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Raúl Llorente
	Llorente with Western Sydney Wanderers in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Llorente Raposo
Date of birth	2 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
2002–2005	Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2008	Atlético Madrid B
2008–2010	Alavés
2010–2011	Xerez
2012–2014	Tenerife
2014–2016	Kalloni
2016–2017	Platanias
2017–2019	Western Sydney Wanderers
2021	Villarrobledo
International career
2002–2003	Spain U17
2005	Spain U19
Medal record
Representing Spain
Men's football
FIFA U-17 World Cup
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:44, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Raúl Llorente Raposo (born 2 April 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Llorente graduated from the Atlético Madrid youth system, playing three seasons with the reserve side in the Segunda División B.^[2] In 2008–09 he first appeared in the Segunda División, starting and being relegated with Alavés.^[3]^[4]

After one more year with the Basques, Llorente returned to the second tier and signed a two-year contract with Xerez.^[5] In January 2012, however, he moved back to division three and joined Tenerife,^[6] helping the club to achieve promotion at the end of the 2012–13 campaign by contributing 29 games and two goals (play-offs included).^[7]

In another January transfer window, in 2014, Llorente moved abroad for the first time, going on to spend several seasons in the Super League Greece with Kalloni^[8] and Platanias.^[9] On 28 August 2017, the 31-year-old agreed to a one-year contract with Western Sydney Wanderers of the Australian A-League.^[10]

Llorente returned to football on 25 December 2020, joining third division club Villarrobledo.^[11]

International career

Llorente represented Spain at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship,^[12]^[13] making five appearances in the competition for the runners-up.^[14]

Career statistics

As of match played on 22 December 2017

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atlético Madrid B	2005–06^[15]	Segunda División B	27	0	—		—		27	0
	2006–07^[15]	Segunda División B	32	0	—		—		32	0
	2007–08^[15]	Segunda División B	33	1	—		—		33	1
	Total		92	1	—		—		92	1
Alavés	2008–09^[15]	Segunda División	30	0	1	0	—		31	0
	2009–10^[15]	Segunda División B	30	2	1	0	—		31	2
	Total		60	2	2	0	—		62	2
Xerez	2010–11^[15]	Segunda División	30	0	3	0	—		33	0
	2011–12^[15]	Segunda División	4	0	0	0	—		4	0
	Total		34	0	3	0	—		37	0
Tenerife	2011–12^[15]	Segunda División B	18	1	0	0	6^[a]	0	24	1
	2012–13^[15]	Segunda División B	27	1	0	0	2^[a]	1	29	2
	2013–14^[15]	Segunda División	8	0	0	0	—		8	0
	Total		53	2	0	0	8	1	61	3
Kalloni	2013–14^[16]	Super League Greece	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
	2014–15^[16]	Super League Greece	26	1	1	0	—		27	1
	2015–16^[16]	Super League Greece	14	0	0	0	—		14	0
	Total		49	1	1	0	—		50	1
Platanias	2016–17^[16]	Super League Greece	16	0	7	1	—		23	1
Western Sydney Wanderers	2017–18^[16]	A-League	10	0	0	0	—		10	0
Career total			314	6	13	0	8	1	335	7

^ ^a ^b Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Raul Llorente Raposo". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ "Raúl Llorente: Un zurdo veloz e internacional indiscutible" [Raúl Llorente: speedy lefty and undisputed international]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 December 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ Ruiz de Esquide, Fernando (1 July 2008). "El lateral zurdo Raúl Llorente firma con el Alavés por dos temporadas" [Left-back Raúl Llorente signs with Alavés for two seasons]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ "El Alavés consumó su definitivo descenso a Segunda B" [Alavés mathematically relegated to Segunda B]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 June 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ "Raúl Llorente, nuevo jugador del Xerez" [Raúl Llorente, new player of Xerez]. Marca (in Spanish). 19 July 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ "Raúl Llorente cambia el Xerez por el Tenerife" [Raúl Llorente changes Xerez for Tenerife]. El Correo (in Spanish). 2 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ "El Tenerife pone pie y medio en Segunda división" [Tenerife are all but promoted to the second division]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 May 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ Díaz, José M. (21 January 2014). "Oficial: Kalloni, Raúl Llorente firma hasta 2015" [Official: Kalloni, Raúl Llorente signs until 2015] (in Spanish). Todo Mercado Web. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ Samolis, Dimitris (5 September 2016). "Έκλεισε Γιορέντε ο Πλατανιάς" [Done deal: Llorente to Platanias] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ "Wanderers sign former Spain youth international". Special Broadcasting Service. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "El Villarrobledo se regala por Navidad un lateral que tiene experiencia en Segunda División" [Villarrobledo offer themselves full-back with Segunda División experience for Christmas]. El Español (in Spanish). 25 December 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
^ "Un gol de oro mete a los sub'17 en la final del Mundial" [Golden goal puts the under-17 in World Cup final]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 27 August 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ "Raúl Llorente estará varios meses de baja" [Raúl Llorente to be several months out]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 August 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ Raúl Llorente – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Raúl Llorente: Raúl Llorente Raposo". BDFutbol. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Raúl Llorente". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2017.