Nielsen attracted further controversy in a 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage match between Spanish side Villarreal and Manchester United, when he immediately showed a second yellow card and sent off Manchester United's Wayne Rooney for sarcastically clapping in his face after he had initially been shown a yellow card.
He left the club for Villarreal CF after punching Gavin as part of a match fixing scandal.
On the 22nd July 2011, Xtep announced a five-year cooperation agreement with Spanish La Liga giant Villarreal CF for a kit sponsorship deal.
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On 13 March 2011, after Nacho Novo gained a penalty kick in the last-minute of an away fixture against Villarreal CF, he converted it in Panenka-style for a final 1–1 draw – the visiting team was then reduced to only nine players.
Gabriel Armando de Abreu (born 26 November 1990), better known as Gabriel Paulista or simply Gabriel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a centre back.
After starting out at San Lorenzo he spent most of his career with Villarreal, appearing in 253 official games over the course of eight La Liga seasons (nine goals).
In the 2000 summer Farinós caught the attention of Serie A's F.C. Internazionale Milano, where he would spend five years (with a Villarreal CF loan in between) without much success: he was out of action for 15 months due to injury, and was only able to pitch in ten league games as Inter lost the 2001–02 league title in the last matchday.
Ros scored his first goal for Real Sociedad on 16 January 2014, netting the only in the Copa del Rey tie against Villarreal CF to qualify his team to the quarterfinals.
After a loan in Segunda División with Villarreal CF, Seba was released by Zaragoza and moved on a free transfer to England's Wigan Athletic, for the start of the 1995–96 season.
Two current players were named after Johan Neeskens, Neeskens Kebano of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and John Neeskens Ramirez of Villarreal CF.
He has two brothers and two half-brothers; the elder, Éder dos Santos, currently plays for Club América in the Primera División de Mexico as a defensive midfielder, and Giovani dos Santos, who plays for Villarreal CF in La Liga, as an attacking midfielder.
Vázquez played his first game as a professional on 6 January 2010, starting for Celta in a 1–1 home draw against Villarreal CF for the season's Copa del Rey.
Mario Gaspar Pérez (born 1990), Spanish footballer for Villarreal CF