CWith his first minutes in the semi-final of the Endesa Super Cup against Barcelona, Sergio Llull has reached 19 seasons played with Real Madridhistorical record. Until now he shared the record with Rafa Rullan (1969-87), but the current captain is now alone. And not only from the basketball section, but from the entire club. Paco Gento, Miguel Ángel and Manolo Sanchís They have the top among footballers after playing 18 seasons in the first team. Nobody is more Madrid fan than Llull.
Among the basketball players, the point guard had already left behind Fernando Romay, Juan Antonio Corbalán and Felipe Reyes, who spent 17 seasons in Madrid, already Wayne Brabender and Clifford Luyk, who competed in 16. Above all, Llull, legend among Madrid legends.
Sergio Llull celebrates a basket during a match against Barcelona.
Llull debuted with Real Madrid in the 2006-07 season. After arriving from Manresa, with whom he barely played in the LEB, he made his debut under the orders of Joan Plaza on May 17, 2007 in a match against Valencia Basket. 6,337 days have passed since that. A life in white. He then played 2:15 minutes in which he gave an assist and did not shoot a basket. Impossible to guess then everything that would come next.
It was the beginning of one of the biggest myths of madridismobuilt based on his game, his success and his loyalty. Nobody has embodied better the epic of the entityalways fighting until the last breath; adds 28 white titlesincluding three Euroleagues, the last one achieved with a basket of his; and He preferred to stay at the club despite the dizzying offers that the Rockets made him.
Figures impossible to match
At 36 years old, he has just renewed for one more season. If it were up to him, he would reach at least as far as 20 seasons in Madrid, to round off. Soon to talk about it. He has a course ahead of him in which he will be able to continue expanding records that seem impossible to match. It’s been a while the player with the most appearances in the history of the Madrid team. It is now approaching 1,100 after surpassing in his day Felipe Reyes. It is also the top scorer, top three-pointer, top assist…
Sergio Llull, in one of his first meetings with Real Madrid.
Above what he does on the court, which last season was a lot thanks to his good physical condition, there is what he contributes in the locker room. As captain and icon, he will be the great transmitter of the values of Real Madrid fans.. After the restructuring that the staff has undergone and the departure of veteran leaders such as Rudy Fernández, Sergio Rodríguez and Fabien Causeur, the figure of Llull will be even more important this year. Because no one is more Madridista than him, neither statistically nor sentimentally.
