Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Llorente Gento | ||
Date of birth | 21 May 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Valladolid, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1982 | Urbis | ||
1983 | Real Madrid | ||
1984–1985 | Móstoles | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1986 | Atlético Madrileño | 31 | (5) |
1986–1987 | Atlético Madrid | 29 | (3) |
1987–1994 | Real Madrid | 106 | (6) |
1995–1998 | Compostela | 72 | (2) |
Total | 238 | (18) | |
International career | |||
1986 | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) |
1986–1987 | Spain U23 | 3 | (0) |
1987 | Spain | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francisco "Paco" Llorente Gento (born 21 May 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a right winger.
He amassed La Liga totals of 207 games and 11 goals over the course of 13 seasons, with Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid and Compostela.
Llorente was born in Valladolid, Castile and León. After a brief youth passage at Real Madrid he signed with neighbours Atlético Madrid, being fairly used over two seasons. In 1987, after displays of speed and skills, he re-joined Real.
Also being able to appear as a forward, Llorente found it difficult to break into the starting XI, barred by Míchel in his natural position and Hugo Sánchez and Emilio Butragueño up front. [1] His moment of glory came during the second leg of the second round of the 1987–88 European Cup, as he appeared from the bench with Real trailing 1–0 at FC Porto (2–1 win at home) to assist Míchel twice after powerful flank runs, as his uncle Francisco in the 50/60s. [2] [3]
In 1989–90, after the arrival of John Toshack as coach, Llorente found his playing time drastically cut; in his later years with the club, with Benito Floro at the helm, he even saw some time as right-back. [4] He retired in 1998 after four top-flight seasons with lowly SD Compostela, aged 33. [5]
Llorente played once for Spain, against Albania for the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifiers on 18 November 1987, scoring one of the five without response in Seville. [6] He did not make the cut for the final stages in West Germany, however.
Llorente hailed from a sporting family. Other than his uncle, his three brothers were also professionals: José Luis (1959) and Antonio "Toñín" (1963) played top-level basketball for well more than one decade (including at Real Madrid), while the youngest, Julio, made nearly 400 overall official appearances during his career as a defender, coinciding with Paco at Real from 1988 to 1990. [7]
The nephew of legendary Real Madrid footballer Francisco Gento, his son Marcos also played for the club. [8] His father-in-law Ramón Grosso did the same. [9]
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