spanish association football player
Llorente and the second or maternal family name is Moreno. In this spanish identify, the first or parental surname isand the second or enate class name is Marcos Llorente Moreno ( hold 30 January 1995 ) is a spanish professional football player who plays as a midfielder or a right binding for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Spain home team. Developed at Real Madrid, he appeared in 39 competitive matches over three seasons, besides serving a loanword at Alavés. He signed with Atlético Madrid in June 2019, winning La Liga in his second season while being deployed in several positions.

Llorente made his full debut for Spain in 2020. He was part of the team at Euro 2020 .

Club career [edit ]

real Madrid [edit ]

Born in Madrid, Llorente joined Real Madrid ‘s youth apparatus in 2008, aged 13. [ 4 ] In July 2014, after impressing with the Juvenil squad, he was promoted straight to the reserves by director Zinedine Zidane. [ 5 ] On 24 August 2014, Llorente made his aged debut, starting in a 2–1 away personnel casualty against Atlético Madrid B for the Segunda División B championship. [ 6 ] He appeared in 25 matches during the campaign, totalling 1,637 minutes of action. [ 7 ] Llorente spent the 2015 pre-season with the foremost team, appearing in friendlies against Manchester City, Inter Milan and Vålerenga Fotball. He made his master – and La Liga – introduction on 17 October of that year, coming on as a second-half ersatz for Mateo Kovačić in a 3–0 base winnings over Levante UD. [ 8 ] On 10 August 2016, Llorente was loaned to La Liga club Deportivo Alavés for one temper. [ 9 ] On 10 September of that class, he featured the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 victory at FC Barcelona. [ 10 ] On 23 September 2017, Llorente ‘s shrink was extended until 2021. [ 11 ] He made one appearance during the campaign ‘s UEFA Champions League, [ 12 ] when Madrid won their one-third consecutive and 13th overall title in the tournament. [ 13 ] Llorente scored his first gear competitive goal for the team on 22 December 2018, netting the second gear in the 4–1 get the better of of Al Ain FC in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup and being named musician of the pit in the work. [ 14 ]

Atlético Madrid [edit ]

On 20 June 2019, Llorente was signed by local rivals Atlético Madrid on a five-year contract for a report fee of £35 million. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] He made his official debut on 18 August, playing 25 minutes in the 1–0 home win against Getafe CF. [ 18 ] His inaugural goal came the following 14 February, when he put his team ahead in a 2–2 draw at Valencia CF. [ 19 ] On 11 March 2020, during extra prison term of the Champions League round-of-16 tie away to defending champions Liverpool, Llorente scored doubly to tie the match 2–2 after replacing Diego Costa early into the second one-half, in an eventual 3–2 victory and reservation. [ 20 ] On 17 June, he was named man of the match in the league game at CA Osasuna after coming from the bench in the 63rd moment, scoring a solo goal and former assisting twice in the 5–0 rout. [ 21 ]

International career [edit ]

Llorente earned his first cap for the Spain under-21 side on 10 October 2016, featuring the entire 5–0 home frustration of Estonia for the 2017 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualifiers, in Pontevedra. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] He was called up to the senior team in November 2020, for a friendly against the Netherlands and UEFA Nations League qualifiers with Switzerland and Germany. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] He made his inaugural appearance against the first opposition, replacing Sergio Canales for the death 18 minutes of the 1–1 draw in Amsterdam. [ 26 ]

On 24 May 2021, Llorente was included in Spain ‘s 24-man police squad for UEFA Euro 2020. [ 27 ] He was deployed as right back during the tournament. [ 28 ]

style of play [edit ]

originally a defensive midfielder or a playmaker in front of a back four, Llorente is besides capable of playing in more advanced positions such as a central or box-to-box midfielder. At Atlético Madrid, under coach Diego Simeone, he was besides fielded out of his regular status, beginning on the right side of the midfield in a 4–4–2 formation and later as a supporting advancing in the like system. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] At the conclusion of 2019–20, Llorente was the sixth fastest player in the competition, with his top running rush clocked at 35.09 kilometers per hour. [ 32 ] apart from his physical attributes, such as pace, altitude, body fitness and stamina, his strengths besides included excellent ball winning skills, airy passage over both abruptly and long distances, dribbling, first touch and shooting from just outside the penalty area, which led him to score respective goals. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] The adopt season, as Atlético went through a tactical switch, he was normally deployed as either a box-to-box or an attack midfielder in a 5–3–2 or 3–4–2–1 formations. On occasion, he besides filled in as a right wingback for his club, [ 35 ] or a veracious back in a four-man defense for the national team. [ 36 ] For his educate attitude and solitaire, Llorente was praised by Simeone and Jorge Valdano. [ 37 ] [ 38 ]

personal animation [edit ]

A boyhood athletic supporter of Real Madrid, [ 39 ] Llorente has ties in his family to both football and the golf club. His father Francisco and great uncle Francisco Gento were wingers, while his parental grandfather Ramón Grosso was a ahead. [ 40 ] [ 41 ]

career statistics [edit ]

golf club [edit ]

As of match played 19 October 2021[42]

International [edit ]

As of match played 8 September 2021[43]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2020 1 0
2021 11 0
Total 12 0

Honours [edit ]

Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid

References [edit ]