Raúl Llorente Raposo (born 2 April 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back.
Club career
Born in Madrid, Llorente graduated from the Atlético Madrid youth system, playing three seasons with the reserve side in the Segunda División B.[2] In 2008–09 he first appeared in the Segunda División, starting and being relegated with Alavés.[3][4]
After one more year with the Basques, Llorente returned to the second tier and signed a two-year contract with Xerez.[5] In January 2012, however, he moved back to division three and joined Tenerife,[6] helping the club to achieve promotion at the end of the 2012–13 campaign by contributing 29 games and two goals (play-offs included).[7]
In another January transfer window, in 2014, Llorente moved abroad for the first time, going on to spend several seasons in the Super League Greece with Kalloni[8] and Platanias.[9] On 28 August 2017, the 31-year-old agreed to a one-year contract with Western Sydney Wanderers of the Australian A-League.[10]
Llorente returned to football on 25 December 2020, joining third division club Villarrobledo.[11]
International career
Llorente represented Spain at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship,[12][13] making five appearances in the competition for the runners-up.[14]
Career statistics
- As of match played on 22 December 2017
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético Madrid B | 2005–06[15] | Segunda División B | 27 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07[15] | Segunda División B | 32 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2007–08[15] | Segunda División B | 33 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| Total | 92 | 1 | — | — | 92 | 1 | ||||
| Alavés | 2008–09[15] | Segunda División | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[15] | Segunda División B | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | ||
| Total | 60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 62 | 2 | |||
| Xerez | 2010–11[15] | Segunda División | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |
| 2011–12[15] | Segunda División | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| Tenerife | 2011–12[15] | Segunda División B | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 2012–13[15] | Segunda División B | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 29 | 2 | |
| 2013–14[15] | Segunda División | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 61 | 3 | ||
| Kalloni | 2013–14[16] | Super League Greece | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| 2014–15[16] | Super League Greece | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16[16] | Super League Greece | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 50 | 1 | |||
| Platanias | 2016–17[16] | Super League Greece | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 23 | 1 | |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | 2017–18[16] | A-League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Career total | 314 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 335 | 7 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
References
- ^ a b c "Raul Llorente Raposo". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Raúl Llorente: Un zurdo veloz e internacional indiscutible" [Raúl Llorente: speedy lefty and undisputed international]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 December 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ Ruiz de Esquide, Fernando (1 July 2008). "El lateral zurdo Raúl Llorente firma con el Alavés por dos temporadas" [Left-back Raúl Llorente signs with Alavés for two seasons]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "El Alavés consumó su definitivo descenso a Segunda B" [Alavés mathematically relegated to Segunda B]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 June 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Raúl Llorente, nuevo jugador del Xerez" [Raúl Llorente, new player of Xerez]. Marca (in Spanish). 19 July 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Raúl Llorente cambia el Xerez por el Tenerife" [Raúl Llorente changes Xerez for Tenerife]. El Correo (in Spanish). 2 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "El Tenerife pone pie y medio en Segunda división" [Tenerife are all but promoted to the second division]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 May 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ Díaz, José M. (21 January 2014). "Oficial: Kalloni, Raúl Llorente firma hasta 2015" [Official: Kalloni, Raúl Llorente signs until 2015] (in Spanish). Todo Mercado Web. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ Samolis, Dimitris (5 September 2016). "Έκλεισε Γιορέντε ο Πλατανιάς" [Done deal: Llorente to Platanias] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Wanderers sign former Spain youth international". Special Broadcasting Service. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "El Villarrobledo se regala por Navidad un lateral que tiene experiencia en Segunda División" [Villarrobledo offer themselves full-back with Segunda División experience for Christmas]. El Español (in Spanish). 25 December 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Un gol de oro mete a los sub'17 en la final del Mundial" [Golden goal puts the under-17 in World Cup final]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 27 August 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Raúl Llorente estará varios meses de baja" [Raúl Llorente to be several months out]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 August 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ Raúl Llorente – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Raúl Llorente: Raúl Llorente Raposo". BDFutbol. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Raúl Llorente". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
External links
- Raúl Llorente at BDFutbol