Borja Valero Iglesias (born 12 January 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal in La Liga as a central midfielder.

He began his career with Real Madrid, and played for Mallorca and in England for West Bromwich Albion, before joining Villarreal, initially on loan, in 2010.

Valero was born in Madrid, and began his football career as a youngster in the ranks of Real Madrid. He made his first appearance for Real Madrid B on 29 May 2005 in the Segunda División B (third tier) as a second-half substitute, took part in the playoffs to earn promotion, and played two full seasons in the Segunda División.

He played only twice for the first team: given his debut by Fabio Capello against Écija, substituting for Javi García after 60 minutes of a 2006–07 Copa del Rey match on 25 October 2006, he also played once in the UEFA Champions League, replacing Miguel Ángel Nieto in a 2–2 away draw with Dynamo Kyiv in the group stage.

In August 2007, Valero signed a five-year contract with Mallorca following his release from Real Madrid. He scored his first La Liga goals in a 7–1 home home win over Recreativo Huelva on 9 March 2008. He added another a month later, against his former team in a 1–1 home draw. On 11 May, Valero scored the first goal for Mallorca as they came back from 2–0 down to beat Barcelona in Frank Rijkaard's last home game as Barcelona manager. He made 17 starts and played a total of 1,892 minutes during the season to help the club finish in 7th position.^{[citation needed]}

Giuseppe Rossi (born 1 February 1987) is an American-born Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Villarreal CF and the Italian national team.

Rossi is an Italian American, born to Italian immigrant parents in Teaneck, New Jersey; his father, Fernando Rossi, coached football and taught Italian and Spanish at Clifton High School. His mother, Cleonilde Rossi, was also a language teacher at Clifton. At age 12, he moved to Parma, Italy with his father to begin his youth career at Parma.

When offered a spot on the youth team of Parma, Rossi (then 12) and his father moved to Italy until Manchester United bought his contract when he was 17. He scored his first Premier League goal with a long range effort in a 3–1 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

At the start of the 2006–07 season, Rossi moved to Newcastle United on loan until 1 January 2007, where he was expected to gain some first team experience. He made his home debut on September 24, 2006. Rossi scored his only Newcastle goal in his first start on October 25, 2006, against Portsmouth in a Carling Cup Third Round tie at St James' Park.