Loren (footballer, born 1966) explained

Loren
Full Name:Lorenzo Juarros García
Birth Date:7 October 1966
Birth Place:Mambrillas de Lara, Spain
Height:1.81 m
Position:Centre-back, striker
Youthclubs1:Tolosa
Youthclubs2:Real Sociedad
Years1:1984–1986
Caps1:32
Goals1:13
Years2:1984–1989
Caps2:98
Goals2:24
Years3:1989–1991
Caps3:62
Goals3:9
Years4:1991–1993
Caps4:65
Goals4:11
Years5:1993–2002
Caps5:256
Goals5:9
Totalcaps:513
Totalgoals:66
Nationalyears1:1986–1990
Nationalcaps1:9
Nationalgoals1:6
Nationalyears2:1987–1988
Nationalcaps2:2
Nationalgoals2:0

Lorenzo Juarros García (born 7 October 1966), known as Loren, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as either a central defender or striker.

In a professional career which spanned nearly twenty years, he represented mainly Real Sociedad, totalling 411 competitive games and scoring 41 goals in 14 seasons.

Loren also played for Athletic Bilbao, being the most expensive Spanish player at the time of his transfer.[1]

Club career

Real Sociedad

Born in Mambrillas de Lara, Province of Burgos, Loren joined Real Sociedad from amateurs Tolosa also in the Basque Country. On 9 September 1984, one month shy of his 18th birthday, he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, in a 0–1 home loss against Málaga,[2] as a central defender, the position in which he started his career;[3] this was due to a strike by the professional footballers in the country, with most sides having to resort to fielding youth players.[4]

After only four league games over his first two seasons, Loren became an undisputed starter for the side from Gipuzkoa, helping them to the 1987 Copa del Rey – he did not play in the final against Atlético Madrid due to injury, however. In the 1987–88 campaign, by now reinvented as a striker by Welsh manager John Toshack, he scored a career-best 11 games in 36 games as the club finished second to Real Madrid.[5] [6] [7]

Athletic and Burgos

In the summer of 1989, Loren signed for Real Sociedad's local rivals Athletic Bilbao, who paid 300 million pesetas for his services, a record for a national player.[8] He later confessed that, had Athletic not paid the full extent of his clause, he would not have made the move,[9] which would be the first of several controversial transfer negotiations between the two clubs.[10]

Loren made his official debut for the Lions on 2 September 1989, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home victory over his former team and winning a penalty.[11] He underperformed overall during his stint, only netting three times in his second year.[6]

Loren then joined Real Burgos in his native region, who rose from the ashes of Burgos CF. He scored seven goals in his first season to help to a best ever ninth-place finish in the top flight,[12] being relegated the following campaign.[13]

Return to Real Sociedad

In the 1993 off-season, 26-year-old Loren returned to Real Sociedad. On 13 August he scored the first goal in the new Anoeta Stadium, in a friendly with Real Madrid.[14] [15] Again under Toshack, he returned to the stopper position, often partnering another youth graduate, José Antonio Pikabea, in his second spell, and never appearing in less than 27 league games in the following seven seasons.[16]

After only eight games in 2001–02, Loren retired from playing football at almost 36, having played 481 top-division matches over the course of 18 seasons (53 goals).[17] He remained with Real Sociedad as the club's director of football, a position he took up in 2009[18] [19] [20] [21] until March 2018.[22] [23]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Athletic Club-Real Sociedad: jugadores en los dos bandos. Athletic Club-Real Sociedad: players on both sides. Diario AS. es. 9 May 2014. 13 July 2017.
  2. News: 0–1: Mandó la Real pero marcó el Málaga. 0–1: Real in charge but Málaga scored. Mundo Deportivo. Félix. Sáez. es. 10 September 1984. 23 October 2012.
  3. News: Qué fue de… Loren. Whatever happened to… Loren. 20 minutos. Edu. Casado. es. 5 August 2009. 12 November 2011.
  4. Web site: A strike by Spanish soccer players forced the league to play its second round Sunday with junior and amateur players. United Press International. 9 September 1984. 10 August 2017.
  5. News: Goleadores: Hugo, nuevamente "Pichichi". Scorers: Hugo, "Pichichi" again. Mundo Deportivo. es. 23 May 1988. 7 March 2021.
  6. News: Loren, 30 años en la Real Sociedad. Loren, 30 years at Real Sociedad. El Diario Vasco. Iker. Mendia. es. 18 March 2018. 6 March 2021.
  7. Web site: Las verdes praderas del Llorente sin bridas. The green prairies of unbridled Llorente. News Spain. es. 6 July 2020. 6 March 2021.
  8. News: El Athletic ha pagado casi 15 millones a la Real en 21 años. Athletic have paid almost 15 million to Real in 21 years. El Correo. Juan Manuel. Mallo. es. 1 December 2010. 27 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Loren no quería venir al Athletic. Loren did not want to go to Athletic. El Athletic Club. es. 22 April 2011. 12 November 2011.
  10. News: Athletic y Real Sociedad, un siglo de mal humor. Athletic and Real Sociedad, one ill-tempered century. El País. Eduardo. Rodrigálvarez. es. 4 February 2018. 7 March 2021.
  11. News: El derby del penalty. The penalty derby. Mundo Deportivo. Eduardo. Castañeda. es. 3 September 1989. 7 March 2021.
  12. Web site: Spain, Final Tables 1989–1999. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. José Vicente. Tejedor Carnicero. 7 March 2021.
  13. Web site: ¿De qué juego hoy, míster?. Where are you playing me today, mister?. El Marcador. Carlos. Martínez. es. 11 March 2019. 7 March 2021.
  14. News: Anoeta. El Diario Vasco. es. 13 November 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111119180314/http://real-sociedad.diariovasco.com/estadio/. 19 November 2011.
  15. Web site: Partidos Inolvidables: Real Sociedad 2 – Real Madrid 2 (93–94). Unforgettable Matches: Real Sociedad 2 – Real Madrid 2 (93–94). Corazón Txuri Urdin. Juan. Rodríguez Millán. es. 13 August 2008. 10 August 2017.
  16. Web site: Leyendas de la Real: Pikabea. Real legends: Pikabea. Vavel. Ignacio. Vázquez de Balmaseda. es. 26 April 2016. 7 March 2021.
  17. News: Joaquín, en la historia de LaLiga. Joaquín, in LaLiga history. Diario AS. Mayca. Jiménez. es. 20 April 2018. 7 March 2021.
  18. News: La Real Sociedad nombra a Lorenzo Juarros como nuevo director deportivo. Real Sociedad name Lorenzo Juarros as new sports director. Diario AS. es. 28 January 2009. 10 August 2017.
  19. News: "La planificación de la plantilla fue ambiciosa para que no hubiera urgencias en enero". "We thought big with the squad so that we would not have any urgencies in January". El Diario Vasco. Jorge. F. Mendiola. es. 24 December 2010. 13 November 2011.
  20. News: Loren: "Para Urrutia el derbi era el partido más importante". Loren: "To Urrutia the derby was the most important game". Mundo Deportivo. Xabier. Isasa. es. 1 October 2011. 13 November 2011.
  21. News: Loren renovará como director deportivo hasta 2019. Loren to renew as sporting director until 2019. Diario AS. Roberto. Ramajo. es. 23 May 2017. 10 August 2017.
  22. Web site: Loren's contract with Real terminated by mutual consent. Real Sociedad. 18 March 2018. 11 May 2018.
  23. News: Real Sociedad officially part ways with coach Eusebio. Marca. Óscar. Badallo. Padraig. Whelan. 19 March 2018. 11 May 2018.

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