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Fernando Llorente
b. 1985
Spanish association football player
- Born
- 26 Feb 1985 · Pamplona
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 26 Feb 1985BornBorn in Pamplona
- 1995 – 1996TeamCA River Ebro
- 1996 – 2003TeamAthletic Club
- 2003 – 2004TeamCD Baskonia
- 2003TeamSpain national under-17 association football team
- 2004 – 2005TeamAthletic Bilbao B
- 2005 – 2013TeamAthletic Club
- 2005 – 2007TeamBasque Country regional football team
- 2005TeamSpain national under-20 football team
- 2005 – 2006TeamSpain national under-21 association football team
- 2008 – 2013TeamSpain men's national football team
- 2010Took part2010 FIFA World Cup
- 2013 – 2015TeamJuventus FC
- 2015 – 2016TeamSevilla FC
- 2016 – 2017TeamSwansea City A.F.C.
- 2017 – 2019TeamTottenham Hotspur F.C.
- 2019 – 2020TeamSSC Napoli
- 2021 – 2022TeamSD Eibar
- 2021TeamUdinese Calcio
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1985 – today).
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Fernando Javier Llorente Torres (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando ʎoˈɾente ˈtores]; born 26 February 1985), nicknamed El Rey León ("The Lion King" in Spanish), is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He started his career with Athletic Bilbao, working his way through the various youth ranks and, after making his first team debut in 2005, becoming one of the most important offensive players for the club in the following decade. He scored 29 goals in all competitions in the 2011–12 season, and was described as a "Bilbao legend". He signed with Juventus in 2013, and won the Serie A title twice during his two-year spell there. Subsequently, he spent 2015–16 back in Spain with Sevilla before moving to Swansea City in 2016 and Tottenham Hotspur the following year, reaching the 2019 Champions League final with the latter. He retired aged 38, following stints at Napoli, Udinese and Eibar.
A Spain international from 2008 to 2013, Llorente was a member of the squads which won the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012.
Text from the Wikipedia article Fernando Llorente, CC BY-SA 4.0
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