Samuel Llorca
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Llorca Ripoll | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Alicante, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Racing Santander | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1996 | CD San Blas Alto | ||
| 1996–2004 | Hércules | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Hércules B | ||
| 2005–2006 | → Alone (loan) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Elche B | 42 | (6) |
| 2007–2011 | Elche | 130 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Hércules | 37 | (5) |
| 2012–2015 | Celta | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Alavés (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → Valladolid (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Valladolid | 18 | (1) |
| 2016– | Racing Santander | 0 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 5 June 2016 (UTC). | |||
Samuel Llorca Ripoll (born 26 April 1985), known simply as Samuel, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Racing de Santander as a central defender.
Football career
Born in Alicante, Valencian Community, Samuel started his senior career at local Hércules CF, with its reserves. In 2005 he moved to amateur neighbours CD Alone de Guardamar, being an important unit as it eventually retained its fourth division status.
Samuel stayed in the region for the following season, as he signed with Elche CF Ilicitano also in that category. On 9 June 2007, courtesy of manager David Vidal, he made his debut with the first team Elche CF, starting in a 1–0 home win against CD Castellón; he consolidated his position in the 2007–08 season with the club also in the second level, and received abroad offers from England's Sheffield United and Fulham, which eventually died down.[1]
References
- ↑ Sheffield y Fulham siguen a Samuel (Sheffield and Fulham follow Samuel); Diario Información, 28 February 2008 (Spanish)
External links
- Samuel Llorca profile at BDFutbol
- Samuel Llorca profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
- Samuel Llorca profile at Soccerway
- Samuel Llorca at Footballdatabase