Joseba Llorente

Joseba Llorente Etxarri (* November 24, 1979 in Hondarribia, Basque Country ) is a Spanish football player.

Playing career

The beginnings

Joseba Llorente comes from the youth of the Basque traditional club Real Sociedad. For the " Txuri Urdin " he first played in 1998/99 in the B team before he could achieve División between 1999 and 2003 in 23 games four goals in the Primera. In the 2000 /01 season, Llorente was loaned to second division side SD Eibar. His biggest success was the vice - championship with Real Sociedad in 2003, before he left the club in the summer of the same year and finally remained in Eibar. Ascend After two failed attempts, he went in the summer of 2005 for the Liga rivals Real Valladolid.

Real Valladolid

In Valladolid to Llorente has established itself as a successful scorer and work out a regular place. With his gates, he played a key role in the rise of his team's 2006/07. Also in the Primera División, he was now successfully with twelve gates after the first round in 2007 /08. On January 20, 2008 at League game vs. Espanyol Barcelona he scored the fastest goal ever in the history of the Primera División ( by 7.82 seconds ).

Villarreal

In summer 2008, Joseba Llorente signed a contract with the runner and UEFA Champions League - FC Villarreal participants.