List Of Aston Villa F.c. Players

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. 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. 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.

• 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	Nationality	Position	Aston Villa career	Captaincy	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Walter H. Price	England	Defender	1874	1874–1876	n/a	n/a	†
George Ramsay	Scotland	Forward	1876–1882	1876–1882	n/a	n/a
Archie Hunter	Scotland	Forward	1878–1890	1882–1891	73	42
Gershom Cox	England	Defender	1878–1893	–	101	0	–
Howard Vaughton	England	Forward	1880–1888	–	26	15	†
Albert Brown	England	Forward	1884–1894	–	114	58	†
Dennis Hodgetts	England	Midfielder	1886–1896	–	215	91	–
Jimmy Warner	England	Goalkeeper	1886–1892	–	101	0	–
James Cowan	Scotland	Midfielder	1889–1902*	–	354	27	–
Charlie Athersmith	England	Winger	1891–1901	–	307	85	–
Jack Devey	England	Forward	1891–1902	1891–1898	304	187	†
Howard Spencer	England	Defender	1892–1907	1902–1906	292	2
Jack Reynolds	England	Midfielder	1893–1897	–	110	17	–
Willie Groves	Scotland	Midfielder, Forward	1893–1894	–	22	4	†
Stephen Smith	England	Forward	1893–1901	–	184	42	–
Jimmy Crabtree	England	Defender	1895–1904	1898–1902	200	7	–
Albert Evans	England	Defender	1896–1906	–	206	0	–
Fred Wheldon	England	Forward	1896–1900	–	137	74	–
Billy George	England	Goalkeeper	1897–1911*	–	401	0	–
Billy Garraty	England	Forward	1897–1908	–	255	112	–
Tommy Bowman	Scotland	Midfielder	1897–1901	–	113	2	–
George Johnson	England	Forward	1897–1905	–	110	47	–
Albert Wilkes	England	Midfielder	1898–1907	–	157	8	–
Joe Pearson	England	Midfielder	1900–1908	–	118	7	–
Joe Bache	England	Forward	1900–1914	1906–1914	474	185
Alf Wood	England	Defender	1900–1905	–	111	7	–
Willie Clarke	Scotland	Forward	1901–1905	–	41	5	†
William Brawn	England	Forward	1901–1906	–	107	20	–
Alf Miles	England	Defender	1902–1914	–	269	0	–
Alex Leake	England	Midfielder	1902–1907	–	140	9	–
Bert Hall	England	Forward	1903–1913	–	214	62	–
Harry Hampton	England	Forward	1904–1920	–	376	242	†
James Logan	Scotland	Defender	1905–1912	–	157	4	–
George Tranter	England	Midfielder	1905–1915	–	174	1	–
Joe Walters	England	Forward	1905–1912	–	121	41	–
Chris Buckley	England	Forward	1906–1914	–	143	3	–
Tom Lyons	England	Defender	1907–1915	–	238	0	–
Charlie Wallace	England	Forward	1907–1921	–	349	57	–
Clem Stephenson	England	Forward	1910–1921	–	216	96
Tommy Weston	England	Defender	1911–1922	–	179	0	–
Jimmy Harrop	England	Defender	1912–1921	–	171	4	–
Andy Ducat	England	Midfield	1912–1921	1919–1921	87	4
Sam Hardy	England	Goalkeeper	1912–1921	–	183	0
Frank Moss	England	Defender Midfielder	1914–1929	1921–1927	283	9	–
Richard York	England	Forward	1915–1931	–	390	86	–
Jimmy Gibson	Scotland	Defender	1927–1936	–	197	9	–
Danny Blair	Scotland	Defender	1931–1936	–	138	0	–
