Joseba Llorente
Llorente as a Villarreal player (2009)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseba Llorente Etxarri | ||
| Date of birth | 24 November 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Hondarribia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Real Sociedad B | 64 | (26) |
| 1999–2004 | Real Sociedad | 23 | (4) |
| 2000 | → Eibar (loan) | 8 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | → Eibar (loan) | 33 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | Eibar | 38 | (18) |
| 2005–2008 | Valladolid | 99 | (45) |
| 2008–2010 | Villarreal | 61 | (24) |
| 2010–2013 | Real Sociedad | 35 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | → Osasuna (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| Total | 385 | (131) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Joseba Llorente Etxarri (born 24 November 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a centre forward.
He amassed La Liga totals of 179 games and 50 goals over the course of ten seasons, representing in the competition Real Sociedad, Valladolid, Villarreal and Osasuna. He added 142 matches and 55 goals in the Segunda División, mainly in the service of Eibar.
Born in Hondarribia, Basque Country, Llorente came through the ranks of Real Sociedad, making his debut for the first team on 3 October 1999 against Real Zaragoza (0–2 away loss). He would however, only amass 23 appearances in four seasons, and left in 2003 for another side in his native region, SD Eibar in the second division, where he already had served a loan stint early into the 2000–01 campaign.
For 2005–06 Llorente joined Real Valladolid also in that category, and scored 12 league goals in his debut campaign. He added 17 to help the side achieve promotion the following year.
On 20 January 2008, in a match against RCD Espanyol, Llorente broke the Spanish league record for the fastest goal ever scored (7.82 seconds), beating Dario Silva's previous record at 8. He broke through that season aged almost 29, netting 16 goals to help the team retain top flight status, namely a hat-trick against Recreativo de Huelva on the 13th.
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