A decade as a Yellow
A decade as a Yellow
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Villarreal CF pays tribute to ten players, among them Mario, that have played 10 years at the club

A very moving and sentimental event. Ten Villarreal CF players who have represented the Yellows for ten years were honoured in a club ceremony led by President Fernando Roig and held at the Entrelíneas Restaurant inside the Estadio de la Cerámica. The President personally presented each of the players with the traditional ceramic submarine trophy.

Among the honorees was First Team defender Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez, who was evidently emotional upon collecting the award. The Yellows number 2 came to play for the Yellows Academy at just 16 years old. Now, ten years later, he is one of the captains and key players for Villarreal. Together with the Novelda native, nine other Yellows Academy players also received their well-deserved recognition: Ramón Bueno (Villarreal B), María Colonques (Ladies First Team), Aarón Gallego (U16 B), Francisco Garrido (U16 B), Josep Marqués (U16 B). Damián Sánchez (U16 B), Marc Tirado (U16 B), Joan Cachafeiro (U16 C) and Alberto Miró (U16 C).

Fernando Roig: “It is a very well-deserved tribute”

Villarreal CF President, Fernando Roig, addressed the players that were honoured, thanking them for their effort and dedication for so many years: “For me this is not a small tribute, but a huge and very well-deserved one for all of you, because some of you started at Villarreal at four or five years old and you are still here. This is a tribute for you all and your families, who have also made a great effort and sacrificed a lot for you to be here. We hope that every year, in these ten year anniversary tributes, that there are more and more players and people involved to celebrate such a special occasion”.

Mario: “Villarreal was my home from day one”

For his part, Villarreal’s right back from Alicante, Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez, only had words of praise for the club: “I can only say thank you because for me, ever since I came to Villarreal, I was treated like I was at home. Villarreal has taught me how to be an athlete, but also a better person. This club teaches you a series of values that I believe, with events like this one, are the right ones”.  

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A special pack including Inmersión Villarreal (museum & tour) and a set menu at Corner Sports Bar del Poble

Includes:

  • Ticket for Inmersión Villarreal (museum & tour)
  • Set menu at Corner Sports Bar and a choice between pizza and a drink or burger with chips and a drink

Price:

  • €19.95 – season-ticket holders and ‘Soc Groguet’ fan-card holders
  • €24.95 – general ticket

Villarreal CF’s interactive Museum & Tour experience. You can visit the Submarine’s immersive museum and complete a guided tour of the Estadio de la Cerámica.

  • Visit to Villarreal CF’s museum
  • Guided tour of the Estadio de la Cerámica
  • Estimated duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes
  • Languages: Spanish, Valencian and English
  • Opening times: Thursday afternoons, Friday afternoons, Saturday mornings and afternoons and Sunday mornings

Price:

€15 – general ticket

€12 – season-ticket holders and ‘Soc Groguet’ fan-card holders

€12 – children aged six to 12

€8 – season-ticket holders and ‘Soc Groguet’ fan-card holders aged six to 12

Young children can celebrate their birthday at the Estadio de la Cerámica crèche. The activity is recommended for under-8s.

It includes:

  • Celebration that lasts three hours with a snack and a visit to Inmersión Villarreal (museum & tour)
  • Sandwiches, croissants, pastries, with crisps, drinks and cakes
  • A bag of sweets for each guest
  • Inflatables, trampolines, facepainting
  • Supervision from monitors
  • Mini football match, with goals, in an equipped room

Price:

€27 per guest

Celebrate your birthday at the Estadio de la Cerámica enjoying Inmersión Villarreal and Corner Sports Bar!

  • Visit to Inmersión Villarreal (museum and tour)
  • Set menu at Corner Sports Bar (either burger, hot dog or nuggets + chips + drink)
  • A bag of sweets for each guest
  • A Villarreal CF ball for the birthday boy or girl
  • Personalised Villarreal CF cake
  • Includes entrance to the Inmersión Villarreal experience for two adults who will accompany the group

PRICE

29.95 per guest

Extras

  • Signed shirt by Villarreal CF players: +€99.95
  • Gift bag for each guest (bag, book, pen and Villarreal CF bracelet): +€5.95 per guest

Participants will be able to visit an exclusive area where Villarreal CF players leave the stadium on matchday and ask them for autographs and photographs.

Price

€75 per person

An experience matchday experience that includes:

  • A ticket for Inmersión Villarreal (museum only)
  • Watching the team arrive from inside the stadium
  • A visit to the VIP box and press room
  • Watch the warm-up from pitchside
  • Exclusive Meet & Groc with the players after the match
  • Official Villarreal CF scarf

*Maximum 10 spots per match

Price

€175 per person (match ticket not included)

€275 per person with Super Tribuna ticket