Enrique "Quique" Llena León (born 6 November 1961) is a Spanish retired
football
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manager and player. He played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Career
Born in
Barbastro,
Huesca,
Aragón,
Llena played youth football for CD Boscos Salesianos.
He never left his native region as a senior, representing UD Benabarre, CD Estadilla (where he helped the side to achieve two consecutive promotions, the latter one to
Tercera División
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), Aínsa CD, CD Zaidín
and
CDJ Tamarite, among other clubs.
After retiring, Llena started working as a manager, with his first side being UD Alcampell. Still in his native Aragon, he worked with the ''Cadete'' squad of
CD Binéfar, Estadilla and UD Binaced before being appointed in charge of
Atlético Monzón in the fourth division.
Llena was also manager of
SD Huesca during the
1998–99 campaign, with the club also in division four. In January 2010, he was appointed to be the manager of the
Nicaragua national football team.
Llena was sacked from the national team on 8 November 2014, after failing to qualify for the
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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.
References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Aragon
Association football goalkeepers
Tercera División players
Spanish football managers
Tercera División managers
Atlético Monzón managers
SD Huesca managers
Nicaragua national football team managers
Spanish expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Nicaragua
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