsa ●	England	Defender	2019–	286	12
946	Ollie Watkins ★ ●	England	Forward	2020–	278	108
947	Matty Cash ●	Poland	Defender	2020–	229	13
948	Emiliano Martínez ★ ●	Argentina	Goalkeeper	2020–	256	0
970	Emiliano Buendía ●	Argentina	Midfielder	2021–	151	21
972	Leon Bailey ●	Jamaica	Forward	2021–	163	23
975	Lucas Digne ●	France	Defender	2022–	181	4
981	Boubacar Kamara ●	France	Midfielder	2022–	123	3
988	Pau Torres ●	Spain	Defender	2023–	109	2
989	Youri Tielemans	Belgium	Midfielder	2023–2026	134	10
996	Morgan Rogers ●	England	Midfielder	2024–	125	31