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Fernando Torres | ||
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Personal information | ||
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Full name: | Fernando José Torres Sanz | |
Date of birth: | 20 March 1984 | |
Place of birth: | Fuenlabrada, ![]() | |
Height: | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
Playing position: | Striker | |
Club information | ||
Current club | ![]() | |
Youth clubs | ||
1995–2001 | ![]() | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
2001–2007 2007–2011 2011–2015 2014–2015 2015–2016 2015–2016 2016–2018 2018–2019 Total |
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214 102 (65) 110 (20) 10 (1) 0 (0) 49 (14) 58 (13) 28 (3) 571 (198) | (82)
National team | ||
2000 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002–2003 2003–2014 |
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9 (11) 4 (1) 1 (1) 5 (6) 10 (3) 110 (38) | 1 (0)
Teams managed | ||
2021–2024 2024– |
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Fernando José Torres Sanz (born 20 March 1984), nicknamed El Niño (The Kid in Spanish), is a retired Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Atlético Madrid B.
Torres started his career with Atlético Madrid, progressing through their youth system to the first team squad. He made his first team debut in 2001 and finished his time at the club having scored 75 goals in 174 La Liga appearances. Prior to his La Liga debut, Torres played two seasons in the Segunda División for Atlético Madrid, making 40 appearances and scoring seven goals.
Torres joined Premier League club Liverpool in 2007, after signing for a club record transfer fee. He marked his first season at Anfield by being Liverpool's first player since Robbie Fowler in the 1995–96 season to score more than 20 league goals in a season. The most prolific goalscoring spell of his career, he became the fastest player in Liverpool history to score 50 league goals. He was named in the FIFA World XI in 2008 and 2009. Torres left the club in January 2011 to join Chelsea for a record British transfer fee of £50 million, which made him the most expensive Spanish player in history. In his first full season at Chelsea, Torres won the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League, despite receiving criticism for a comparatively low goal-scoring record. The following season he scored in the final of the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League, helping Chelsea to win the competition for the first time. He joined team-mate Juan Mata in becoming the first players to have held all 4 of the Champions League, Europa League, World Cup and the European Championships simultaneously.
Torres is a Spanish international and made his debut against Portugal in 2003. He has been capped over 100 times and is his country's third-highest goalscorer of all time. With Spain he has participated in five major tournaments; UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. Spain won the latter three tournaments, with Torres scoring in the finals of both Euro 2008 and Euro 2012.
Honours[]
Clubs[]
Atlético Madrid
- Segunda División: 2001–02
Chelsea
International[]
Spain U16
- UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship: 2001
Spain U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship: 2002
Spain
- UEFA European Football Championship: 2008, 2012
- FIFA World Cup: 2010
- FIFA Confederations Cup: Third place 2009, Runner-up 2013
Individual[]
- Nike Cup top scorer: 1999
- Algarve Tournament Player of the Tournament: 2001
- Algarve Tournament top scorer: 2001
- UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship Player of the Tournament: 2001
- UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship top scorer: 2001
- UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Player of the Tournament: 2002
- UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship top scorer: 2002
- Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08, 2008–09
- Premier League Player of the Month: February 2008, September 2009
