Joseba Llorente Etxarri
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Joseba Llorente Etxarri (born 24 November 1979) is a Spanish
footballer who plays for Real Sociedad
in La Liga
, as a centre forward.
, 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
, where he already had served a six-month loan stint in the 2000–01 season.
In 2005–06
, Llorente joined Real Valladolid
, also in that category, and netted 12 league goals in his debut campaign, adding 17 to help the side achieve promotion the following year.
On 20 January 2008, in a league match against RCD Espanyol
, Llorente broke the Spanish league record for the fastest goal ever scored (7.82 seconds), beating Uruguay
an Dario Silva
's previous record at 8. He broke through that season, aged almost 29, scoring 16 league goals to help the team retain top flight status (namely a hat-trick
against Recreativo de Huelva
, on the 13th).
On 26 May 2008, Llorente agreed a four-year deal with Villarreal CF
, 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 scored three against AaB Football
in a UEFA Champions League
6–3 home win.
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 15 league goals (squad's best), including two at FC Barcelona
for a 3–3 draw, on 10 May, postponing the Catalans
' title-winning celebrations for a further week.
On 16 June 2010, after another good season at Villarreal, Llorente moved again to Real Sociedad - freshly returned to the first division
- penning a four-year contract worth €
2.5 million. In his official debut, on 29 August, he assisted Xabier Prieto with a backheel for the game's only goal, at home against former side Villarreal; in mid-January 2011, however, after suffering a back
injury, he was sidelined for the remainder of the season
.
|1998–99||Real Sociedad B
||Tercera División
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|1999–00||rowspan="2"|Real Sociedad
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
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|2000–01||9||2||0||0||-||-||9||2
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|2000–01||Eibar
||Segunda División
||8||4||0||0||-||-||8||4
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|2001–02||Real Sociedad
||La Liga
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|2001–02||Real Sociedad B
||Segunda División B
||9||3||-||-||-||-||9||3
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|2002–03||Real Sociedad
||La Liga
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|2003–04||rowspan="2"|Eibar
||rowspan="2"|Segunda División
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|2004–05||38||18||1||0||-||-||39||18
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|2005–06
||rowspan="3"|Valladolid
||rowspan="2"|Segunda División
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|2006–07||26||17||5||1||-||-||31||18
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|2007–08||La Liga
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|2008–09||rowspan="2"|Villarreal
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
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|2009–10
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|2010–11
||Real Sociedad
||La Liga
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Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
footballer who plays for Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909...
in La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
, as a centre forward.
Club career
Born in HondarribiaHondarribia
Hondarribia is a town situated on the west shore of Bidasoa river's mouth, in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain. The border town is sited on a little promontory facing Hendaye over the Txingudi bay. The town holds an ancient old quarter with walls and a castle...
, Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
, Llorente came through the ranks of Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909...
, making his debut for the first team on 3 October 1999, against Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish association football team from Zaragoza in Spain. Founded on 18 March 1932, Real Zaragoza have spent the majority of their 78 year history in the Spanish top-flight. Real Zaragoza are Spain's 9th highest ranked team in overall league points...
(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
SD Eibar
Sociedad Deportiva Eibar, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División B....
, in the second division
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
, where he already had served a six-month loan stint in the 2000–01 season.
In 2005–06
2005–06 Segunda División
-Classification 2005–06:-Relegated to Segunda División B:* UE Lleida -- Relegated to Segunda División B - Group 3* Ferrol -- Relegated to Segunda División B - Group 1* Eibar -- Relegated to Segunda División B - Group 4...
, Llorente joined Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived....
, also in that category, and netted 12 league goals in his debut campaign, adding 17 to help the side achieve promotion the following year.
On 20 January 2008, in a league match against RCD Espanyol
RCD Espanyol
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. It is best known for its football team. Espanyol currently play in the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat with seats for 40,500 spectators. It was inaugurated on 2 August 2009...
, Llorente broke the Spanish league record for the fastest goal ever scored (7.82 seconds), beating Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an Dario Silva
Darío Silva
Darío Debray Silva Pereira is a retired Uruguayan footballer who played as a striker.After making a name for himself in his country and in Italy with Caglari, he spent the following seven years of his career in Spain - scoring 48 La Liga goals in 163 games, mostly for Málaga - before moving to...
's previous record at 8. He broke through that season, aged almost 29, scoring 16 league goals to help the team retain top flight status (namely a hat-trick
Hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
against Recreativo de Huelva
Recreativo de Huelva
Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, it is the oldest football team in Spain, and currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estadio Nuevo Colombino, which has a...
, on the 13th).
