Mikel Llorente

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Mikel Llorente
Personal information
Full name Mikel Llorente Etxarri
Date of birth (1981-12-15) 15 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Hondarribia, Spain
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001 Real Sociedad B 5 (1)
2002–2003 UPV  [ es ]
2003–2012 Hondarribia  [ eu ]
Managerial career
2008–2012 Hondarribia  [ eu ] (youth)
2012–2017 Hondarribia  [ eu ]
2017–2018 Chiasso (assistant)
2018–2022 Real Sociedad (youth)
2022–2024 Real Sociedad C
2024 Real Unión
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikel Llorente Echarri (born 15 December 1981) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Playing career

Born in Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Llorente was a Real Sociedad youth graduate. He featured with the reserves in the 2001–02 season in Segunda División B, [1] but left the club in December and subsequently represented Tercera División side Universidad del País Vasco-Vasconia  [ es ]. [2]

Llorente subsequently returned to his hometown, playing for Hondarribia FE  [ eu ] in the regional leagues. [2]

Managerial career

While still a player, Llorente managed the youth sides of Hondarribia, [2] [3] before being appointed in charge of the first team on 6 April 2012. [4] On 22 June 2017, he moved abroad and joined Guille Abascal's staff at Swiss side FC Chiasso, as his assistant. [5]

On 20 June 2018, Llorente returned to Real Sociedad, after becoming an assistant of the Juvenil A squad. [6] He was named in charge of the Easo (Juvenil B) squad in 2020, [7] before returning to the Juvenil A in July 2021, now as manager. [8]

On 31 May 2022, Llorente was named at the helm of the C-team in Segunda Federación, replacing Sergio Francisco who had been appointed in charge of the B's. [9] On 2 June 2024, he departed the Txuri-urdin, [10] and was appointed manager of Primera Federación side Real Unión nineteen days later. [11]

On 3 December 2024, following a string of poor results and with the club in the relegation zone, Real Unión announced that they had sacked Llorente. [12] [13]

Personal life

Llorente's older brother Joseba was also a footballer. [14] A forward, he too played for Real Sociedad.

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References

  1. ↑ "Mikel Llorente Etxarri". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 ""He entrenado a media plantilla y ahora me llaman el veterano"" ["I have trained half the squad and now they call me the veteran"] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  3. ↑ ""Este equipo no ha jugado nunca en Tercera, pero la gente habla ya de..."" ["This team have never played in Tercera, but the people already talk about them..."] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Mikel Llorente le releva al destituido Ángel Martín, en el Hondarribia" [Mikel Llorente replaces the sacked Ángel Martín, at Hondarribia] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Mikel Llorente entrenará en la segunda división suiza" [Mikel Llorente will manage in the Swiss second division] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Olabe introduce cambios en el equipo técnico" [Olabe makes changes in the technical staff] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "También la Real C y el Easo" [Real C and Easo as well] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Arrancan los juveniles" [The juveniles start up] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Cambio en el banquillo de la Real Sociedad C" [Changes on the bench of Real Sociedad C] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Mikel Llorente no seguirá en la Real C" [Mikel Llorente will not continue at Real C] (in Spanish). Erreala.com. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Mikel Llorente, nuevo entrenador del Real Unión" [Mikel Llorente, new manager of Real Unión] (in Spanish). Real Unión. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Mikel Llorente no continuará como técnico del Real Unión Club" [Mikel Llorente will not continue as manager of Real Unión Club] (in Spanish). Real Unión. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  13. ↑ González, Alessio (3 December 2024). "El Real Unión despide al técnico Mikel Llorente, el relevo de Fran Justo el pasado verano" [Real Unión sack manager Mikel Llorente, the replacement of Fran Just past summer]. Europa Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  14. ↑ "La oportunidad de Mikel Llorente" [The opportunity of Mikel Llorente] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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