Joseba Llorente

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llorenteand the second or maternal family name is Etxarri.

Joseba Llorente

Llorente as a Villarreal player (2009)
Personal information
Full name	Joseba Llorente Etxarri [1]
Date of birth	(1979-11-24) 24 November 1979 (age 45) [1]
Place of birth	Hondarribia, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s)	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)
International career
2004–2010	Basque Country	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseba Llorente Etxarri (born 24 November 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.

He amassed La Liga totals of 179 games and 50 goals over 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 service of Eibar. ^[2]

Club career

Born in Hondarribia, Basque Country, Llorente came through the ranks of Real Sociedad, ^[2] making his debut for the first team on 3 October 1999 against Real Zaragoza (2–0 away loss). He would however, only total 23 appearances in four seasons, and left in 2003 for another club in his native region, SD Eibar of Segunda División, ^[3] where he already had served a loan stint early into the 2000–01 campaign. ^[4]

For 2005–06, Llorente signed for Real Valladolid also in that tier, and scored 12 league goals in his debut campaign. He added 17 the following year to help the team to achieve promotion as champions. ^[5]

On 20 January 2008, in a match against RCD Espanyol, Llorente broke the Spanish league record for the fastest goal ever scored (7.22 seconds), ^{[6] [7]} beating Dario Silva's previous record at 8. He broke through that season aged almost 29, netting 16 times to help them to retain top-flight status, including a hat-trick against Recreativo de Huelva on the 13th. ^[8]

Llorente agreed a four-year deal with Villarreal CF on 26 May 2008, for an undisclosed fee. ^[9] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win at CD Numancia on 21 September. ^[10] Exactly one month later, he put three past AaB Football in a UEFA Champions League 6–3 home victory. ^[11]

On 10 March 2009, after just minutes on the pitch, Llorente scored the winner in a 2–1 away defeat of Panathinaikos F.C. in the Champions League quarter-finals' second leg (3–2 aggregate). ^[12] His first season at Villarreal was highly productive as he scored a squad-best 15 league goals, ^[13] including two at FC Barcelona in a 3–3 draw on 10 May, postponing the Catalans' title-winning celebrations for a further week. ^[14]

On 16 June 2010, after another good year with the Valencians, Llorente rejoined Real Sociedad – recently returned to the top tier – penning a four-year contract worth €2.5 million. ^[15] In his competitive debut, on 29 August, he assisted Xabi Prieto with a backheel for the game's only goal, at home against his former side Villarreal; ^[16] in mid-January 2011, however, after suffering a back injury, he was sidelined for the remainder of the season. ^[17]

Personal life

Llorente's younger brother Mikel was a footballer at amateur level. He later worked as a manager. ^[18]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^{[19] [20] [21]}

Club	Season	League			Copa del Rey		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Real Sociedad	1999–00	La Liga	8	1	1	0	–		9	1
	2000–01		9	2	0	0	–		9	2
	2001–02		4	0	0	0	–		4	0
	2002–03		2	1	–		–		2	1
	Total		23	4	1	0	0	0	24	4
Real Sociedad B	2001–02	Segunda División B	10	2	–		–		10	2
Eibar (loan)	2000–01	Segunda División	8	4	0	0	–		8	4
Eibar (loan)	2003–04	Segunda División	33	4	1	0	–		34	4
Eibar	2004–05	Segunda División	38	18	1	0	–		39	18
Valladolid	2005–06	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
	Total		99	45	9	2	0	0	108	47
Villarreal	2008–09	La Liga	32	15	1	0	7	4	40	19
	2009–10		29	9	3	0	8	1	40	10
	Total		61	24	4	0	15	5	80	29
Real Sociedad	2010–11	La Liga	18	5	2	0	–		20	5
	2011–12		17	0	3	0	–		20	0
	Total		35	5	5	0	0	0	40	5
Osasuna (loan)	2012–13	La Liga	24	1	3	2	–		27	3
Career total			331	107	24	4	15	5	370	116

Honours

Valladolid

• Segunda División: 2006–07 ^[22]

References

1. Joseba Llorente at AS.com (in Spanish)
2. "Joseba Llorente: "La Real me lo ha dado todo"" [Joseba Llorente: "Real has given me everything"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 October 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
3. Lorenzo, José Luis (3 September 2003). ""Necesitaba minutos y poder disputar algo todos los domingos"" ["I needed to have minutes and play for something every Sunday"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2014.
4. Imedio, Óscar (24 January 2001). "Piensan encadenar la tercera victoria" [Thinking of third win in a row]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2014.
5. Gómez, Letizia (14 March 2019). "El Valladolid añora a Joseba Llorente, 'El castas'" [Valladolid yearning Joseba Llorente, 'The spunk']. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2019.
6. Rivera, Almudena (20 January 2008). "Llorente marca el gol más rápido de la historia de la Liga" [Llorente scores fastest goal in League history]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2008.
7. Wright, Chris (21 December 2020). "Quickfire! McTominay, Leao set new standards among football's fastest goals". ESPN . Retrieved 13 July 2023.
8. "Valladolid 3–1 Recreativo Huelva". ESPN Soccernet. 13 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
9. "Villarreal lure Llorente from Valladolid". UEFA. 26 May 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
10. García, José (22 September 2008). "La pegada del Villarreal desinfla al Numancia (1–2)" [Villarreal pace deflates Numancia (1–2)]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2022.
11. Hunter, Graham (21 October 2008). "Llorente treble caps Villarreal goalfest". UEFA. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
12. Wood, Graham (10 March 2009). "Clinical Villarreal put paid to Panathinaikos". UEFA. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
13. "Llorente se despide del Valladolid a la espera de firmar por el Villarreal" [Llorente says goodbye to Valladolid waiting to sign for Villarreal]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 23 May 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
14. Steinberg, Jacob (10 May 2009). "Villarreal cancel Barcelona's title celebrations with last gasp equaliser". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 August 2014.
15. Badallo, Óscar (16 June 2010). "Joseba Llorente y Paco Sutil son los primeros fichajes para Primera" [Joseba Llorente and Paco Sutil are the first signings for Primera]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2010.
16. "Sociedad make winning return". ESPN Soccernet. 29 August 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
17. Scime, Adam (25 January 2011). "Real Sociedad striker Joseba Llorente out for the rest of the season". Goal . Retrieved 14 February 2011.
18. Parcero, Bruno (14 September 2017). "La oportunidad de Mikel Llorente" [Mikel Llorente's chance]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 July 2024.
19. Joseba Llorente at BDFutbol
20. Joseba Llorente at Soccerway
21. Joseba Llorente at FBref.com
22. "El Valladolid, campeón de Segunda División" [Valladolid, Segunda División champions]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 10 June 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

External links

• Joseba Llorente at BDFutbol