Lorenzo Morón Vizcaíno (born 16 February 1970), known as Loren, is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, currently a

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. He amassed

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totals of 279 games and 11 goals, representing five clubs. He appeared in 99

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matches over four seasons (five goals), with Mérida,

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and Recreativo.

Playing career

Born in

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, Loren kickstarted his 18-year senior career with CA Marbella, helping the club promote from

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in only two seasons. He made his debut in the latter competition on 6 September 1992, in a 1–1 home draw against

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Nou E ...

. In the summer of 1993, Loren signed with second-tier side

CP Mérida Club Polideportivo Mérida was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Mérida, Spain, Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Having played twice in La Liga (1995–96 La Liga, 1995–96 and 1997–98 La Li ...

, helping them promote to

for the first time ever in his second year. In the following campaign, he started in all his 22 league appearances in an eventual relegation as second from bottom. Loren split the following nine years between the top flight and division two, in representation of

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

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and

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. He scored a career-best three goals – at the professional level – with the second team in 2000–01, adding his second championship in the second tier in the process. Two seasons later, his two goals from 32 appearances could not help prevent Recreativo from being relegated from the top tier, and he also started in the final of the

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, a 0–3 loss to

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. Loren retired in 2007 at the age of 37, after two years in

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with his first club, now renamed UD Marbella.

Coaching career

Loren started working as a head coach in late 2014, with amateurs

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. On 23 March 2015, he replaced Pablo Alfaro at the helm of Marbella as the team was placed inside the relegation zone, eventually leading them to a comfortable tenth-place finish in the third division. After leaving Marbella by mutual consent in April 2016, Loren took over at nearby

club

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in October. In December 2017, over two decades after playing in the

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n capital, he was hired as manager of

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, replacing Mehdi Nafti who returned to the helm the following March when the situation had not improved. On 1 August 2019, Loren was appointed coach of Mons Calpe S.C. in the

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. He left shortly after, returning to his country and signing with amateurs UD Los Barrios in the same capacity.

Personal life

Loren's son, also named Lorenzo, was also a footballer. A striker, he represented mainly

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Managerial statistics

Honours

Marbella *

: 1991–92 Mérida *

: 1994–95 Sevilla *Segunda División: 2000–01 Recreativo *

runner-up: 2002–03

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moron, Loren 1970 births Living people Footballers from Marbella Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CA Marbella footballers CP Mérida footballers UD Salamanca players Sevilla FC players Recreativo de Huelva players Marbella FC players Spanish football managers Segunda División B managers Tercera División managers Marbella FC managers Mérida AD managers Gibraltar National League managers Mons Calpe S.C. managers Spanish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Gibraltar Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Gibraltar