Carlos Llorens
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Llorens Mestre | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Alicante, Spain | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
Valencia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1992 | Tomelloso | 36 | (3) |
1992–1993 | Cartagena | 22 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Elche | 28 | (1) |
1994–1995 | Levante | 33 | (1) |
1995–1997 | Lleida | 61 | (0) |
1997–1998 | Leganés | 40 | (10) |
1998–2000 | Rayo Vallecano | 69 | (9) |
2000 | Atlético Madrid | 12 | (0) |
2001 | Osasuna | 19 | (0) |
2001–2003 | Alavés | 71 | (7) |
2003–2006 | Poli Ejido | 99 | (0) |
2006–2009 | Rayo Vallecano | 83 | (7) |
Total | 573 | (38) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Carlos Llorens Mestre (born 1 September 1969) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back.
A player of offensive penchant, he was also a penalty kick specialist. He played for 11 different teams during his career, amassing La Liga totals of 125 games and four goals with Rayo Vallecano, Osasuna and Alavés and retiring at the age of 40.
Football career
Born in Alicante, Valencian Community, Llorens had to wait until the age of 26 to make his professional debuts, in the second division with UE Lleida. He went on to establish himself in the category with CD Leganés and Rayo Vallecano, winning a promotion with the latter, a club to which he would later be intimately connected; his first match in La Liga arrived at almost 30 in a 2–0 derby win at Atlético Madrid on 22 August 1999[1]– Rayo finished the season ninth (best ever) and qualified for the UEFA Cup, via the fair play award.
In the summer of 2000 Llorens, unwilling to leave the club, was nonetheless part of a package deal that sent him to precisely Atlético, by then in the second level.[2] In January 2001, however, he returned to the top flight with CA Osasuna.[3] Subsequently, he experienced two very different seasons at Deportivo Alavés: in his first he scored six goals in 36 games, four in penalties, and the Basque team qualified for Europe once again, but suffered relegation in the following campaign.
After three additional seasons in division two with modest Polideportivo Ejido, Llorens returned to Rayo at 37, helping it return to the second division in his second year. In the following year, as the Madrid side eventually finished in mid-table, he was still going strong, aged nearly 40;[4] he finished his second stint in June 2009, retiring shortly after with professional totals of 395 matches and 27 goals.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Yo también fui rayista (I) (I was also rayista (I)); Rayo Herald, 14 March 2006 (Spanish)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ El "abuelo" de la liga española está hecho un chaval (Spanish league's "granpa", like a young kid); Marca, 12 September 2008 (Spanish)
External links
- Carlos Llorens profile at BDFutbol
- Stats at Footballdatabase
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Alicante (city)
- Spanish footballers
- Valencian footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Elche CF footballers
- Levante UD footballers
- UE Lleida players
- CD Leganés players
- Rayo Vallecano footballers
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- CA Osasuna players
- Deportivo Alavés players
- Polideportivo Ejido footballers