Joseba Llorente
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Llorente as a Villarreal player (2009) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseba Llorente Etxarri | ||
| Date of birth | 24 November 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Hondarribia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Real Sociedad B | 64 | (26) |
| 1999–2004 | Real Sociedad | 23 | (4) |
| 2000 | → Eibar (loan) | 8 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | → Eibar (loan) | 33 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | Eibar | 38 | (18) |
| 2005–2008 | Valladolid | 99 | (45) |
| 2008–2010 | Villarreal | 61 | (24) |
| 2010–2013 | Real Sociedad | 35 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | → Osasuna (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| Total | 385 | (131) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Joseba Llorente Etxarri (born 24 November 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a centre forward.
He amassed La Liga totals of 179 games and 50 goals over the course of ten seasons, representing in the competition Real Sociedad, Valladolid, Villarreal and Osasuna. He added 142 matches and 55 goals in the Segunda División, mainly in the service of Eibar.[1]
Club career
Born in Hondarribia, Basque Country, Llorente came through the ranks of Real Sociedad, making his debut for the first team on 3 October 1999 against Real Zaragoza (0–2 away loss). He would however, only amass 23 appearances in four seasons, and left in 2003 for another side in his native region, SD Eibar in the second division,[2] where he already had served a loan stint early into the 2000–01 campaign.[3]
For 2005–06 Llorente joined Real Valladolid also in that category, and scored 12 league goals in his debut campaign. He added 17 to help the side achieve promotion the following year.
On 20 January 2008, in a match against RCD Espanyol, Llorente broke the Spanish league record for the fastest goal ever scored (7.82 seconds),[4] beating Dario Silva's previous record at 8. He broke through that season aged almost 29, netting 16 goals to help the team retain top flight status, namely a hat-trick against Recreativo de Huelva on the 13th.[5]
On 26 May 2008 Llorente agreed a four-year deal with Villarreal CF,[6] leaving Valladolid for an undisclosed fee. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win at CD Numancia on 21 September; exactly one month later, he put three past AaB Football in a UEFA Champions League 6–3 home win.[7]
On 10 March 2009, after just minutes on the pitch, Llorente scored the winner against Panathinaikos FC in an eventual 2–1 away win in the Champions League quarterfinals' second leg (3–2 aggregate). His first season at Villarreal was highly productive as he netted a squad-best 15 league goals,[8] including two at FC Barcelona in a 3–3 draw on 10 May, postponing the Catalans' title-winning celebrations for a further week.[9]
On 16 June 2010, after another good year with the Valencian, Llorente moved again to Real Sociedad – freshly returned to the first division – penning a four-year contract worth €2.5 million.[10] In his official debut, on 29 August, he assisted Xabi Prieto with a backheel for the game's only goal, at home against former side Villarreal;[11] in mid-January 2011, however, after suffering a back injury, he was sidelined for the remainder of the season.[12]
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1998–99 | Real Sociedad B | Tercera División | 38 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 15 |
| 1999–00 | Real Sociedad | La Liga | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 1 |
| 2000–01 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | Eibar | Segunda División | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 4 |
| 2001–02 | Real Sociedad | La Liga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | Real Sociedad B | Segunda División B | 9 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3 |
| 2002–03 | Real Sociedad | La Liga | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| 2003–04 | Eibar | Segunda División | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 34 | 4 |
| 2004–05 | 38 | 18 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 18 | ||
| 2005–06 | Valladolid | Segunda División | 36 | 12 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 37 | 12 |
| 2006–07 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 32 | 18 | ||
| 2007–08 | La Liga | 36 | 16 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 39 | 17 | |
| 2008–09 | Villarreal | 32 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 19 | |
| 2009–10 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 10 | ||
| 2010–11 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 5 | |
| 2011–12 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Osasuna | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 13 | 2 | |
| Total | Spain | 356 | 123 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 393 | 131 | |
| Career total | 356 | 123 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 393 | 131 | ||
References
- ↑ "Joseba Llorente: "La Real me lo ha dado todo"" [Joseba Llorente: "Real has given me everything"] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ↑ ""Necesitaba minutos y poder disputar algo todos los domingos"" ["I needed to have minutes and play for something every Sunday"] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 3 September 2003. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ↑ "Piensan encadenar la tercera victoria" [Thinking of third win in a row] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 January 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ↑ "Llorente marca el gol más rápido de la historia de la Liga" [Llorente scores fastest goal in League history] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 January 2008.
- ↑ Valladolid 3–1 Recreativo Huelva; ESPN Soccernet, 13 January 2008
- ↑ Villarreal lure Llorente from Valladolid; UEFA.com, 26 May 2008
- ↑ Llorente treble caps Villarreal goalfest; UEFA.com, 21 October 2008
- ↑ "Llorente se despide del Valladolid a la espera de firmar por el Villarreal" [Llorente says goodbye to Valladolid waiting to sign for Villarreal] (in Spanish). 20 Minutos. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ↑ Jacob Steinberg (10 May 2009). "Villarreal cancel Barcelona's title celebrations with last gasp equaliser". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ Joseba Llorente y Paco Sutil son los primeros fichajes para Primera (Joseba Llorente and Paco Sutil, first signings for La Liga); Marca, 16 June 2010 (Spanish)
- ↑ "Sociedad make winning return". ESPN Soccernet. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ↑ "Real Sociedad striker Joseba Llorente out for the rest of the season". Goal.com. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ↑ "Joseba Llorente". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
External links
- Joseba Llorente profile at BDFutbol