Lorenzo Juarros García

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 1–0 home loss against Málaga, as a central defender, the position in which he started his career; this was due to a strike by the professional footballers in the country, with most sides having to resort to fielding youth players. 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 goals in 36 games as the club finished second to Real Madrid.

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. He later confessed that, had Athletic not paid the full extent of his clause, he would not have made the move, which would be the first of several controversial transfer negotiations between the two clubs. 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. He underperformed overall during his…

Real Sociedad

Copa del Rey: 1986–87