- Premier League Goal of the Month: April 2009, March 2010
- Euro 2008 Final Man of the match (vs Germany)
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2008
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2008
- FIFPro World XI: 2008, 2009
- ESM Team of the Year: 2007–08
- FIFA World Player of the Year Third place: 2008
- Ballon d'Or Third place: 2008
- FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Shoe: 2009
- FIFA Confederations Cup Team of the Tournament: 2009
- Marca Leyenda award: 2012
- UEFA Euro Golden Boot: 2012
- FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Shoe: 2013
- FIFA Confederations Cup Team of the Tournament: 2013
- Decorations
- Prince of Asturias Award for Sports: 2010
- Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit: 2011
External links[]
- BDFutbol profile
Fernando Torres profile at Soccerbase
- Premier League profile
Fernando Torres FIFA competition record
- Official website
Atlético Madrid B squad - 2024–25 |
1 Gomis · 2 Halhal · 3 Moreno · 4 Gómez · 5 Kostis · 6 Ndiaye · 7 Bri · 8 Mini · 9 Touaizi · 10 Calatrava · 11 El Jebari · 13 Iturbe · 14 Arumí · 15 D. Martínez · 17 Niño · 18 Lalo · 19 Mestanza · 20 Maroto · 21 Abde · 22 P. Pérez · 23 Gismera · 24 Mestre · 27 Boñar · Manager:![]() |
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Spain – UEFA Euro 2004 – Group stage |
1. Cañizares 2. Capdevila 3. Marchena 4. Albelda 5. Puyol 6. Helguera 7. Raúl (c) 8. Baraja 9. F. Torres 10. Morientes 11. Luque 12. Gabri 13. Aranzubia 14. Vicente 15. Bravo 16. Alonso 17. Etxeberria 18. César 19. Joaquín 20. Xavi 21. Valerón 22. Juanito 23. Casillas Manager: Template:Country data Iñaki Sáez |
Spain – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Round of 16 |
1. Casillas
2. Salgado
3. Pernía
4. Marchena
5. Puyol
6. Albelda
7. Raúl (c)
8. Xavi
9. F. Torres
10. Reyes
11. Luis García
12. A. López
13. Iniesta
14. Alonso
15. Ramos
16. Senna
17. Joaquín
18. Fàbregas
19. Cañizares
20. Juanito
21. Villa
22. Ibáñez
23. Reina
Manager: |
Spain – UEFA Euro 2008 - Winners (2nd Title) |
1. Casillas (c)
2. Albiol
3. Navarro
4. Marchena
5. Puyol
6. Iniesta
7. Villa
8. Xavi
9. Torres
10. Fàbregas
11. Capdevila
12. Cazorla
13. Palop
14. Alonso
15. Ramos
16. García
17. Güiza
18. Arbeloa
19. Senna
20. Juanito
21. Silva
22. De la Red
23. Reina
Manager: |
Spain – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup – Third place |
1. Casillas (c)
2. Albiol
3. Piqué
4. Marchena
5. Puyol
6. Pablo
7. Villa
8. Xavi
9. Torres
10. Fàbregas
11. Capdevila
12. Busquets
13. López
14. Alonso
15. Ramos
16. Llorente
17. Güiza
18. Riera
19. Arbeloa
20. Cazorla
21. Silva
22. Mata
23. Reina
Manager: |
Spain – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Winners (1st title) |
1. Casillas
2. Albiol
3. Piqué
4. Marchena
5. Puyol
6. Iniesta
7. Villa
8. Xavi
9. F. Torres
10. Fàbregas
11. Capdevila
12. Valdés
13. Mata
14. Alonso
15. Ramos
16. Busquets
17. Arbeloa
18. Pedro
19. Llorente
20. Martínez
21. Silva
22. Navas
23. Reina
Manager: |
Spain – UEFA Euro 2012 - Winners (3rd title) |
1. Casillas (c)
2. Albiol
3. Piqué
4. Martínez
5. Juanfran
6. Iniesta
7. Pedro
8. Xavi
9. Torres
10. Fàbregas
11. Negredo
12. Valdés
13. Mata
14. Alonso
15. Ramos
16. Busquets
17. Arbeloa
18. Alba
19. Llorente
20. Cazorla
21. Silva
22. Navas
23. Reina
Manager: |
Spain – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup - Runner-up |
1. Casillas
2. Albiol
3. Piqué
4. Martínez
5. Azpilicueta
6. Iniesta
7. Villa
8. Xavi
9. Torres
10. Fàbregas
11. Pedro
12. Valdés
13. Mata
14. Soldado
15. Ramos
16. Busquets
17. Arbeloa
18. Alba
19. Monreal
20. Cazorla
21. Silva
22. Navas
23. Reina
Manager: |
Spain – 2014 FIFA World Cup - Group stage |
1. I. Casillas (c)
2. R. Albiol
3. Piqué
4. Javi Martínez
5. Juanfran
6. A. Iniesta
7. David Villa
8. Xavi
9. Torres
10. Fàbregas
11. Pedro
12. De Gea
13. Mata
14. Alonso
15. Ramos
16. Busquets
17. Koke
18. Alba
19. Diego Costa
20. S. Cazorla
21. Silva
22. Azpilicueta
23. Reina
Manager: |
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