First Team Squad – 2016/17

This was Aston Villa’s first team squad for 2016/17, you may be looking for the current squad.

# Player Position Nationality DOB U21? HG?
1 Pierluigi Gollini GK Italy 18/03/95 Yes No
2 Nathan Baker DF England 23/04/91 No Yes
3 Neil Taylor DF Wales 07/02/89 No Yes
4 Micah Richards DF England 24/06/88 No Yes
5 Henri Lansbury MF England 12/10/90 No Yes
6 Tommy Elphick DF England 07/09/87 No Yes
7 Leandro Bacuna MF Netherlands 21/08/91 No No
8 Aaron Tshibola MF England 02/01/95 Yes Yes
9 Scott Hogan FW England 13/04/92 No Yes
10 Jordan Ayew FW Ghana 11/09/91 No No
11 Gabby Agbonlahor FW England 13/10/86 No Yes
12 James Chester DF Wales 23/01/89 No Yes
13 Jed Steer GK England 23/09/92 No Yes
14 Conor Hourihane MF Republic of Ireland 02/02/91 No No
15 Ashley Westwood MF England 01/04/90 No Yes
16 James Bree DF England 11/12/97 Yes No
17 Jordan Veretout MF France 01/03/93 No No
18 Libor Kozák FW Czech Republic 30/05/89 No No
19 Andre Green FW England 02/05/98 Yes Yes
20 Birkir Bjarnason MF Iceland 27/05/88 No No
21 Alan Hutton DF Scotland 30/11/84 No No
22 Gary Gardner MF England 29/06/92 No Yes
23 Jordan Amavi DF France 09/03/94 No No
24 Carlos Sánchez MF Colombia 06/02/86 No No
25 Mile Jedinak MF Australia 03/08/84 No No
26 Jonathan Kodjia FW Ivory Coast 22/10/89 No No
27 Ritchie De Laet DF Belgium 28/11/88 No No
28 Aly Cissokho DF France 15/09/87 No No
29 Rushian Hepburn-Murphy FW England 19/09/98 Yes Yes
31 Mark Bunn GK England 16/11/84 No Yes
33 Matija Šarkić GK Montenegro 22/07/97 Yes Yes
34 Sam Johnstone (Man Utd) GK England 25/03/93 No Yes
35 Corey Taylor FW England 23/09/97 Yes Yes
36 Jerrell Sellars FW England 28/04/95 Yes Yes
37 Albert Adomah MF Ghana 13/12/97 No No
38 Jordan Lyden MF Australia 30/01/96 Yes Yes
39 Keinan Davis FW England 13/02/98 Yes Yes
40 Jack Grealish MF Republic of Ireland 10/09/95 Yes Yes
41 Brad Watkins GK England 11/09/94 No Yes
44 Ross McCormack FW Scotland 18/08/86 No No
46 Kevin Toner DF Republic of Ireland 18/07/96 Yes Yes
Carles Gil MF Spain 22/11/92 No No
Riccardo Calder MF England 01/07/96 Yes Yes

January Exits/Arrivals

  • Jan 4th – Rudy Gestede joined Middlesbrough.
  • Jan 20th – Henri Lansbury arrived from Forest.
  • Jan 25th – James Bree arrived from Barnsley and Birkir Bjarnason arrived from FC Basel.
  • Jan 26th – Conor Hourihane arrived from Barnsley.
  • Jan 31st – Neil Taylor arrived from Swansea and Scott Hogan arrived from Brentford. Ashley Westwood joined Burnley and Jordan Ayew joined Swansea.

Loan Details

  • Riccardo Calder joined Doncaster on a half-season loan. He joined Lincoln in March until the end of the season.
  • Carles Gil joined Deportivo La Coruna for the full season.
  • Easah Suliman went to Cheltenham in August for a half-season loan through until January 2nd 2017.
  • Carlos Sanchez joined Fiorentina for the season.
  • Jordan Veretout joined Saint-Etienne for the whole season.
  • Kevin Toner joined Walsall on a half-season loan until January 2017. He then joined Bradford until the end of the season.
  • Pierluigi Gollini joined Atalanta in January on an 18-month deal.
  • Aly Cissokho joined Olympiakos in January until the end of the season.
  • Aaron Tshibola joined Nottingham Forest in January until the end of the season.
  • Ross McCormack joined Nottingham Forest on the last day of the winter transfer window until the end of the season.