List of Aston Villa F.C. players explained

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.

In 2024, to commemorate Aston Villa's 150th anniversary, every player to represent Aston Villa in a competitive first team fixture was given an unique "legacy number".^[4]

Notable players

• Statistics correct as of 17 August 2024.

(n/a) = Information not available
Players in bold are still playing for the club.

Legacy number	Name	Nationality	Position^[5]	Aston Villa career	Captaincy	Appearances	Goals	Notes
n/a			Defender	1874		n/a	n/a	†^[6] ^[7]
5			Forward	1878–1890	1882–1891			^[8]
12			Forward	1876–1882	1876–1882	n/a	n/a	^[9]
14			Forward	1880–1888	–			†^[10]
32			Forward	1884–1894	–			†^[11]
39			Midfielder	1886–1896	–			–
41			Goalkeeper	1886–1892	–			–
44			Defender	1878–1893	–			–
56			Midfielder	1889–1902*	–			–

|-|73| align="left" || align="left" ||Winger||1891–1901||–||||||–|-|74| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1891–1902||1891–1898||||||style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|†^[12] |-|96| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1893–1897||–||||||–|-|99| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder, Forward||1893–1894||–|||||| style="background:#98FB98; color:black" |†^[13] |-|100| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1893–1901||–||||||–|-|108| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1892–1907||1902–1906|||||||-|112| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1895–1904||1898–1902||||||–|-|116| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1896–1900||–||||||–|-|118| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1896–1906||–||||||–|-|122| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||style="background:#e3d9ff; font-color:black"|||–||||||–|-|123| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1897–1901||–||||||–|-|126| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1897–1908||–||||||–|-|129| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1897–1905||–||||||–|-|131| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1898–1907||–||||||–|-|142| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1900–1908||–||||||–|-|144| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1900–1914||1906–1914|||||||-|147| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1900–1905||–||||||–|-|152| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1901–1905||–||||||style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|†^[14] |-|160| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1901–1906||–||||||–|-|163| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1902–1907||–||||||–|-|169| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1903–1913||–||||||–|-|170| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1902–1914||–||||||–|-|175| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1904–1920||–||||||style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|†^[15] |-|182| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1905–1912||–||||||–|-|183| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1905–1912||–||||||–|-|191| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1906–1914||–||||||–|-|195| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1905–1915||–||||||–|-|196| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1907–1921||–||||||–|-|201| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1907–1915||–||||||–|-|220| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1910–1921||–||||||^[8] |-|228| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1911–1922||–||||||–|-|236| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfield||1912–1921||1919–1921|||||||-|238| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1912–1921||–|||||||-|239| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1912–1921||–||||||–|-|258| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender
Midfielder||1914–1929||1921–1927||||||–|-|260| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1915–1931||–||||||–|-|263| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1919–1931||–|||||||-|272| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1919–1922||–||||||–|-|273| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1919–1928||–||||||–|-|276| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward|| style="background:#e3d9ff; font-color:black" |||1927–1933|||||| style="background:#98FB98; font-color:black" |†^{[16] [17]} |-|278| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1920–1934||–||||||–|-|279| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1920–1923||–||||||^{[18] [19]} |-|280| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1920–1927||–||||||–|-|282| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1919–1930||–||||||–|-|283| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1920–1926||–||||||–|-|289| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1921–1927||–||||||–|-|290| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1921–1930||–||||||–|-|292| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1921–1935||–||||||–|-|296| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1923–1929||–||||||–|-|298| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1923–1934||–||||||–|-|299| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1923–1936||1933–1934||||||–|-|319| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1926–1936||–||||||–|-|322| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1927–1936||–||||||–|-|323| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1927–1935||–||||||–|-|327| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1925–1935||–||||||–|-|331| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1928–1935||–|||||| style="background:#98FB98;color:black" |†^[20] |-|333| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1929–1934||–||||||–|-|334| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1927–1946||1934–1936||||||^[21] |-|335| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1930–1939||–||||||–|-|337| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1929–1934||–||||||–|-|341| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1931–1936||–||||||–|-|342| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1931–1936||–||||||–|-|343| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1930–1937||–||||||–|-|349| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender|| style="background:#e3d9ff; font-color:black" |1930–1947*||–||||||^[22] |-|353| align="left" || align="left" ||Striker||1932–1937||–||||||–|-|355| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1934–(n/a)||–||||||–|-|359| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1934–1946||–||||||–|-|361| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1935–1939||1936–1937||||||–|-|362| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1935–1949||1938–1939||||||–|-|366| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1935–1945||1937–1938||||||^[23] |-|376| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1936–1939||–||||||–|-|377| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1936–1948||–||||||–|-|385| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1938–1951||–||||||–|-|386| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1938–1956||–||||||–|-|389| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1939–1951||–||||||–|-|390| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1945–1950||–||||||–|-|391| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender
Utility|| style="background:#e3d9ff; font-color:black" |1939–1955*||–||||||–|-|393| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1945–1952||–||||||–|-|394| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1937–1954||–||||||–|-|396| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||style="background:#e3d9ff; font-color:black"|1945–1961*||1955–1959|||||||-|401| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1946–1953||1949–1951||||||–|-|402| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1945–1956||–||||||–|-|404| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1947–1950||–|||||||-|407| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1946–1957||–||||||–|-|412| align="left" || align="left" |/
|Goalkeeper
Utility||1948–1956||–||||||–|-|417| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1949–1956||–||||||–|-|421| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1950–1955||–||||||–|-|422| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1950–1961||–||||||–|-|424| align="left" || align="left" |/
|Striker||1950–1955||–||||||–|-|426| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1948–1960||–||||||–|-|427| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1951–1954||1951–1955||||||^[24] |-|428| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1950–1958||–||||||–|-|431| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1952–1962||–||||||style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|†^{[9] [25]} |-|435| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1953–1957||–||||||–|-|439| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1951–1964||1959–1964||||||^[26] |-|447| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1955–1961||–||||||–|-|448| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1955–1959||–||||||–|-|450| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1956–1962||–||||||–|-|452| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1956–1960||–||||||–|-|453| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1956–1964||–||||||–|-|460| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1957–1961||–||||||–|-|462| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1955–1966||–||||||–|-|467| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder
Forward||1958–1965||–||||||–|-|470| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1959–1966||–||||||–|-|472| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1959–1963||–||||||–|-|473| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1959–1963||–||||||–|-|474| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1956–1969||1964–1969||||||–|-|475| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1956–1965||–||||||–|-|476| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1956–1961||–||||||–|-|486| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1960–1966||–||||||–|-|485| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1961–1967||–||||||–|-|488| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender|||1959–1976||1966–1973||||||style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|†^{[9] [27]} |-|496| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1962–1966||–||||||–|-|498| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender
Midfielder||1960–1971||–||||||–|-|500| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1963–1966||–||||||–|-|501| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1962–1973||–||||||–|-|502| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1963–1968||–||||||–|-|503| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1963–1965||–|||||||^[28] |-|506| align="left" || align="left" ||Right-winger||1964–1968||–||||||–|-|511| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1964–1969||–||||||–|-|512| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender
Midfielder||1962–1972||–||||||–|-|519| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1967–1973||–||||||–|-|523| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder
Forward||1967–1971||–||||||–|-|525| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1967–1975||–||||||–|-|527| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1967–1971||–||||||–|-|532| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1968–1973||–||||||–|-|536| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1969–1976||–||||||–|-|537| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1969–1976||–||||||–|-|538| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1969–1974||–||||||–|-|547| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1970–1973||–||||||–|-|551| align="left" || align="left" ||Striker||1971–1974||–||||||–|-|552| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1971–1977||–||||||–|-|555| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1970–1979||–||||||^[9] |-|556| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1971–1976||–||||||–|-|557| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1972–1976||1974–1976|||||||-|558| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1972–1977||1976–1977|||||||-|560| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1972–1980||–||||||–|-|562| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1972–1978||–||||||–|-|569| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1974–1979||–||||||–|-|572| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1974–1978||–||||||–|-|578| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1975–1979
1985–1987||–||||||^{[29] [30]} |-|579| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1973–1979||–||||||–|-|580| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1975–1985||1977–1984||||||^[9] |-|582| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1976–1985
1988–1991
1993–1994||–||||||style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|†^{[9] [31]} |-|589| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1977–1979||–||||||^[32] |-|590| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1977–1983||–||||||–|-|591| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1977–1983||–||||||–|-|594| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1977–1989||1984–1989||||||–|-|596| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1978–1988||–|||||||-|598| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1975–1987||–||||||–|-|599| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1978–1986||–||||||–|-|601| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1976–1985||–||||||–|-|602| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1978–1983||–||||||–|-|604| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1979–1983||–||||||–|-|606| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1979–1984||–||||||–|-|611| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1977–1996||–||||||–|-|615| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1980–1985||–|||||||-|618| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1981–1987||–||||||–|-|619| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1978–1991||–||||||–|-|628| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1983–1987||–||||||–|-|633| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1985–1994||–||||||–|-|645| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1987–1992||–||||||–|-|652| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1987–1991||1989–1992||||||–|-|653| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1988–1991||–||||||^[29] |-|655| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1988–1992||–||||||–|-|657| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1988–1992||–||||||–|-|663| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1989–1996||–||||||^{[9] [8] [29]} |-|668| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1989–1998||–||||||–|-|670| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1991–1995||–||||||–|-|673| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1991–1995||1992–1995||||||–|-|674| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1991–1998
