Enrique "Quique" Llena León (born 6 November 1961) is a Spanish retired

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manager and player. He played as a

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Career

Born in

Barbastro Barbastro (Latin: ''Barbastrum'' or ''Civitas Barbastrensis'', Aragonese: ''Balbastro'') is a city in the Somontano county, province of Huesca, Spain. The city (also known originally as Barbastra or Bergiduna) is at the junction of the rivers C ...

Huesca Huesca (; ) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon between 1096 and 1118. It is also the capital of the Spanish Huesca (province), ...

Aragón Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to south): Huesca, Zaragoza, a ...

, Llena played youth football for CD Boscos Salesianos. He never left his native region as a senior, representing UD Benabarre, CD Estadilla (where he helped the side to achieve two consecutive promotions, the latter one to

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

), Aínsa CD, CD Zaidín and CDJ Tamarite, among other clubs. After retiring, Llena started working as a manager, with his first side being UD Alcampell. Still in his native Aragon, he worked with the ''Cadete'' squad of

CD Binéfar Club Deportivo Binéfar is a Spanish football team based in Binéfar, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1922 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Campo de Deportes de los Olmos'', with a capacity of 1,250 seats. History I ...

, Estadilla and UD Binaced before being appointed in charge of

Atlético Monzón Club de Fútbol Atlético de Monzón is a Spanish football team based in Monzón, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1950 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Isidro Calderón'', with a 5,000-seat capacity. Season to sea ...

in the fourth division. Llena was also manager of

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

during the 1998–99 campaign, with the club also in division four. In January 2010, he was appointed to be the manager of the

Nicaragua national football team The Nicaragua national football team () represents Nicaragua in men's international association football, football and is controlled by the Nicaraguan Football Federation, Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol (). Nicaragua achieved their first ...

. Llena was sacked from the national team on 8 November 2014, after failing to qualify for the

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 13th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 23rd CONCACAF regional championship overall in the organization's fifty-four years of existence. It was held in the United States, with two matches bei ...

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Enrique Llena player profile
at BDFutbol * 1961 births Living people People from Barbastro Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Huesca Men's association football goalkeepers Tercera División players Spanish football managers Tercera División managers Atlético Monzón managers SD Huesca managers Nicaragua national football team managers Spanish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Nicaragua 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-footy-goalkeeper-stub