Who scored the fastest goal in La Liga history, after 7.22 seconds?

Joseba Llorente scored La Liga’s fastest goal, finding the net after 7.22 seconds for Real Valladolid against Espanyol.

The goal came on 20 January 2008, immediately after kickoff. Llorente’s exceptionally quick finish remains listed among La Liga’s official statistical records, ahead of more familiar prolific scorers such as Karim Benzema and Sergio Agüero.

This record concerns the elapsed time from the start of the match to the goal, not the fastest goal by a particular club or the quickest opening goal of a season. It is also easy to confuse Llorente’s record with Jorge Galán’s listed mark for scoring the first goal in a La Liga match, which is recorded separately.

Llorente was a Basque striker who played for several Spanish clubs, including Real Valladolid, Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad. His record-setting finish is remembered less for the match result than for its extraordinary timing.