Samuel Llorca

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llorca and the second or maternal family name is Ripoll.
Samuel
Personal information
Full name Samuel Llorca Ripoll
Date of birth (1985-04-26) 26 April 1985 (age 41)
Place of birth Alicante, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
1993–1996 San Blas Alto
1996–2004 Hércules
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Hércules B
2005–2006 → Alone (loan)
2006–2007 Elche B 42 (6)
2007–2011 Elche 126 (3)
2011–2012 Hércules 37 (5)
2012–2015 Celta 1 (0)
2014 → Alavés (loan) 18 (1)
2014–2015 → Valladolid (loan) 18 (0)
2015–2016 Valladolid 18 (1)
2016–2017 Racing Santander 33 (3)
2017–2020 Hércules 73 (5)
Total 366+ (24+)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Llorca Ripoll (born 26 April 1985), known simply as Samuel, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

He amassed Segunda División totals of 217 games and ten goals over nine seasons, in representation of four teams. He added one appearance in La Liga for Celta.

Club career

Born in Alicante, Valencian Community, Samuel started his senior career at local Hércules CF, with its reserves. In 2005 he moved to amateur neighbours CD Alone de Guardamar, being an important unit as they retained their Tercera División status.

Samuel stayed in the region for the following season, signing with Elche CF Ilicitano in the same level. On 9 June 2007, courtesy of manager David Vidal, he made his debut with the first team, starting in a 1–0 home win against CD Castellón;[1] he consolidated his position in the 2007–08 season with the club also in the Segunda División, and received abroad offers from England's Sheffield United and Fulham, which eventually died down.[2]

In July 2011, Samuel joined his former side Hércules on a four-year contract.[3] He scored a career-best five goals in his only season,[4][5][6][7] and his team narrowly missed on top-flight promotion in the play-offs.[8]

Samuel moved to La Liga in summer 2012, agreeing to a four-year deal at RC Celta de Vigo.[9] He only appeared once in the competition, coming on as a second-half substitute for Mario Bermejo – following Gustavo Cabral's second yellow card and subsequent dismissal – in the Galician derby against Deportivo de La Coruña (1–1 home draw);[10] on 30 June 2015, after dealing with a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury to his left knee and also having served second-tier loans at Deportivo Alavés and Real Valladolid, he left the Balaídos Stadium.[11]

Samuel retired in 2020 aged 35, following Segunda División B spells at Racing de Santander[12] and Hércules where he continued to deal with knee problems. His recovery was greatly hindered by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ La cantera por bandera (1–0) (Youth system as the reason to live (1–0)); La Verdad, 10 June 2007 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Sheffield y Fulham siguen a Samuel (Sheffield and Fulham follow Samuel); Diario Información, 28 February 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El Hércules ficha al central Pepe Mora y presenta a Callejón (Hércules sign stopper Pepe Mora and present Callejón); El Mundo, 5 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Hèrcules-FCB B: El filial s’abona a l’infortuni (2–1) (Hèrcules-FCB B: Reserves marry misfortune (2–1)); FC Barcelona, 16 September 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El Hércules no se baja del tren de cabeza al imponerse al Huesca (Hércules stay in front wagon after disposing of Huesca); Marca, 21 January 2012 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ El Hércules aprieta en la lucha por los 'play-off' (Hércules turn up the pressure in fight for play-off); Marca, 3 March 2012 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El Hércules toca con una 'manita' los 'playoffs' (Hércules touch playoffs with 'open hand'); Marca, 23 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ El Alcorcón estira su sueño (Alcorcón extend their dream); Marca, 11 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ El Celta ficha al central Samuel Llorca (Celta sign stopper Samuel Llorca); Marca, 8 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ 1–1: Reparto de puntos en el derbi gallego (1–1: Points shared in Galician derby); Mundo Deportivo, 27 October 2012 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Samuel se desvincula del Celta (Samuel cuts ties with Celta); La Voz de Galicia, 30 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Samuel Llorca se marcha al Racing de Santander (Samuel Llorca goes to Racing de Santander); El Norte de Castilla, 19 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Samuel: "Me planteo el futuro día a día hasta ver dónde llego" (Samuel: "I'm approaching future on a daily basis to see where it takes me"); Diario AS, 28 April 2020 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Samuel Llorca asegura que se plantea volver a jugar como un reto personal (Samuel Llorca confirms he has taken on playing again as a personal challenge); Cadena SER, 7 July 2020 (in Spanish)

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