Arthur Dorrell	England	Forward	1919–1931	–	390	65
Frank Barson	England	Midfielder	1919–1922	–	108	10	–
Tommy Jackson	England	Goalkeeper	1919–1930	–	186	0	–
Billy Kirton	England	Forward	1919–1928	–	261	59	–
Billy Walker	England	Forward	1919–1933*	1927–1933	531	244	†
Tommy Ball	England	Defender	1920–1923	–	77	0
George Blackburn	England	Midfielder	1920–1926	–	145	2	–
Tommy Smart	England	Defender	1920–1934	–	452	8	–
Cyril Spiers	England	Goalkeeper	1920–1927	–	112	0	–
Len Capewell	England	Forward	1921–1930	–	156	100	–
Jock Johnstone	Scotland	Defender	1921–1927	–	115	1	–
Thomas Mort	England	Defender	1921–1935	–	368	2	–
Vic Milne	Scotland	Defender	1923–1929	–	175	1	–
Alec Talbot	England	Defender	1923–1936	1933–1934	263	7	–
Teddy Bowen	England	Defender	1923–1934	–	199	0	–
Joe Tate	England	Midfielder	1925–1935	–	193	4	–
Billy Kingdon	England	Midfielder	1926–1936	–	241	5	–
Joseph Beresford	England	Forward	1927–1935	–	251	73	–
Eric Houghton	England	Forward	1927–1946	1934–1936	392	170
Tom Waring	England	Forward	1928–1935	–	226	167	†
George Brown	England	Forward	1929–1934	–	126	89	–
Jack Mandley	England	Forward	1929–1934	–	112	26	–
Ernie Callaghan	England	Defender	1930–1947*	–	142	0
Harry Morton	England	Goalkeeper	1930–1937	–	207	0	–
Fred Biddlestone	England	Goalkeeper	1930–1939	–	160	0	–
Dai Astley	Wales	Forward	1931–1936	–	173	100	–
Ronnie Dix	England	Striker	1932–1937	–	104	30	–
Jimmy Allen	England	Midfielder	1934–(n/a)	–	160	3	–
Frank Broome	England	Forward	1934–1946	–	151	90	–
Freddie Haycock	England	Forward	1936–1939	–	110	33	–
George Cummings	Scotland	Defender	1935–1949	1938–1939	232	0	–
Tom Griffiths	Wales	Midfielder	1935–1939	1936–1937	67	1	–
Alex Massie	Scotland	Midfielder	1935–1945	1937–1938	152	5
Bob Iverson	England	Defender	1936–1948	–	153	12	–
Billy Goffin	England	Forward	1937–1954	–	173	42	–
George Edwards	England	Forward	1938–1956	–	152	41	–
Frank Moss	England	Midfielder	1938–1951	–	313	3	–
Harry Parkes	England	Defender Utility	1939–1955*	–	345	4	–
Joe Rutherford	England	Goalkeeper	1939–1951	–	156	0	–
Johnny Dixon	England	Forward	1945–1961*	1955–1959	430	144
Eddie Lowe	England	Midfielder	1945–1950	–	117	3	–
Amos Moss	England	Defender	1945–1956	–	109	5	–
Leslie Smith	England	Forward	1945–1952	–	197	37	–
Dicky Dorsett	England	Defender	1946–1953	1949–1951	271	36	–
Keith Jones	Wales	Goalkeeper	1946–1957	–	199	0	–
Trevor Ford	Wales	Forward	1947–1950	–	128	61
Peter Aldis	England	Defender	1948–1960	–	294	1	–
Con Martin	Republic of Ireland/   Ireland	Goalkeeper Utility	1948–1956	–	213	1	–
Colin Gibson	England	Forward	1949–1956	–	167	26	–
Stan Lynn	England	Defender	1950–1961	–	323	38	–
Derek Pace	England	Forward	1950–1958	–	107	42	–
Tommy Thompson	England	Forward	1950–1955	–	165	75	–
Davy Walsh	Ireland/   Republic of Ireland	Striker	1950–1955	–	114	40	–
