Julio Llorente Gento (born 14 June 1966) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back.

Club career

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, Llorente finished his development with La Liga giants

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, making his debut in the competition in the 1987–88 season with fellow league club

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, on loan. He returned to the Spanish capital upon his team's relegation, going on to play 33 competitive games during his two-year tenure and win five major titles, including two consecutive national championships. He appeared in six

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matches with the ''Merengues'', scoring in a 6–0 home win against CA Spora Luxembourg in the 1989–90 edition. Llorente signed with CD Tenerife in summer 1990, helping to the

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side's domestic and

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consolidation. From 1994 to 1996 he scored a total of nine goals in 75 league matches, adding five appearances in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup to help them reach the semi-finals. Tenerife were relegated to

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, and 33-year-old Llorente joined another club in that level, UD Salamanca, retiring after one season with top-flight totals of 280 games and 20 goals.

Personal life

Llorente hailed from a sporting family. Aside from his uncle Francisco Gento, his three older brothers were also professionals: José Luis (1959) and Antonio "Toñín" (1963) played top-level basketball for well more than one decade (including at

), while Francisco spent seven seasons with Real Madrid, coinciding with Julio from 1988 to 1990.

Honours

Real Madrid * La Liga: 1988–89, 1989–90 * Copa del Rey: 1988–89 *

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, 1989

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Llorente, Julio 1966 births Living people Footballers from Valladolid Spanish footballers Association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Real Madrid Castilla footballers Real Madrid CF players RCD Mallorca players CD Tenerife players UD Salamanca players Spain youth international footballers Spain under-21 international footballers Gento family