| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Llorens Mestre | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-09-01)1 September 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Alicante, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Tomelloso | 36 | (3) |
| 1992–1993 | Cartagena | 22 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Elche | 28 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | Levante | 33 | (1) |
| 1995–1997 | Lleida | 61 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Leganés | 40 | (10) |
| 1998–2000 | Rayo Vallecano | 69 | (9) |
| 2000–2002 | Atlético Madrid | 12 | (0) |
| 2001 | →Osasuna (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | →Alavés (loan) | 36 | (6) |
| 2002–2003 | Alavés | 35 | (1) |
| 2003–2006 | Poli Ejido | 99 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Rayo Vallecano | 83 | (7) |
| Total | 573 | (38) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carlos Llorens Mestre (born 1 September 1969) is a Spanish former professionalfootballer who played as aleft-back.
A player of attacking penchant, he was also apenalty kick specialist. He played for 11 teams during his career, amassingLa Liga totals of 125 games and 11 goals withRayo Vallecano,Osasuna andAlavés and retiring at the age of 40.
Born inAlicante,Valencian Community, Llorens had to wait until the age of 26 to make his professional debut, in theSegunda División withUE Lleida. He went on to establish himself in that tier withCD Leganés andRayo Vallecano,winning a promotion with the latter, a club to which he would later be intimately connected; his first match inLa Liga arrived at almost 30 in a 2–0derby win atAtlético Madrid on 22 August 1999[1]– Rayo finishedthe season ninth andqualified for theUEFA Cup via thefair play award.[2]
In the summer of 2000, unwilling to leave the club, Llorens was nonetheless part of a package deal that sent him to precisely Atlético, by then in the second division.[3] In January 2001, however, he returned to the top flight withCA Osasuna on loan.[4] Subsequently, he experienced two very different seasons atDeportivo Alavés:[5] inhis first he scored six goals in 36 games, four frompenalties,[6] and theBasque teamqualified for Europe once again, butsuffered relegation the following campaign.[7]
After three additional seasons in division two with modestPolideportivo Ejido,[8] Llorens returned to Rayo at 37, helping it to return to the second tier in hissecond year.[9] Inthe following year, as theMadrid side eventually finished in mid-table, he was still going strong, aged nearly 40;[10] he finished his second stint in June 2009, retiring shortly after with professional totals of 395 matches and 27 goals.