| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikel Llorente Etxarri | ||
| Date of birth | 15 December 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Hondarribia, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001 | Real Sociedad B | 5 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | UPV | ||
| 2003–2012 | Hondarribia | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2012 | Hondarribia (youth) | ||
| 2012–2017 | Hondarribia | ||
| 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 Etxarri (born 15 December 1981) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
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 . [2]
Llorente subsequently returned to his hometown, playing for Hondarribia FE in the regional leagues. [2]
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]
Llorente's older brother Joseba was also a footballer. [14] A forward, he too played for Real Sociedad.