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| Current League: Primera Division (Spa) | | Nickname: El Submarino Amarillo | | Year Founded: 1923 | | Location: Villarreal, Spain | | Stadium: El Madrigal stadium | | Capacity: 23000 | | Official Website: VillarrealCF.es | | Record Transfer Fees Paid: £7.43m for Rub Cani from Real Zaragoza in 2006 | | Record Transfer Fees Received: £14.16m for Diego Forlan from Atletico Madrid in 2007 | | Average age of players: 28 years | | Number of foreigners: 13 | | Longest serving player: Javi Venta, Josico, Marcos Senna (6 years) | | | |
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| Giuseppe Rossi (Manchester United, £6.74m), Rio Mavuba (Bordeaux, £5.4m), Angel Lopez (Celta Vigo, £4.05m), Diego Lopez (Real Madrid, £4.04m), Santi Cazorla (Recreativo Huelva, £811.5k), Jon Dahl Tomasson (VfB Stuttgart, Undisc.), Roberto Ayala (Valencia, Bosman), Joan Capdevila (Deportivo la Coruna, Bosman), Diego God (Nacional, ??) | Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid, £14.16m), Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors, Free), Roberto Ayala (Real Zaragoza, Free), Jose Enrique (Newcastle United, Undisc.), Rio Mavuba (Lille, Loan), Luis Antonio Valencia (Wigan Athletic, Undisc.), Rodolfo Arruabarrena (AEK Athens, Bosman), Mariano Barbosa (Recreativo Huelva, ??), Mart C?ceres (Recreativo Huelva, ??), Martin Caceres (Recreativo Huelva, Loan), Javier Lopez Vallejo (Real Zaragoza, Free), Jose Mari (Real Betis, ??), Juan Manuel Pena (Un-attached), Leandro Somoza (Real Betis, Loan) | | | |
| No. | Name | Pos. | Age | Birthplace | Ht | Wt | Contr. | Signed | From | Fee | | Staff | | - | Manuel Pellegrini (Chl) | Mgr | 54 | Santiago | - | - | 06/2010 | 2004 | Un-attached | Hired | | Goalkeepers | | 1 | Sebastian Viera (Uru) | GK | 25 | Florida | 185 | 82 | 06/2009 | 2005 | Nacional (Uru) | ?? | | 13 | Diego Lopez (Spa) | GK | 26 | Paradela | 196 | 88 | - | 2007 | Real Madrid (Spa) | £4.04m | | Defenders | | 3 | Josemi (Spa) | RB | 28 | Torremolinos | 182 | 82 | 06/2010 | 2006 | Liverpool (Eng) | Swap | | 17 | Javi Venta (Spa) | RB | 32 | Oviedo | 180 | 74 | - | 2002 | - | - | | 18 | Angel Lopez (Spa) | RB | 27 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 180 | 71 | 06/2012 | 2007 | Celta Vigo (Spa) | £4.05m | | 5 | Joan Capdevila (Spa) | LB | 30 | T?rrega | 182 | 78 | 06/2010 | 2007 | Deportivo la Coruna (Spa) | Bosman | | 2 | Gonzalo Rodriguez (Arg) | CD | 24 | Buenos Aires | 182 | 79 | 06/2011 | 2004 | San Lorenzo (Arg) | ?? | | 4 | Diego God (Uru) | CD | 22 | Rosario | 185 | 73 | 06/2012 | 2007 | Nacional (Uru) | ?? | | 12 | Pascal Cygan (Fra) | CD | 34 | Lens | 191 | 88 | 06/2008 | 2006 | Arsenal (Eng) | £2.02m | | 20 | Fabricio Fuentes (Arg) | CD | 31 | R?o Cuarto | 182 | 81 | 06/2009 | 2006 | Atlas (Mex) | ?? | | Midfielders | | - | Leandro Somoza (Arg) | CM | 27 | Buenos Aires | 187 | 78 | 06/2008 | 2007 | - | - | | 6 | Josico (Spa) | MF | 33 | Hell?n | 177 | 73 | 06/2009 | 2002 | - | - | | 8 | Santi Cazorla (Spa) | MF | 23 | - | 168 | 66 | 06/2011 | 2007 | Recreativo Huelva (Spa) | £811.5k | | 10 | Rub Cani (Spa) | MF | 26 | Zaragoza | 180 | 75 | 06/2011 | 2006 | Real Zaragoza (Spa) | £7.43m | | 14 | Matias Fernandez (Chl) | MF | 21 | Buenos Aires | 177 | 75 | 06/2012 | 2007 | Colo Colo (Chl) | £5.83m | | 19 | Marcos Senna (Bra) | MF | 31 | Sao Paulo | 177 | 76 | 06/2010 | 2002 | - | - | | 21 | Bruno Soriano (Spa) | MF | 23 | Artana | - | - | - | 2006 | - | - | | 7 | Robert Pires (Fra) | WG | 35 | Reims | 187 | 80 | 06/2009 | 2006 | Arsenal (Eng) | Bosman | | Forwards | | 9 | Guillermo Franco (Mex) | ST | 31 | Corrientes | 182 | 76 | 06/2009 | 2006 | Monterrey (Mex) | £1.21m | | 11 | Jon Dahl Tomasson (Den) | ST | 31 | Roskilde | 182 | 72 | 06/2009 | 2007 | VfB Stuttgart (Ger) | Undisc. | | 15 | Nihat Kahveci (Tur) | ST | 28 | Istanbul | 175 | 71 | 06/2011 | 2006 | Real Sociedad (Spa) | Undisc. | | 22 | Giuseppe Rossi (Ita) | ST | 21 | New Jersey | 173 | 73 | 06/2013 | 2007 | Manchester United (Eng) | £6.74m |
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