Vic Crowe	Wales	Midfielder	1951–1964	1959–1964	351	12
Danny Blanchflower	Northern Ireland	Midfielder	1951–1954	1951–1955	155	10
Peter McParland	Northern Ireland	Forward	1952–1962	–	340	120	†
Billy Baxter	England	Midfielder	1953–1957	–	108	6	–
Gordon Lee	England	Defender	1955–1966	–	142	2	–
Pat Saward	Republic of Ireland	Defender	1955–1961	–	168	2	–
Jackie Sewell	England	Forward	1955–1959	–	144	40	–
Harry Burrows	England	Forward	1956–1965	–	181	73	–
Alan Deakin	England	Midfielder	1956–1969	1964–1969	270	9	–
Jimmy Dugdale	England	Defender	1956–1962	–	244	3	–
Nigel Sims	England	Goalkeeper	1956–1964	–	308	0	–
Leslie Smith	England	Forward	1956–1960	–	129	25	–
Mike Tindall	England	Midfielder	1956–1961	–	134	4	–
Gerry Hitchens	England	Forward	1957–1961	–	160	96	–
Ron Wylie	Scotland	Midfielder Forward	1958–1965	–	244	28	–
Charlie Aitken	Scotland	Defender	1959–1976	1966–1973	660	16	†
Jimmy MacEwan	Scotland	Forward	1959–1966	–	181	31	–
John Neal	England	Defender	1959–1963	–	114	0	–
Bobby Thomson	Scotland	Forward	1959–1963	–	171	70	–
Alan Baker	England	Defender	1960–1966	–	109	17	–
John Sleeuwenhoek	England	Defender	1961–1967	–	260	1	–
Lew Chatterley	England	Defender Midfielder	1960–1971	–	160	27	–
Phil Woosnam	Wales	Forward	1962–1966	–	125	30	–
Mick Wright	England	Defender	1962–1973	–	315	1	–
Keith Bradley	England	Defender Midfielder	1962–1972	–	135	9	–
Tony Hateley	England	Forward	1963–1966	–	148	86	–
Stan Horne	England	Midfielder	1963–1965	–	6	0
Dave Pountney	England	Midfielder	1963–1968	–	128	7	–
Johnny MacLeod	Scotland	Right-winger	1964–1968	–	139	18	–
Colin Withers	England	Goalkeeper	1964–1969	–	163	0	–
William Anderson	England	Forward	1967–1973	–	263	45	–
John Dunn	England	Goalkeeper	1967–1971	–	118	0	–
Brian Godfrey	England	Midfielder Forward	1967–1971	–	260	25	–
Fred Turnbull	England	Defender	1967–1975	–	183	3	–
Brian Tiler	England	Defender	1968–1973	–	127	4	–
Chico Hamilton	England	Forward	1969–1976	–	234	48	–
Pat McMahon	Scotland	Midfielder	1969–1976	–	149	30	–
Bruce Rioch	Scotland	Midfielder	1969–1974	–	175	37	–
Brian Little	England	Forward	1970–1979	–	301	82
Andy Lochhead	Scotland	Forward	1970–1973	–	153	47	–
Jimmy Cumbes	England	Goalkeeper	1971–1976	–	182	0	–
Ray Graydon	England	Forward	1971–1977	–	230	81	–
Geoff Vowden	England	Striker	1971–1974	–	114	25	–
John Gidman	England	Defender	1972–1980	–	243	9	–
Chris Nicholl	England	Defender	1972–1977	1976–1977	251	20
John Robson	England	Defender	1972–1978	–	176	1	–
Ian Ross	Scotland	Defender	1972–1976	1974–1976	204	3
John Deehan	England	Midfielder	1973–1979	–	139	51	–
Leighton Phillips	Wales	Defender	1974–1978	–	175	4	–
Frank Carrodus	England	Midfielder	1974–1979	–	196	10	–
Andy Gray	Scotland	Forward	1975–1979 1985–1987	–	209	78
Gary Williams	England	Defender	1975–1987	–	303	2	–
Dennis Mortimer	England	Midfielder	1975–1985	1977–1984	405	36
