Pol Llonch
Spanish footballer (born 1992)
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Pol Llonch Puyaltó (born 7 October 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eerste Divisie club Helmond Sport.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pol Llonch Puyaltó[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1992[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Helmond Sport | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Europa | |||
| 2009–2011 | Hospitalet | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | Hospitalet | 79 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Espanyol B | 35 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Girona | 11 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Granada B (loan) | 21 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Wisła Kraków | 41 | (0) |
| 2018–2023 | Willem II | 133 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | Ponferradina | 20 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | Intercity | 32 | (1) |
| 2025– | Helmond Sport | 27 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 April 2026 | |||
Club career
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Llonch finished his youth career with CE L'Hospitalet after starting out at CE Europa. He made his senior debut with the former club in the 2011–12 season, in the Segunda División B.[2]
Llonch moved to RCD Espanyol on 30 June 2014, being assigned to the reserves also in the third tier.[3] He also trained with the first team in February, mainly to cover for injuries of José Cañas and Abraham.[4]
On 3 August 2015, Llonch signed a two-year deal with Segunda División side Girona FC.[5] He made his professional debut on 9 September, starting in a 2–2 away draw against Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the second round of the Copa del Rey (5–4 loss on penalties).[6] His maiden league appearance took place ten days later, in a 2–1 win at Real Oviedo where he came on as a late substitute.[7]
Llonch was loaned to Club Recreativo Granada of the third division on 11 July 2016, for one year.[8] The following 31 January, he terminated his contract with Girona and immediately joined Wisła Kraków.[9]
After one season in the Ekstraklasa, Llonch moved countries again, signing a three-year deal at Willem II in the Netherlands.[10] He scored his first professional goal on 20 January 2019 to open a 2–0 home victory in the Eredivisie over North Brabant rivals NAC Breda,[11] and played six games in a run to the final of the KNVB Cup which was lost 4–0 to AFC Ajax.[12]
In September 2020, Llonch extended his contract until 2024.[13] A year later – despite not being fluent in the national language – he was made captain when veteran Jordens Peters retired through injury.[14]
Llonch returned to Spain on 5 August 2023, on a contract at Primera Federación club SD Ponferradina.[15] He remained in the league for the 2024–25 campaign, signing for Alicante-based CF Intercity.[16]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hospitalet | 2011–12 | Segunda División B | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Segunda División B | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[b] | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6[b] | 1 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Total | 79 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 95 | 3 | ||
| Espanyol B | 2014–15 | Segunda División B | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| Girona | 2015–16 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Granada B (loan) | 2016–17 | Segunda División B | 21 | 2 | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | |||
| Wisła Kraków | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| Total | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Willem II | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
| Total | 54 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3 | |||
| Career totals | 229 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 268 | 8 | ||
- Includes Copa del Rey, Polish Cup, KNVB Cup
- Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs