Enrique Llena

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llena and the second or maternal family name is León.
Quique Llena
Personal information
Full name Enrique Llena León
Date of birth (1961-11-06) 6 November 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Barbastro, Spain
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Boscos Salesianos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1982 Benabarre
1982–198X Estadilla
Aínsa
Zaidín
Tamarite
Managerial career
Alcampell
Binéfar (youth)
Estadilla
Binaced
Atlético Monzón
1998–1999 Huesca
2006 Binéfar
2006–2007 Atlético Monzón
2010–2014 Nicaragua
2010–2014 Nicaragua U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Enrique "Quique" Llena León (born 6 November 1961) is a Spanish retired football manager and player. He played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in Barbastro, Huesca, Aragón,[1] Llena played youth football for CD Boscos Salesianos.[2] He never left his native region as a senior, representing UD Benabarre, CD Estadilla (where he helped the side to achieve two consecutive promotions, the latter one to Tercera División), Aínsa CD, CD Zaidín[2] and CDJ Tamarite, among other clubs.[1]

After retiring, Llena started working as a manager, with his first side being UD Alcampell. Still in his native Aragon, he worked with the Cadete squad of CD Binéfar, Estadilla and UD Binaced before being appointed in charge of Atlético Monzón in the fourth division.[2][3]

Llena was also manager of SD Huesca during the 1998–99 campaign, with the club also in division four.[4] In January 2010, he was appointed to be the manager of the Nicaragua national football team.[5][6]

Llena was sacked from the national team on 8 November 2014, after failing to qualify for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Quique Llena renueva por una temporada en la selección de Nicaragua" [Quique Llena renews for one season at the Nicaragua national team] (in Spanish). Diario de Alto Aragón. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c ""El fútbol ha sido mi ilusión toda la vida"" [Football has been my excitement my entire life] (in Spanish). Diario de Alto Aragón. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. ^ "El técnico altoaragonés Enrique Llena, cerca de la selección nicaragüense" [The altoaragonés manager Enrique Llena, close to the Nicaragua national team] (in Spanish). Diario de Alto Aragón. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Quique Llena, entrenador de la SD Huesca: "El mal juego lo achaco al viento"" [Quique Llena, manager of SD Huesca: "The poor performance I attribute to the wind"] (in Spanish). Diario de Alto Aragón. 4 April 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  5. ^ "El español Enrique Llena entrenará las selecciones de fútbol de Nicaragua" [Spaniard Enrique Llena will manage the Nicaragua national football teams]. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  6. ^ "Español es el nuevo entrenador de Nicaragua" [Spaniard is the new manager of Nicaragua] (in Spanish). El Heraldo. 8 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  7. ^ "El español Enrique Llena destituido como seleccionador de Nicaragua" [Spaniard Enrique Llena sacked as manager of Nicaragua] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2021.


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