Gordon Cowans	England	Midfielder	1976–1985 1988–1991 1993–1994	–	528	59	†
Colin Gibson	England	Defender	1976–1985	–	238	17	–
Jimmy Rimmer	England	Goalkeeper	1977–1983	–	287	0	–
Allan Evans	Scotland	Defender	1977–1989	1984–1989	469	62	–
Ken McNaught	Scotland	Defender	1977–1983	–	259	14	–
Nigel Spink	England	Goalkeeper	1977–1996	–	454	0	–
John Gregory	England	Forward	1977–1979	–	76	11
Brendan Ormsby	England	Defender	1978–1986	–	140	7	–
Gary Shaw	England	Forward	1978–1988	–	165	78
Kenny Swain	England	Defender	1978–1983	–	178	2	–
Paul Birch	England	Midfielder	1978–1991	–	188	25	–
Des Bremner	Scotland	Midfielder	1979–1984	–	226	10	–
Tony Morley	England	Midfielder	1979–1983	–	179	34	–
Peter Withe	England	Forward	1980–1985	–	182	90
Mark Walters	England	Midfielder	1981–1987	–	224	48	–
Tony Dorigo	England	Defender	1983–1987	–	135	1	–
Tony Daley	England	Midfielder	1985–1994	–	290	38	–
Kevin Gage	England	Defender	1987–1992	–	145	12	–
Stuart Gray	England	Midfielder	1987–1991	1989–1992	132	15	–
David Platt	England	Midfielder	1988–1991	–	145	68
Chris Price	England	Defender	1988–1992	–	142	4	–
Ian Olney	England	Forward	1988–1992	–	114	21	–
Paul McGrath	Republic of Ireland	Defender	1989–1996	–	321	10
Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	Forward	1989–1998	–	288	97	–
Dalian Atkinson	England	Forward	1991–1995	–	114	38	–
Ugo Ehiogu	England	Defender	1991–2000	–	285	17	–
Garry Parker	England	Midfielder	1991–1995	–	119	14	–
Kevin Richardson	England	Midfielder	1991–1995	1992–1995	188	16	–
Steve Staunton	Republic of Ireland	Defender	1991–1998 2000–2003	2002–2003	350	19	–
Shaun Teale	England	Defender	1991–1995	–	185	5	–
Dean Saunders	Wales	Forward	1992–1995	–	142	49	–
Earl Barrett	England	Defender	1992–1995	–	132	2	–
Mark Bosnich	Australia	Goalkeeper	1992–1999	–	227	0	–
Ray Houghton	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder	1992–1995	–	121	11	–
Andy Townsend	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder	1993–1997	1995–1997	177	11	–
Lee Hendrie	England	Midfielder	1993–2007	–	308	32	–
Ian Taylor	England	Midfielder	1994–2003	–	293	43	–
Savo Milošević	Serbia and Montenegro/   Serbia	Forward	1995–1998	–	117	34	–
Mark Draper	England	Midfielder	1995–2000	–	141	14	–
Gareth Southgate	England	Defender	1995–2001	1997–2001	244	9	–
Alan Wright	England	Defender	1995–2003	–	331	5	–
Julian Joachim	England	Striker	1996–2001	–	173	46	–
Darius Vassell	England	Forward	1997–2005	–	162	35	–
Gareth Barry	England	Defender Midfielder	1998–2009	2006–2008	441	52	–
Dion Dublin	England	Defender Forward	1998–2004	–	190	59	–
Paul Merson	England	Midfielder	1998–2002	2001–2002	145	19	–
Steve Stone	England	Midfielder	1999–2002	–	121	7	–
Mark Delaney	Wales	Defender	1999–2007	–	193	2
Thomas Hitzlsperger	Germany	Midfielder	2001–2005	–	110	13	–
Peter Schmeichel	Denmark	Goalkeeper	2001-2002	_	29	1	_
