Record: Villarreal star has been sent off four times in just 20 La Liga appearances | OneFootball

A member of the midfield ranks at La Liga outfit Villarreal on Saturday secured for himself a piece of Spanish football history.

Unfortunately for the player in question, however, as much came for altogether unwanted reasons.

Villarreal marked their return to action on Saturday, making the trip to Mestalla for a La Liga meeting with struggling Valencia.

When all was said and done, Marcelino’s troops were forced to settle for a share of the spoils, Hugo Duro’s opener cancelled out by Ayoze Pérez on the stroke of the interval.

And yet, had Valencia taken better advantage, things could in fact have gotten much worse for Villarreal on the day.

This comes with the Yellow Submarine having been reduced to ten men midway through the 2nd-half, upon summer signing Pape Gueye being sent for an early bath owing to a 2nd bookable offence.

The Senegalese has endured a tough time of things in staying on the pitch across both of his stints in La Liga, having also proven something of a loose cannon during a loan stint with Sevilla last year.

In fact, as revealed by statisticians Opta:

‘Pape Gueye is the fastest player to be shown four red cards in LaLiga in the 21st century (four in just 20 appearances).’

Conor Laird | GSFN