Born: 05/04/1976
Country: Spain
Clubs: Albacete (93-95), Real Zaragoza (95-97), Real Madrid (97-03), AS Monaco (03-04),
Real Madrid (04-04), Liverpool (05-06), Valencia (06-07)
Caps: 47 (W29 –D12 – L6 – GF97 – GA32 - %72.16)
Goals: 27 (% 0.57 per match)
Age First Cap: 21 yr 354 d 25/03/1998 vs. Sweden 4-0
Age Last Cap: 30 yr 357 d 28/03/2007 vs. Iceland 1-0
National Team Career: 9 yr 3 d
Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 2 2 25.03.98 Vigo Sweden 4-0
2 2 4 03.06.98 Santander Northern Ireland 4-1
3 - 4 19.06.98 Saint-Etienne Paraguay 0-0 World Cup
4 2 6 24.06.98 Lens Bulgaria 6-1 World Cup
5 1 7 05.09.98 Limassol Cyprus 2-3 European Champ. Qualif.
6 - 7 23.09.98 Granada Russia 1-0
7 - 7 05.06.99 Villarreal San Marino 9-0 European Champ. Qualif.
8 1 8 18.08.99 Warszawa Poland 2-1
9 - 8 04.09.99 Wien Austria 3-1 European Champ. Qualif.
10 1 9 10.10.99 Albacete Israel 3-0 European Champ. Qualif.
11 - 9 13.11.99 Vigo Brazil 0-0
12 - 9 17.11.99 Sevilla Argentina 0-2
13 1 10 28.03.01 Valencia France 2-1
14 2 12 01.09.01 Valencia Austria 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
15 - 12 05.09.01 Vaduz Liechtentein 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
16 - 12 14.11.01 Huelva Mexico 1-0
17 1 13 13.02.02 Barcelona Portugal 1-1
18 - 13 27.03.02 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-1
19 1 14 17.04.02 Belfast Northern Ireland 5-0
20 - 14 02.06.02 Gwangju Slovenia 3-1 World Cup
21 2 16 07.06.02 Jeonju Paraguay 3-1 World Cup
22 - 16 12.06.02 Daejeon South Africa 3-2 World Cup
23 1 17 16.06.02 Suwon Ireland 1-1 [1] World Cup
24 - 17 22.06.02 Gwangju South Korea 0-0 [2] World Cup
25 - 17 21.08.02 Budapest Hungary 1-1
26 - 17 12.10.02 Albacete Northern Ireland 3-0 European Champ. Qualif.
27 - 17 16.10.02 Logroño Paraguay 0-0
28 3 20 30.04.03 Madrid Ecuador 4-0
29 - 20 07.06.03 Zaragoza Greece 0-1 European Champ. Qualif.
30 - 20 11.06.03 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-0 European Champ. Qualif.
31 1 21 31.03.04 Gijón Denmark 2-0
32 - 21 28.04.04 Genova Italy 1-1
33 1 22 05.06.04 Getafe Andorra 4-0
34 - 22 12.06.04 Faro Russia 1-0 European Championship
35 1 23 16.06.04 Porto Greece 1-1 European Championship
36 - 23 20.06.04 Lisboa Portugal 0-1 European Championship
37 1 24 18.08.04 Las Palmas Venezuela 3-2
38 - 24 08.09.04 Zenica Bosnia-Herzeg. 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
39 - 24 17.08.05 Gijón Uruguay 2-0
40 1 25 03.09.05 Santander Canada 2-1
41 1 26 12.11.05 Madrid Slovakia 5-1 World Cup Qualifier
42 - 26 16.11.05 Bratislava Slovakia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
43 - 26 01.03.06 Valladolid Ivory Coast 3-2
44 - 26 15.11.06 Cádiz Romania 0-1
45 - 26 07.02.07 Manchester England 1-0
46 1 27 24.03.07 Madrid Denmark 2-1 European Champ. Qualif.
47 - 27 28.03.07 Mallorca Iceland 1-0 European Champ. Qualif.
[1] Spain won 3-2 on penalties
[2] Spain lost 3-5 on penalties
Total Record
GP GW GD GL GF GA Pts Percentage
47 29 12 6 97 32 70 72.16%
27 Goals in 47 Matches (0.57 per match)
Types of Goals
Friendlies 23
World Cup 9
European Championship Qualifier 7
World Cup Qualifier 5
European Championship 3
Total 47
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Author: Emilio Pla Diaz (pladiaz@aol.com).
Last updated: 8 Sep 2025
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