Diego Llorente

Audi


A throwback to his Real Madrid days! The defender is a product of Los Blancos' youth academy and graduated to represent the first-team on two occasions before moving on to seek first-team opportunities elsewhere. Even though his aspirations of playing for the Galacticos might've come to a premature end, at the very least he got to drive around in some fine automobiles!

Born in Madrid, Spain, on August 16th, 1993, he began his journey at being a professional footballer as early as 7 years of age with the academy of Perez Galdós followed by a short spell at Trabenco, before he made the grade at Real Madrid’s youth program by the age of nine. The hometown boy would go on to represent the Los Blancos at junior level falling just shy of a century of appearances. His boyhood dream came true in the final game of the 2012/13 campaign as he took the pitch in the famous white of Real Madrid against CA Osasuna. A lack of first-team opportunities forced the centre-back to seek opportunities elsewhere and he opted to go out on loan to Rayo Vallecano (2015/16). The defender cemented his place in the team and scored his first goal in La Liga in a 2-2 draw against Real Sociedad on January 3rd, 2016. Despite his best efforts the Spaniard was unable to help save his team from relegation come the end of the season. A loan spell at Málaga (2016/17) was followed by his permanent departure from the Santiago Bernabeu as the defender signed with Real Sociedad in the summer of 2017. The centre-back scored on his debut for his new club to secure a 4-2 win over Deportivo de La Coruña. During his tenure at Real Sociedad the defender racked up 88 appearances over three seasons before moving to England to play for Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United in the summer of 2020.