2000–2003||2002–2003||||||–|-|675| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1991–1995||–||||||–|-|676| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1991–2000||–||||||–|-|684| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1991–1995||–||||||–|-|687| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1992–1995||–||||||–|-|688| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||1992–1999||–||||||–|-|689| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1992–1995||–||||||–|-|691| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1992–1995||–||||||–|-|693| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1993–1997||1995–1997||||||–|-|701| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1994–2003||–||||||–|-|705| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1995–2003||–||||||–|-|706| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1995–2000||–||||||–|-|707| align="left" || align="left" |/
|Forward||1995–1998||–||||||–|-|708| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1995–2001||1997–2001||||||–|-|712| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1993–2007||–||||||–|-|713| align="left" || align="left" ||Striker||1996–2001||–||||||–|-|724| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender
Midfielder||1998–2009||2006–2008||||||–|-|726| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||1997–2005||–||||||–|-|727| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1998–2002||2001–2002||||||–|-|731| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender
Forward||1998–2004||–||||||–|-|734| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1999–2002||–||||||–|-|736| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1999–2007||–||||||^[33] |-|737| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||1999–2002||–||||||^[34] |-|751| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2001–2005||–||||||–|-|754| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||2001–2002||–||||||^[35] |-|741| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||1999–2007||–||||||–|-|752| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||2001–2007||–||||||–|-|756| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2001–2008||2003–2006||||||style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|†^[36] |-|771| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2003–2007||–||||||–|-|772| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||2003–2008||–||||||–|-|776| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2004–2009||2008–2009||||||–|-|777| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2004–2007||–||||||–|-|785| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2005–2006
2008–2010||–|||||||-|790| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||style="background:#e3d9ff; font-color:black"|2005–2018*||2015–2016|||||||-|791| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2006–2013||2009–2012||||||–|-|797| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||2007–2011||–||||||–|-|798| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender
Winger||2007–2011
2021–2023||2022–2023|||||||-|800| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2007–2011||–||||||–|-|808| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||2008–2011||–||||||style="background:#98FB98;color:black"|†^{[37] [38] [39] [40]} |-|812| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2008–2012||–||||||–|-|813| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||2008–2016||–||||||–|-|815| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||2008–2012||–||||||–|-|816| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2009–2014||–||||||–|-|818| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2009–2015||2015||||||–|-|820| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2009–2016||–||||||–|-|821| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2009–2012||–||||||–|-|822| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2009–2013||–||||||–|-|823| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2009–2012||–||||||–|-|825| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||2010–2015||–||||||–|-|838| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2011–2019||–||||||–|-|846| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2012–2015||2012–2015||||||–|-|849| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2012–2017||–||||||–|-|850| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||2012–2015||–||||||–|-|857| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2013–2017||–||||||–|-|866| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2014–2021||2019–2021||||||style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|†^[41] |-|879| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2015–2019||2015–2016|||||||-|889| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2016–2019||2016||46||||–|-|893| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2016–2020||2016–2017
2018–2019||121||||–|-|895| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2016–2019||||80||2||^[42] |-|896| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||2016–2020||–||||||–|-|897| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||2016–2019|| ||103||||–|-|902| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2017–2022||–||||||–|-|905| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2017–2021||–|||||| style="background:#98FB98; color:black" |†^[43] |-|907| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2017–2021||–||||||–|-|908| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2017–2018||2017–2018||37||||^[44] |-|919| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2018–||2022–|||||||-|922| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||2018–2022||–||||||–|-|927| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2019–||2021–22||||||–|-|929| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2019–||||||||–|-|935| align="left" || align="left" ||Midfielder||2019–2024||–||||||–|-|937| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2019–||||||||–|-|946| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||2020–||||||||–|-|947| align="left" || align="left" ||Defender||2020–||||||||–|-|948| align="left" || align="left" ||Goalkeeper||2020–||–||||||style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|†^{[45] [46] [47] [48]} |-|972| align="left" || align="left" ||Forward||2021–||||||||–|-|}

