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Fernando Llorente

1985 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia. Fernando Llorente is the 1,911th most popular soccer player (down from 1,708th in 2024), the 1,234th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,198th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Fernando Llorente ranks 1,911 out of 21,273. Before him are Paulo Autuori, Abel Balbo, Joaquín Caparrós, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Iñigo Martínez, and Souleymane Sané. After him are Ryuichi Sugiyama, Djamel Zidane, Joshua Kimmich, Albert Brülls, Paulo César Carpegiani, and Eiður Guðjohnsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Fernando Llorente ranks 46. Before him are Ranveer Singh, Guillermo Ochoa, Alexander Ovechkin, Anna Kendrick, Asin, and Alissa White-Gluz. After him are Jakub Błaszczykowski, Julia Volkova, Odette Annable, Nelson Piquet Jr., Thomas Vermaelen, and Diego.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Fernando Llorente ranks 1,234 out of 3,355. Before him are Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros (1756), José Cadalso (1741), Joaquín Caparrós (1955), Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863), Iñigo Martínez (1991), and Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831). After him are Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), Paz Vega (1976), Ignacio Eizaguirre (1920), Javier Cercas (1962), Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), and Kiti Mánver (1953).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Fernando Llorente ranks 162. Before him are Juan Mata (1988), Ferran Torres (2000), Enrique Mateos (1934), Isacio Calleja (1936), Joaquín Caparrós (1955), and Iñigo Martínez (1991). After him are Ignacio Eizaguirre (1920), Silvestre Igoa (1920), Tomás Fernández (1915), Agustín Sauto Arana (1908), Agustín Gaínza (1922), and Chendo (1961).

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