Aston Villa FC

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Aston Villa
Club Name	Aston Villa football club
Nickname(s)	Villa, The Villans
Founded	1874
Stadium	Villa Park
Manager	Martin O'Neill
Division	English Premier League

Aston Villa (affectionately known as West Midlands Village in various editions of the PES series) are an English Premier League side that can be used in the PES series. The club has been available to use in each game of the series. They play with a home strip of claret and light blue shirts, white shorts and light blue socks which is similar to West Ham's home kit.

Players

Aston Villa are a pacey counter-attacking side in real life, and are the same in PES. Brad Friedel is a solid goalkeeper in the game, Curtis Davies and Wilfred Bouma shore up the back. These defenders are notable for their goals from set-pieces, given the introduction in PES08 of the ability to take defenders up for corners. Aston Villa have solid central midfielders such as Steve Sidwell, Stilian Petrov and Nigel Reo-Coker which present a platform for the attacking players. This is where 'Villa' come to life with the lightning quick Gabriel Agbonlahor, silky winger Ashley Young, the young Nathan Delfouneso and powerful striker John Carew. The addition of Emile Heskey will add more depth to their striking department, however if Villa are to improve on their impressive progress, they need to keep hold of their star players; having allowed Gareth Barry to join Manchester City. Unfortunately Martin Laursen has had to retire due to injury and as such, a new club captain will need to be appointed.

Current Squad

Pos.	No.	Name	Information
	1	Brad Friedel	Register from Blackburn Rovers
	2	Luke Young
	3	Wilfred Bouma
	4	Steve Sidwell
	5	Richard Dunne	Register from Manchester City
	6	Stewart Downing	Register from Middlesbrough
	7	Ashley Young
	8	James Milner
	10	John Carew
	11	Gabriel Agbonlahor
	14	Nathan Delfouneso
	15	Curtis Davies
	17	Moustapha Salifou
	18	Emile Heskey	Register from Wigan Athletic
	19	Stilian Petrov	Club Captain
	20	Nigel Reo-Coker	Club Vice-Captain
	21	Nicky Shorey
	22	Brad Guzan
	23	Habib Beye	Register from Newcastle United
	24	Carlos Cuellar
	25	Stephen Warnock	Register from Blackburn Rovers
	26	Craig Gardner
	27	Isaiah Osbourne
	29	James Collins	Register from West Ham United
	46	Barry Bannan
	47	Ciaran Clark	Available after February Update
	48	Nathan Baker	Available after February Update
	49	Chris Herd	Available after February Update

Transfers In

Pos.	No.	Name	Register From	Contract Type
	5	Richard Dunne	Manchester City	Permanent
	6	Stewart Downing	Middlesbrough	Permanent
	18	Emile Heskey	Wigan Athletic	Permanent
	23	Habib Beye	Newcastle United	Permanent
	29	James Collins	West Ham United	Permanent

Transfers Out

Pos.	No.	Name	Register to	Contract Type
	5	Martin Laursen	No Belonging	Retired
	6	Gareth Barry	Manchester City	Permanent
	13	Stuart Taylor	Manchester City	Permanent
	16	Zat Knight	Bolton Wanderers	Permanent
	18	Wayne Routledge	Queens Park Rangers	Permanent
	56	Zoltan Stieber	TuS Koblenz	Permanent
	9	Marlon Harewood	Newcastle United	Loan
	51	/ Shane Lowry	Plymouth Argyle	Loan
	29	Stephen O'Halloran	Swansea	Loan

See Also

Arsenal FC | Aston Villa FC | Birmingham City | Blackburn Rovers | Bolton Wanderers | Burnley FC | Chelsea FC
Everton FC | Fulham FC | Hull City | Liverpool FC | Manchester City |  Manchester United | Portsmouth FC
Stoke City | Sunderland AFC | Tottenham Hotspur | West Ham United | Wigan Athletic |  Wolverhampton Wanderers

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