El Guaje has now overtaken Raul's 44-goal tally...

Milestone David Villa Goals For Spain

First goal - 16 Nov 2005: vs Slovakia (2006 World Cup Qualifiers)

10th goal - 24 Mar 2007: vs Denmark (Euro 2008 Qualifiers)

21st goal - 10 Sep 2008: vs Armenia (2010 World Cup Qualifiers)

Overtakes Telmo Zarra to become Spain's 9th all-time highest scorer

24th goal - 19 Nov 2008: vs Chile (Friendly)

Overtakes Alfredo Di Stefano

30th goal - 17 June 2009: vs Iraq (Confederations Cup)

Overtakes Fernando Hierro to become Spain's 3rd all-time highest scorer

44th goal - 12 Oct 2010: vs Scotland (Euro 2012 Qualifiers)

Equals Raul's record to become Spain's joint-leading scorer

45th goal - 25 March 2010: vs Czech Republic (Euro 2012 Qualifiers) Creates a new record to become Spain's all-time leading scorer

Spain's Top Scorers

Player Goals Caps 1 David Villa 46 71 2 Raul 44 102 3 Fernando Hierro 29 89 4 Fernando Morientes 27 47 5 Emilio Butragueno 26 69 - Fernando Torres 26 81 7 Alfredo Di Stefano 23 31 - Julio Salinas 23 56 9 Michel 21 66 10 Telmo Zarra 20 20

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David Villa has officially overtaken Raul to become Spain's all-time leading goalscorer with 46 goals to date after scoring twice against the Czech Republic in their Group I Euro 2012 qualifier on Friday evening.'El Guaje' netted his first goal of the evening for La Furia Roja on 69 minutes when he waltzed past two defenders, checked on to his left foot and fired in a low shot into the bottom corner past Petr Cech.Three minutes later the former Valencia forward netted his second when he blasted home the penalty earned by Andres Iniesta into the left hand corner.Villa made his debut for Spain in February 2005 under Luis Aragones in a 5-0 win over San Marino in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.He had to wait nine months for his first international goal, however, scoring a vital equaliser for La Roja in a 1-1 draw with Slovakia in the same qualifying campaign. It was at the 2006 World Cup in Germany that he took over Raul's place as the team's first choice striker, before successfully inheriting his famous No. 7 jersey long term.Ever since then, Villa has consistently been on the rise, picking up the Golden Boot at Euro 2008 with four goals and finishing as joint-top scorer at the 2010 World Cup, a tournament where he netted five times.