On 26 May 2008, Llorente agreed a four-year deal with Villarreal CF
Villarreal CF
Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. , usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vila-real, a city in the province of Castellón within the Valencian Community...
, leaving Valladolid for an undisclosed fee. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win at CD Numancia
CD Numancia
Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos, with a 10,200-seat capacity.Besides football it has other...
, on 21 September. Exactly one month later, he scored three against AaB Football
AaB Football
AaB Fodbold, also referred to as Aalborg BK or AaB, is a professional football team of Danish sports conglomerate Aalborg Boldspilklub, located in Aalborg. They play in the Danish Superliga and have won three Danish Superliga championships and two Danish Cup trophies.AaB became the first Danish...
in a UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
6–3 home win.
On 10 March 2009, after just minutes on the pitch, Llorente scored the winner against Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...
, 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 15 league goals (squad's best), including two at FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
for a 3–3 draw, on 10 May, postponing the Catalans
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
' title-winning celebrations for a further week.
On 16 June 2010, after another good season at Villarreal, Llorente moved again to Real Sociedad - freshly returned to the first division
2009–10 Segunda División
The 2009–10 Segunda División was made up of the following teams:-League table:||rowspan=15 style="background-color:#F9F9F9;"|-2009–10 Results:To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column....
- penning a four-year contract worth €
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
2.5 million. In his official debut, on 29 August, he assisted Xabier Prieto with a backheel for the game's only goal, at home against former side Villarreal; in mid-January 2011, however, after suffering a back
Human back
The human back is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck and the shoulders. It is the surface opposite to the chest, its height being defined by the vertebral column and its breadth being supported by the ribcage and shoulders...
injury, he was sidelined for the remainder of the season
2010–11 La Liga
The 2010–11 La Liga season was the 80th since its establishment. The campaign began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2009–10 season and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División...
.
Club statistics
|-|1998–99||Real Sociedad B
Real Sociedad B
Real Sociedad de Fútbol B is a Spanish football club based in San Sebastián, in the autonomous community of Basque Country...
||Tercera División
Tercera División
Tercera División is the fourth level of the Spanish football league system. The top three are the Primera División, often referred to as "La Liga" in English, the Segunda División, and Segunda División B.-Current Format:...
||38||15||-||-||-||-||38||15
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|1999–00||rowspan="2"|Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909...
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||8||1||1||0||-||-||9||1
|-
|2000–01||9||2||0||0||-||-||9||2
|-
|2000–01||Eibar
SD Eibar
Sociedad Deportiva Eibar, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División B....
||Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
||8||4||0||0||-||-||8||4
|-
|2001–02||Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909...
||La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||4||0|||0||0||-||-||4||0
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|2001–02||Real Sociedad B
Real Sociedad B
Real Sociedad de Fútbol B is a Spanish football club based in San Sebastián, in the autonomous community of Basque Country...
||Segunda División B
Segunda División B
Segunda División B is the third level of the Spanish football league system. It is administered by the RFEF. The top two levels are La Liga, also referred to as the Primera División, and the Segunda División. Immediately below Segunda División B is the Tercera Division...
||9||3||-||-||-||-||9||3
|-
|2002–03||Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909...
||La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||2||1|||-||-||-||-||2||1
|-
|2003–04||rowspan="2"|Eibar
SD Eibar
Sociedad Deportiva Eibar, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División B....
||rowspan="2"|Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
||33||4||1||0||-||-||34||4
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|2004–05||38||18||1||0||-||-||39||18
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|2005–06
2005–06 Segunda División
-Classification 2005–06:-Relegated to Segunda División B:* UE Lleida -- Relegated to Segunda División B - Group 3* Ferrol -- Relegated to Segunda División B - Group 1* Eibar -- Relegated to Segunda División B - Group 4...
||rowspan="3"|Valladolid
Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived....
||rowspan="2"|Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
||36||12||1||0||-||-||37||12
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|2006–07||26||17||5||1||-||-||31||18
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|2007–08||La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||36||16||3||1||-||-||39||17
|-
|2008–09||rowspan="2"|Villarreal
Villarreal CF
Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. , usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vila-real, a city in the province of Castellón within the Valencian Community...
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||32||15||-||-||-||-||32||15
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|2009–10
2009–10 La Liga
- Personnel and sponsoring :- Before the start of the season :- During the season :-League table:||rowspan=1 style="background-color:#F9F9F9;"|||rowspan=1 style="background-color:#F9F9F9;"|...
|||29||9||-||-||-||-||29||9
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|2010–11
2010–11 La Liga
The 2010–11 La Liga season was the 80th since its establishment. The campaign began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2009–10 season and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División...
||Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909...
||La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
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