Paco Llorente

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Paco Llorente
Personal information
Full name Francisco Llorente Gento
Date of birth (1965-05-21) 21 May 1965 (age 58)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1986 Atlético Madrileño 31 (5)
1986–1987 Atlético Madrid 29 (3)
1987–1994 Real Madrid 106 (6)
1995–1998 Compostela 72 (2)
Total238(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.

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He amassed La Liga totals of 207 games and 11 goals over the course of 13 seasons, with Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid and Compostela.

Club career

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]

International career

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.

Personal life

Llorente hailed from a sporting family. Other than his uncle, his three brothers were also professionals: José Luis (1959) and Antonio "Toñín"  [ es ] (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]

Honours

Real Madrid

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