Villarreal football club
Club Information | ||||||||||
| 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: £9.05m for Nilmar from Internacional in 2009 | ||||||||||
| Record Transfer Fees Received: £14.16m for Diego Forlan from Atletico Madrid in 2007 | ||||||||||
| Average age of players: 27 years | ||||||||||
| Number of foreigners: 9 | ||||||||||
| Longest serving player: Marcos Senna, Javi Venta (8 years) | ||||||||||
Squad Information | ||||||||||
| No. | Name | Pos. | Age | Birthplace | Ht | Wt | Contr. | Signed | From | Fee |
Staff | ||||||||||
| - | Juan Carlos Garrido (Spa) | Mgr | 40 | - | - | - | 06/2010 | 2010 | Villarreal B (Spa) | Hired |
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Xavi Oliva (Spa) | GK | 33 | L'Hospitalet | 190 | 86 | 06/2011 | 2009 | Castellon (Spa) | Free |
| 13 | Diego Lopez (Spa) | GK | 28 | Paradela | 196 | 88 | 06/2014 | 2007 | Real Madrid (Spa) | £4.04m |
Defenders | ||||||||||
| 17 | Javi Venta (Spa) | RB | 34 | Oviedo | 180 | 74 | 06/2010 | 2002 | - | - |
| 18 | Angel Lopez (Spa) | RB | 29 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 180 | 71 | 06/2012 | 2007 | Celta Vigo (Spa) | £4.05m |
| 5 | Joan Capdevila (Spa) | LB | 32 | Tarrega | 182 | 78 | 06/2010 | 2007 | Deportivo la Coruna (Spa) | Bosman |
| 34 | Joan Oriol (Spa) | LB | 23 | Cambrilis | 175 | 69 | - | 2008 | - | - |
| 2 | Gonzalo Rodriguez (Arg) | CD | 25 | Buenos Aires | 182 | 79 | 06/2013 | 2004 | San Lorenzo (Arg) | £? |
| 4 | Diego Godin (Uru) | CD | 24 | Rosario | 185 | 73 | 06/2012 | 2007 | Nacional (Uru) | £? |
| 20 | Ivan Marcano (Spa) | CD | 22 | Santander | 189 | 80 | 06/2015 | 2009 | Racing Santander (Spa) | Undisc. |
| 32 | Kiko (Spa) | CD | 21 | Antequera | 189 | 83 | - | - | - | - |
Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 19 | Marcos Senna (Spa) | DM | 33 | Sao Paulo | 177 | 76 | 06/2010 | 2002 | - | - |
| 31 | Javier Matilla (Spa) | CM | 22 | Quero | 176 | 72 | - | 2009 | - | - |
| 8 | Santi Cazorla (Spa) | MF | 25 | Llanera | 168 | 66 | 06/2014 | 2007 | Recreativo Huelva (Spa) | £811.5k |
| 10 | Rub Cani (Spa) | MF | 28 | Zaragoza | 180 | 75 | 06/2011 | 2006 | Real Zaragoza (Spa) | £7.43m |
| 11 | Ariel Ibagaza (Arg) | MF | 33 | Buenos Aires | 166 | 65 | 06/2010 | 2008 | Mallorca (Spa) | £1.18m |
| 21 | Bruno Soriano (Spa) | MF | 25 | Artana | 179 | 70 | - | 2006 | - | - |
| 24 | Damian Escudero (Arg) | MF | 22 | Rosario | 176 | 74 | 06/2013 | 2008 | Velez Sarsfield (Arg) | Undisc. |
| 30 | Marcos Gullon (Spa) | MF | 21 | Madrid | 185 | 79 | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | David Fuster (Spa) | AM | 28 | Oliva | 178 | 71 | 06/2013 | 2009 | Elche (Spa) | £433.8k |
| 39 | Hernan Perez (Par) | AM | 21 | Asuncion | 180 | 77 | 06/2014 | 2009 | Libertad (Par) | Undisc. |
| 7 | Robert Pires (Fra) | WG | 37 | Reims | 187 | 80 | 06/2010 | 2006 | Arsenal (Eng) | Bosman |
Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Joseba Llorente (Spa) | FW | 30 | Hondarribia | 184 | 72 | 06/2012 | 2008 | Valladolid (Spa) | Bosman |
| 12 | Nilmar (Bra) | ST | 25 | Bandeirantes | 180 | 73 | 06/2014 | 2009 | Internacional (Bra) | £9.05m |
| 22 | Giuseppe Rossi (Ita) | ST | 23 | New Jersey | 173 | 73 | 06/2013 | 2007 | Manchester United (Eng) | £6.74m |
| 28 | Marco Ruben (Arg) | ST | 23 | Capitan Bermudez | 179 | 72 | 06/2013 | 2008 | River Plate (Arg) | £? |