References

Footnotes

Specific

General

• Book: Hayes, Dean . The Villa Park Encyclopedia: A-Z of Aston Villa . Mainstream Publishing . 2 October 1997 . 978-1-85158-959-3.
• Book: Holt . Frank Lee . Bishop . Rob . Aston Villa: The Complete Record . Derby Books Publishing . Derby . 2010 . 978-1-85983-805-1.
• Book: Ward . Jeremy . Griffin . The essential history of Aston Villa . Headline book publishing . 2002 . 0-7553-1140-X.
• Web site: Current statistics page for Aston Villa . BBC . 3 August 2007 . 22 June 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070622084515/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/default.stm . live .
• Web site: Information and career statistics . Soccerbase . 26 April 2016 . 5 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160405143943/http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=154 . live .

External links

• Web site: Aston Villa fansite with history and appearance records . Christian Jahnsen . 3 August 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928105926/http://www.astonvilla.dk/history/top_frame.htm . 28 September 2007 .
• Web site: Comprehensive Aston Villa Player database . Jörn Mårtensson . 3 August 2007 . 26 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150526064401/http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/ . live .
• List of Aston Villa international players

Notes and References

1. Web site: Villa History 1874–1887 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071029140603/http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0%2C%2C10265~422987%2C00.html . 29 October 2007 . Aston Villa F.C. . 15 September 2008 . dead .
2. Web site: Kendrick . Mat . 2014-01-25 . Ciaran Clark so proud to join Villa’s 100 club . 2023-03-01 . BirminghamLive . en . 1 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301140413/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villas-ciaran-clark-proud-6565957 . live .
3. Web site: Club . Aston Villa Football . Ollie Watkins 100: Aston Villa's latest centurion . 2023-03-01 . Aston Villa Football Club . 1 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301140401/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/february/14/Watkins-100--Villa-s-latest-centurion/ . live .
4. Web site: 2024-08-15 . Legacy Numbers: Aston Villa approach 1,000th player . 2024-08-20 . Aston Villa Football Club.
5. For a full description of positions see football positions.
6. One of the four founding members (founding fathers) of the club.
7. First official club captain of Aston Villa.
8. [Football League 100 Legends]
9. One of 12 players to be inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame in 2006.
10. Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Albert Brown.
11. Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Howard Vaughton.
12. Third all time goalscorer.
13. The first player to be transferred for £100 and the first recorded professional transfer fee, from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893.
14. Aston Villa's first Black player and the first Black goalscorer in the English Football League, for Aston Villa in December 1901.
15. Second all time goalscorer.
16. Club record goalscorer.
17. Second all time appearances.
18. The only Football League player to have been murdered.
19. Web site: Cowan . Mark . The star Villa player shot dead by neighbour . From the archives . Birmingham Mail. 3 November 2011 . 6 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100508230037/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/crime-news/2010/05/06/from-the-archives-the-star-villa-player-shot-dead-by-neighbour-97319-26389654/ . 8 May 2010 .
20. Club record for most league goals (49) and most goals in total (50) scored in a season, in 1930–31.
21. 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.
22. Callaghan was the club record holder for oldest first team player for 63 years between 1947 and 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.
23. Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1945-50.
24. [English Football Hall of Fame]
25. First Aston Villa player to participate in a World Cup and the club's top-scorer in World Cups with five goals.
26. Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1970-74, winning the 1971-72 Third Division title.
27. Charlie Aitken is the all time appearance record holder.
28. 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.
29. Won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.
30. Won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
31. Third all time appearance record holder.
32. 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 and 1996.
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. Schmeichel was inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2022.
36. First club captain from outside the British Isles.
37. 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.
38. Web site: Evans . Gregg . Brad Friedel exclusive: 'Even at 44 years old, I could have carried on' . . 5 March 2021 . 5 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305075116/https://theathletic.com/2426745/2021/03/05/brad-friedel-interview-football/ . live .
39. Joint highest clean sheets (15) in a Premier League season with Emi Martínez, achieved in the 2009-10 season.
40. Web site: Wilson . Amie . Brad Friedel delivers 'huge' Emi Martinez verdict and ponders Aston Villa record . . 14 March 2022 . 18 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220318040857/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/martinez-aston-villa-friedel-record-23180279 . live .
41. When sold to Manchester City in August 2021 for £100mn, Grealish became the most expensive player in English football history.
42. 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.
43. First British Asian player for Aston Villa.
44. 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.
45. Joint highest clean sheets (15) in a Premier League season with Brad Friedel, achieved in the 2020-21 season.
46. Web site: Wilson . Amie . Brad Friedel delivers 'huge' Emi Martinez verdict and ponders Aston Villa record . . 14 March 2022 . 18 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220318040857/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/martinez-aston-villa-friedel-record-23180279 . live .
47. 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.
48. News: The mind games of Argentina's dancing hero Martinez . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2022-12-19 . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219115054/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64019545 . live .