Fernando Llorente Torres ( Spanish: Fernando Llorente Torres , Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando ʎoˈɾente ˈtores] ; February 26, 1985 , Pamplona ) - Spanish footballer , striker. He played for the Spanish national team - the 2010 world champion and the 2012 European champion .
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| Full name | Fernando Llorente Torres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | El Rey León, Madari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Pamplona , Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 193 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Fernando Llorente Torres was born on February 26, 1985 in Pamplona. Plays as a center forward. Llorente is a student of Athletics from Bilbao. At the age of 11, he ended up in the club system. Fernando spent several seasons in various youthful levels of the club. In 2003, Llorente was in the club of the Spanish Tercera - “ Basque Country ”. For the season in this club he spent 33 games, scoring 12 goals.
Athletic Bilbao
The following season, Llorente became a player in the Athletics Farm Club - Bilbao Athletic , who plays in Segunda . Here, for 16 games, Fernando scored 4 goals. After the first half of the season, Llorente was transferred to the first team and signed a four-year contract with Athletic. The debut took place on January 16, 2005 in a match with Espanyol . Three days later, he played in the Spanish Cup match with Lanzarote, making a hat-trick. However, the next seasons at Llorente did not ask: he was often injured, as a result of which he lost his place in the squad. The 2007/2008 season for Fernando was successful. He was not only the main striker, but also became one of the leaders of the team. The next two seasons, Llorente continued to grow, he helped his club reach the final of the Spanish Cup, as well as get into the Europa League . Effectively improved performance: 91 games - 39 goals in three years.
Juventus
July 1, 2013 Llorente as a free agent moved to the camp of Juventus . The contract is designed for 4 years. He made his debut for a new club in a match with Sampdoria , where he left in the last minute. The first goal in Serie A scored on September 22 in a match against Verona . The first goal for Juventus in the Champions League, Llorente scored in a match with Real Madrid . January 12, 2014 issued the first double for the Turin club in the match against Cagliari .
Seville
On August 27, 2015, as a free agent, he transferred to Seville , signing a 3-year agreement with the team and a compensation amount of 20 million euros. Three days later he made his debut for the “Nervionians”, playing 90 minutes in a home game against Atlético , and scored his first goal on September 20 at the goal of Celta , in the match also taking place at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
Swansea City
On August 4, 2016, it became known that Fernando Llorente agreed with Swansea City on a two-year contract, and the next day the transfer was officially announced [2] .
Tottenham Hotspur
On August 31, 2017, Llorente moved to Tottenham, ahead of Chelsea , whose coach Antonio Conte had been “hunting” for his former Juventus ward all summer. Concluded a two-year contract with the “spurs”. In the London club, Fernando is not a player in the starting lineup. In the first match against Manchester City, Harry Kane was injured and Llorente was the only striker on the bench. On April 17, 2019, Llorente replaced at the end of the first half instead of injured Mussa Sissoko and scored the third and, as it turned out, decisive goal by the hip in the 73rd minute. Due to the away goal rule, “Tottenham Hotspur” reached the semifinal of the main European Cup for the first time in several decades [3] .
June 30, 2019 left the club after the end of the contract, becoming a free agent.
Team Career
Llorente played for various youth teams in Spain. He played at the 2005 World Youth Championship .
November 11, 2008 he made his debut in the main team in a friendly match with the national team of Chile . February 11, 2009 scored his first goal for the national team in a match with England . Member of the Confederations Cup 2009 and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa .
As part of the Spanish national team, he became the world champion in 2010 and the European champion in 2012.
Achievements
Team
- Juventus
- Champion of Italy (2) : 2013/14 , 2014/15
- Italian Cup Winner: 2014/2015
- Super Bowl Italy (2) : 2013 , 2015
- Sevilla
- UEFA Europa League Winner: 2015/2016
- Tottenham Hotspur
- UEFA Champions League Finalist : 2018/19
- Spain national team
- World Champion : 2010
- European Champion : 2012
Personal
- Silver boot of the World Cup among youth teams : 2005
- Sarah Trophy Winner: 2012
Performance Statistics
Club statistics
- As of June 1, 2019
| Performance | League | Cups | Eurocups | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals |
| Basque country | Tercera | 2003/04 | 33 | 12 | - | - | 33 | 12 | ||
| Total | 33 | 12 | - | - | 33 | 12 | ||||
| Athletic B | Segunda B | 2004/05 | nineteen | four | - | - | nineteen | four | ||
| Total | nineteen | four | - | - | nineteen | four | ||||
