Fernando Llorente Torres......
Though born in Pamplona, Navarre, Llorente grew up in the municipality of Rincón de Soto in La Rioja. He joined Athletic de Bilbao's youth system in 1996, at the age of 11, being eligible through his Navarrese roots (Bilbao takes players of only Bilbao roots!). After many seasons in the junior levels, he joined Athletic's feeder club that played in the Fourth Division, CD Baskonia. He played 33 games and scored 12, thus earning a promotion to Bilbao Athletic, the team's reserve squad in the Third Division. He scored 4 in 16 games and was awarded a contract extension. On 16 January 2005, he made his first-team - and La Liga - debut in a 1–1 home draw against RCD Espanyol. Three days later, in a Copa del Rey match with UD Lanzarote, he scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 victory.
This season the mid-fielder has been a big threat and in one spurt of form in the end of January he scored a hat-trick before getting a brace just 4 days later. He then scored once in the next game and netted twice in the next. In 29 appearances for the club, he has scored 19 times, 2 of them in Europe. The in-form mid-fielder is our man to watch over the two legs....
This season the mid-fielder has been a big threat and in one spurt of form in the end of January he scored a hat-trick before getting a brace just 4 days later. He then scored once in the next game and netted twice in the next. In 29 appearances for the club, he has scored 19 times, 2 of them in Europe. The in-form mid-fielder is our man to watch over the two legs....
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