Raúl Sáenz del Rincón (born 3 August 1976), known as Raúl Llona or just Llona, is a Spanish retired
footballer who played as a
midfielder, and the current
manager of
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.
Playing career
Born in
Logroño,
La Rioja, Llona started his career with
CD Berceo
Club Deportivo Berceo is a Spanish football team based in Logroño in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1948, it plays in 3ª - Group 16. Its stadium is Estadio La Isla with a capacity of 2,000 seaters.
History
In the 2018-19 se ...
before moving to
CD Logroñés in 1995. On 22 June 1997, after two seasons as a starter with
the reserves, he made his professional debut by playing the last 13 minutes of a 1–2
La Liga away loss against
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...
.
Llona would spend the remainder of his career mainly in
Segunda División B
Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...
, representing
CD Manchego,
CD Mensajero,
Talavera CF,
Real Unión and
CD Calahorra in that category. He also enjoyed two further spells with his first club Logroñés, with the side mainly in
Tercera División, and retired with the side in 2007 at the age of 31.
Managerial career
Immediately after retiring Llona took up coaching, managing Peña Balsamaiso CF's youth setup. In 2009, he returned to his first club Berceo, taking over the ''Juvenil'' squad while also working as a
director of football.
In March 2013, Llona was appointed manager of
UD Logroñés
Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at ''Estadio Las Gaunas'', ...
in the third division. On 6 June 2014, he took over neighbouring
SD Logroñés
Sociedad Deportiva Logroñés is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. Team colours are white-and-red shirts and black shorts.
Hi ...
,
recently relegated to the fourth division.
On 23 June 2016, Llona was named in charge of fellow fourth tier club
CD Anguiano. On 13 July of the following year, he joined
Deportivo Alavés as manager of the ''Cadete B'' squad.
Llona was named
Club San Ignacio
Club San Ignacio is a List of football clubs in Spain, football team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz in the autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded in 1964, the team plays in Tercera División RFEF – G ...
manager in 2018, subsequently helping in their promotion to the fourth level. On 19 May 2020, he renewed as manager of San Ignacio until June 2022.
On 9 February 2021, Llona was appointed manager of Alavés'
B-team, but was sacked exactly two months later. On 27 May, he returned to SD Logroñés, with the club now in
Primera División RFEF.
Managerial statistics
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Footballers from Logroño
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
CD Logroñés footballers
CD Mensajero players
Real Unión footballers
CD Calahorra players
Spanish football managers
Primera Federación managers
Segunda División B managers
Tercera División managers
UD Logroñés managers
SD Logroñés managers
Deportivo Alavés B managers
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa managers