George Boateng	Ghana	Midfielder	1999–2002	–	127	5
Jlloyd Samuel	Trinidad and Tobago	Defender	1999–2007	–	199	3	–
Juan Pablo Ángel	Colombia	Forward	2001–2007	–	205	66	–
Olof Mellberg	Sweden	Defender	2001–2008	2003–2006	263	8	†
Gavin McCann	England	Midfielder	2003–2007	–	129	5	–
Thomas Sørensen	Denmark	Goalkeeper	2003–2008	–	158	0	–
Martin Laursen	Denmark	Defender	2004–2009	2008–2009	91	11	–
Steven Davis	Northern Ireland	Midfielder	2004–2007	–	109	9	–
Gabriel Agbonlahor	England	Forward	2005–2018*	2015–2016	391	86
James Milner	England	Midfielder	2005–2006 2008–2010	–	126	22
Stiliyan Petrov	Bulgaria	Midfielder	2006–2013	2009–2012	219	12	–
Ashley Young	England	Defender Winger	2007–2011 2021–2023	2022–2023	247	39
John Carew	Norway	Forward	2007–2011	–	143	47	–
Nigel Reo-Coker	England	Midfielder	2007–2011	–	122	3	–
Brad Friedel	United States	Goalkeeper	2008–2011	–	131	0	†
Brad Guzan	United States	Goalkeeper	2008–2016	–	127	0	–
Carlos Cuéllar	Spain	Defender	2008–2012	–	120	3	–
Emile Heskey	England	Forward	2008–2012	–	110	14	–
Fabian Delph	England	Midfielder	2009–2015	2015	134	8	–
Ciaran Clark	Republic of Ireland	Defender	2009–2016	–	159	10	–
Marc Albrighton	England	Midfielder	2009–2014	–	101	9	–
Stephen Warnock	England	Defender	2009–2012	–	104	4	–
Richard Dunne	Republic of Ireland	Defender	2009–2013	–	111	4	–
James Collins	Wales	Defender	2009–2012	–	110	6	–
Andreas Weimann	Austria	Forward	2010–2015	–	129	24	–
Alan Hutton	Scotland	Defender	2011–2019	–	193	3	–
Ashley Westwood	England	Midfielder	2012–2017	–	102	3	–
Ron Vlaar	Netherlands	Defender	2012–2015	2012–2015	88	2	–
Christian Benteke	Belgium	Forward	2012–2015	–	101	49	–
Leandro Bacuna	Curaçao	Midfielder	2013–2017	–	129	8	–
Jack Grealish	England	Midfielder	2014–2021	2019–2021	213	32	†
Micah Richards	England	Defender	2015–2019	2015–2016	31	2
Tommy Elphick	England	Defender	2016–2019	2016	46	1	–
Mile Jedinak	Australia	Midfielder	2016–2019		80	2
James Chester	Wales	Defender	2016–2020	2016–2017 2018–2019	121	10	–
Jonathan Kodjia	Ivory Coast	Forward	2016–2020	–	105	31	–
Albert Adomah	Ghana	Forward	2016–2019		103	18	–
John Terry	England	Defender	2017–2018	2017–2018	37	1
Ahmed Elmohamady	Egypt	Defender	2017–2021	–	129	4	–
Conor Hourihane	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder	2017–2022	–	133	28	–
Neil Taylor	Wales	Midfielder	2017–2021	–	103	0	†
John McGinn	Scotland	Midfielder	2018–	2022–	181	17
Anwar El Ghazi	Netherlands	Forward	2018–2022	–	119	26	–
Tyrone Mings	England	Defender	2019–	2021–22	162	8	–
Jacob Ramsey	England	Midfielder	2019–		101	12	–
Douglas Luiz	Brazil	Midfielder	2019–	–	148	10	–
Ezri Konsa	England	Defender	2019–		135	6	–
Ollie Watkins	England	Forward	2020–		113	42	–
Matty Cash	Poland	Defender	2020–		101	7	–
Emiliano Martínez	Argentina	Goalkeeper	2020–	–	115	0	†

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