Former Valencia CF players and coaches who have been world champions

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Canada, United States, and Mexico, will kick off on June 11 and run until July 19. Among the participants will be Eray Cömert (Switzerland), while Javi Guerra is part of Spain’s squad as a support player until June 4.

But how many Valencia-related players and coaches have won this tournament? This prestigious list includes the following names: the first was Joel Martins, who won the 1958 World Cup in Sweden with Brazil. He was followed by players such as Rainer Bonhof (Germany, 1974); Mario Kempes (Argentina, 1978); Leonardo Araújo, Mazinho, Romário, and Paulo Sérgio (Brazil, 1994); Didier Deschamps (France, 1998); David Villa, David Silva, Juan Mata, Carlos Marchena, and Raúl Albiol (Spain, 2010); Shkodran Mustafi (Germany, 2014); Adil Rami (France, 2018); and Nicolás Otamendi, Rodrigo De Paul, and Guido Rodríguez (Argentina, 2022).

In addition, it is worth highlighting that former Valencia coaches Gennaro Gattuso (Italy, 2006), Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil, 1994), and Jorge Valdano (Argentina, 1986) also became World Cup champions with their respective national teams.