| Athletic | An example | 2004/05 | 15 | 3 | four | 3 | one | 0 | 20 | 6 |
| 2005/06 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 25 | four | |||
| 2006/07 | 23 | 2 | four | 3 | one | 0 | 28 | five | ||
| 2007/08 | 35 | eleven | four | 3 | one | 0 | 40 | 14 | ||
| 2008/09 | 34 | 14 | four | 3 | one | 0 | 39 | 17 | ||
| 2009/10 | 37 | 14 | four | 3 | eleven | eight | 52 | 25 | ||
| 2010/11 | 38 | 18 | four | 3 | one | 0 | 43 | 21 | ||
| 2011/12 | 32 | 17 | four | 3 | 15 | 7 | 51 | 27 | ||
| 2012/13 | 26 | four | 2 | 0 | eight | one | 36 | five | ||
| Total | 262 | 85 | 36 | 17 | 35 | sixteen | 333 | 118 | ||
| Juventus | Serie A | 2013/14 | 34 | sixteen | one | 0 | ten | 2 | 45 | 18 |
| 2014/15 | 31 | 7 | five | one | 9 | one | 45 | 9 | ||
| 2015/16 | one | 0 | one | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 66 | 23 | 7 | one | nineteen | 3 | 92 | 27 | ||
| Seville | An example | 2015/16 | 23 | four | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 7 |
| Total | 23 | four | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 7 | ||
| Swansea | Premier League | 2016/17 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 0 | - | 35 | 15 | |
| Total | 33 | 15 | 2 | 0 | - | 35 | 15 | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League | 2017/18 | sixteen | one | eight | 3 | 7 | one | 31 | five |
| 2018/19 | 20 | one | 6 | five | 9 | 2 | 35 | eight | ||
| Total | 36 | 2 | 14 | eight | sixteen | 3 | 66 | 13 | ||
| Total career | 472 | 145 | 65 | 26 | 77 | 25 | 614 | 196 | ||
International Statistics
- As of November 19, 2013
| National team | Season | Freindly | Tournaments | Total | |||
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| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Spain | 2008 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 |
| 2009 | one | one | 3 | one | four | 2 | |
| 2010 | five | 2 | 3 | 3 | eight | five | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total career | 15 | 3 | 9 | four | 24 | 7 | |
Matches and Goals for Spain Team
| Matches and goals of Llorente for the Spanish national team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | date | A place | Opponent | Score | Goals | Competition |
| one | November 19, 2008 | El Madrigal , Villarreal , Spain | Chile | 3-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 2 | February 11, 2009 | Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan , Seville , Spain | England | 2-0 | one | Friendly match |
| 3 | March 28, 2009 | Santiago Bernabeu , Madrid , Spain | Turkey | 1-0 | - | 2010 World Cup Qualification |
| four | June 20, 2009 | Free State , Bloemfontein , South Africa | South Africa | 2-0 | one | Confederations Cup 2009 |
| five | June 28, 2009 | Royal Bafokeng , Rustenburg , South Africa | South Africa | 3: 2 | - | Confederations Cup 2009 |
| 6 | May 29, 2010 | Tivoli Noah , Innsbruck , Austria | Saudi Arabia | 3: 2 | one | Friendly match |
| 7 | June 3, 2010 | Tivoli Noah , Innsbruck , Austria | The Republic of Korea | 1-0 | - | Friendly match |
| eight | June 29, 2010 | Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa | Portugal | 1-0 | - | Final matches of the 2010 World Cup |
| 9 | August 11, 2010 | Aztec , Mexico City , Mexico | Mexico | 1: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| ten | September 7, 2010 | Monumental River Plate , Buenos Aires , Argentina | Argentina | 1: 4 | one | Friendly match |
| eleven | October 8, 2010 | El Helmantico , Salamanca , Spain | Lithuania | 3: 1 | 2 | European Championship Qualification Match 2012 |
| 12 | October 12, 2010 | Hampden Park , Glasgow , Scotland | Scotland | 3: 2 | one | European Championship Qualification Match 2012 |
| 13 | November 17, 2010 | Yes Puddle , Lisbon , Portugal | Portugal | 0: 4 | - | Friendly match |
| 14 | February 9, 2011 | Santiago Bernabeu , Madrid , Spain | Colombia | 1-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 15 | March 29, 2011 | S. Darius and S. Girenas Stadium , Kaunas , Lithuania | Lithuania | 3: 1 | - | European Championship Qualification Match 2012 |
| sixteen | June 7, 2011 | Olimpico Luis Ramos , Puerto la Cruz , Venezuela | Venezuela | 3-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 17 | August 10, 2011 | San Nicola , Bari , Italy | Italy | 1: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 18 | September 6, 2011 | Las Gaunas , Logrono , Spain | Liechtenstein | 6: 0 | - | European Championship Qualification Match 2012 |
| nineteen | October 11, 2011 | “ Jose Rico Perez ”, Alicante , Spain | Scotland | 3: 1 | - | European Championship Qualification Match 2012 |
| 20 | March 1, 2012 | La Rosaland , Malaga , Spain | Venezuela | 5: 0 | - | Friendly match |
| 21 | August 16, 2012 | Juan Ramon Lumbriel , Bayamon , Puerto Rico | Puerto rico | 2: 1 | - | Friendly match |
Total: 21 matches / 7 goals; 17 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses.
(updated as of August 27, 2012)
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ Dafydd Pritchard. Fernando Llorente: Swansea City complete signing of Sevilla striker . The BBC (August 5, 2016). Date of treatment February 20, 2018.
- ↑ https://football.kulichki.net/league/2019/matches/45697.htm
Links
- Official site (Spanish)