Samuel Llorca

Samuel Llorca Ripoll (born 26 April 1985), known simply as Samuel, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Hércules CF as a central defender.

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
Place of birth Alicante, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Hércules
Youth career
1993–1996 CD 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 130 (3)
2011–2012 Hércules 39 (5)
2012–2015 Celta 1 (0)
2014 → Alavés (loan) 18 (1)
2014–2015 → Valladolid (loan) 20 (0)
2015–2016 Valladolid 18 (1)
2016–2017 Racing Santander 39 (3)
2017– Hércules 79 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2019

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 eventually retained their fourth division status.

Samuel stayed in the region for the following season, as he signed with Elche CF Ilicitano also in that 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; he consolidated his position in the 2007–08 season with the club also in division two, and received abroad offers from England's Sheffield United and Fulham, which eventually died down.[1]

In July 2011, Samuel joined former side Hércules on a four-year contract.[2] He scored a career-best five goals in his only season,[3][4][5][6] as his team narrowly missed on top flight promotion in the play-offs.

Samuel moved to La Liga in the summer of 2012, agreeing to a four-year deal at RC Celta de Vigo.[7] He only appeared once in the competition, after 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);[8] on 30 June 2015, after dealing with a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury to his left knee and also having served second division loans at Deportivo Alavés and Real Valladolid, he left Balaídos.[9]

References
  1. Sheffield y Fulham siguen a Samuel (Sheffield and Fulham follow Samuel); Diario Información, 28 February 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. El Hércules toca con una 'manita' los 'playoffs' (Hércules touch playoffs with 'open hand'); Marca, 23 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  7. El Celta ficha al central Samuel Llorca (Celta sign stopper Samuel Llorca); Marca, 8 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  8. 1–1: Reparto de puntos en el derbi gallego (1–1: Points shared in Galician derby); Mundo Deportivo, 27 October 2012 (in Spanish)
  9. Samuel se desvincula del Celta (Samuel cuts ties with Celta); La Voz de Galicia, 30 June 2015 (in Spanish)
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