Pol Llonch

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llonch and the second or maternal family name is Puyaltó.

Pol Llonch
Personal information
Full name Pol Llonch Puyaltó
Date of birth (1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Intercity
Number 5
Youth career
Europa
2009–2011 Hospitalet
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Hospitalet 79 (2)
2014–2015 Espanyol B 35 (0)
2015–2017 Girona 11 (0)
2016–2017 → Granada B (loan) 21 (2)
2017–2018 Wisła Kraków 41 (0)
2018–2023 Willem II 133 (4)
2023–2024 Ponferradina 20 (2)
2024– Intercity 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:55, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Pol Llonch Puyaltó (born 7 October 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primera Federación club Intercity.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Llonch finished his youth career with CE L'Hospitalet after starting out at CE Europa. He made his senior debut with the former club in the 2011–12 season, in the Segunda División B.[1]

Llonch moved to RCD Espanyol on 30 June 2014, being assigned to the reserves also in the third tier.[2] He also trained with the first team in February, mainly to cover for injuries of José Cañas and Abraham.[3]

On 3 August 2015, Llonch signed a two-year deal with Segunda División side Girona FC.[4] He made his professional debut on 9 September, starting in a 2–2 away draw against Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the second round of the Copa del Rey (5–4 loss on penalties).[5] His maiden league appearance took place ten days later, in a 2–1 win at Real Oviedo where he came on as a late substitute.[6]

Llonch was loaned to Club Recreativo Granada of the third division on 11 July 2016, for one year.[7] The following 31 January, he terminated his contract with Girona and immediately joined Wisła Kraków.[8]

After one season in the Ekstraklasa, Llonch moved countries again, signing a three-year deal at Willem II in the Netherlands.[9] He scored his first professional goal on 20 January 2019 to open a 2–0 home victory in the Eredivisie over North Brabant rivals NAC Breda,[10] and played six games in a run to the final of the KNVB Cup which was lost 4–0 to AFC Ajax.[11]

In September 2020, Llonch extended his contract until 2024.[12] A year later – despite not being fluent in the national language – he was made captain when veteran Jordens Peters retired through injury.[13]

Llonch returned to Spain on 5 August 2023, on a contract at Primera Federación club SD Ponferradina.[14] He remained in the league for the 2024–25 campaign, signing for Alicante-based CF Intercity.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played on 8 March 2020[16][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hospitalet 2011–12 Segunda División B 18 0 3 0 — — 21 0
2012–13 Segunda División B 27 1 1 0 — 6[a] 0 34 1
2013–14 Segunda División B 34 1 0 0 — 6[a] 1 40 2
Total 79 2 4 0 0 0 12 1 95 3
Espanyol B 2014–15 Segunda División B 35 0 — — — 35 0
Girona 2015–16 Segunda División 11 0 1 0 — — 12 0
Granada B (loan) 2016–17 Segunda División B 21 2 — — — 21 2
Wisła Kraków 2016–17 Ekstraklasa 16 0 0 0 — — 16 0
2017–18 Ekstraklasa 25 0 2 0 — — 27 0
Total 41 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 43 0
Willem II 2018–19 Eredivisie 30 1 6 0 — 0 0 36 1
2019–20 Eredivisie 24 2 2 0 — 0 0 26 2
Total 54 3 8 0 — 0 0 62 3
Career totals 229 7 15 0 0 0 24 1 268 8
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs

References

  1. ^ "No li pon cap gallina". El Punt (in Catalan). 10 December 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Carmona, Pol Llonch y Pirulo, refuerzos para el filial" [Carmona, Pol Llonch and Pirulo, additions to the reserves]. Marca (in Spanish). 30 June 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ^ Piferrer, Dídac (10 February 2015). "Pol Llonch, la gran novedad para San Mamés" [Pol Llonch, the big news to San Mamés]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. ^ "El Girona FC ficha el centrocampista Pol Llonch" [Girona FC sign midfielder Pol Llonch] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  5. ^ "El Nàstic supera en penaltis al Girona y pasa a la tercera ronda" [Nàstic overcome Girona on penalties and go through to third round]. Marca (in Spanish). 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  6. ^ "1–2. El Girona se reencuentra con el gol y vence en un mal día del Oviedo" [1–2. Girona meet goal again and win in a bad day for Oviedo]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 19 September 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Llonch marxa cedit al Granada B" [Llonch goes out on loan to Granada B]. Diari de Girona (in Catalan). 11 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  8. ^ "El Girona y Pol Llonch llegan a un acuerdo por el que el club otorga al centrocampista la carta de libertad" [Girona and Pol Llonch reach an agreement by which club releases the midfielder] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Update: Willem II maakt komst van 'ervaren' Spanjaard officieel: drie seizoenen" [Update: Willem II make the signing of 'experienced' Spaniard official: three seasons] (in Dutch). Voetbal Primeur. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Willem II klopt NAC in Brabantse derby na fraaie goal Llonch" [Willem II beat NAC in Brabant derby after beautiful Llonch goal] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Ajax se coronó campeón de la Copa Holanda tras vencer a Willem II de Tapia" [Ajax were crowned champions of the Dutch Cup after beating Tapia's Willem II] (in Spanish). Fútbol Peruano. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  12. ^ Eijkhout, Fabian (17 September 2020). "Bij Willem II is iedereen blij met de contractverlenging van sterkhouder Pol Llonch" [At Willem II, everyone is happy with the contract extension for defender Pol Llonch] (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  13. ^ Van der Put, Max (18 August 2021). "Als Willem II-aanvoerder wil Llonch de tv-interviews snel in het Nederlands gaan doen" [As Willem II captain, Llonch wants to do the TV interviews in Dutch soon]. Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Pol Llonch se une a la plantilla de la SD Ponferradina" [Pol Llonch joins the SD Ponferradina squad] (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Decimocuarto fichaje del nuevo Intercity" [Fourteenth signing of the new Intercity]. Diario Información (in Spanish). 9 July 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  16. ^ Pol Llonch at Soccerway
  17. ^ Pol Llonch at WorldFootball.net