Bartolomeu "Tomeu" Llompart Coll (born 6 October 1944) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and a coach. Most of his playing days were spent with

Elche Elche ( ca-valencia, Elx) is a city and municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. According to 2014 data, Elche has a population of 228,647 inhabitants,La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

, where he amassed totals of 252 games – a best-ever in the club – and four goals), whereas his manager career was closely associated with

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, in various capacities.

Playing career

Born in

Inca The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...

Majorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...

, Llompart signed for

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Estadi ...

in 1964 at the age of 19, after spending one season in

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

with local club

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. He made his

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

debut on 20 September 1964 in a 0–1 home loss to

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

, scoring his first goal in the competition roughly one year later, against the same opponent (1–1, same venue). Already as

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, Llompart, who played 125 consecutive games in the top level with his main club, helped to a presence in

1969 Copa del Generalísimo The 1969 Copa del Generalísimo was the 67th staging of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 4 May 1969 and concluded on 15 June 1969 with the final. Round of 16 *''Tiebreaker'' Quarter-finals Semi-finals *''Tiebreak ...

final, lost against

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. Against the same rival and also in the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

, in

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, he suffered a

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injury that all but ended his career, aged nearly 33.

Coaching career

Llompart's coaching career lasted four decades, his first spell being with

Elche CF Ilicitano Elche Ilicitano Club de Fútbol, known officially as Elche Ilicitano is a Spanish football team based in Elche, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1932 as Club Deportivo Ilicitano, a farm team, it is the reserve team of Elche CF, ...

in 1977. In the 1990–91 campaign he first worked with the professionals, being relegated from the second division with

Orihuela Deportiva CF Orihuela Deportiva Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1944 and dissolved 50 years later, it managed to play two seasons in Segunda División, the first in 1952. After finishing fi ...

even though he led the team to the sixth position, for financial irregularities. In 1992, Llompart returned to his native

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and joined

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

's coaching staff, going on to work for the organization during the following 14 years, as a

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, B-team coach and assistant to the main squad. Late into 1996–97 he replaced

Víctor Muñoz Víctor Muñoz Manrique (born 15 March 1957), known simply as Víctor in his playing days, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a manager. An all-around midfield unit, he was best known for his great physical strengt ...

at the helm of the latter, as they finally finished third and promoted to the top flight in the playoffs, against

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Lig ...

. In

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, Llompart coached

Torrellano Illice CF Torrellano Illice Elche Parque Empresarial Club de Fútbol, known as Torrellano Illice, was a Spanish football team based in Torrellano, Elche, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 2009 and dissolved in 2011, it held home games at ''Polideporti ...

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. The following season he joined former team Ilicitano, promoting from the regional championships at the first attempt.El Ilicitano asciende a Tercera pese a sufrir en el Rico Pérez (2–0) (Ilicitano promote to ''Tercera'' in spite of suffering at the Rico Pérez (2–0))

Las Provincias ''Las Provincias'' is a Spanish language regional newspaper published in Valencia, Spain. Founded in 1886 it is one of the oldest publications in the country. History and profile ''Las Provincias'' was first published in Valencia in January 1886 ...

, 17 June 2012

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