Erick Torres Padilla
Torres playing for Guadalajara
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| Full name | Erick Estéfano Torres Padilla | ||||||||
| Date of birth | January 19, 1993 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | ||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | ||||||||
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Current team
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Houston Dynamo | ||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 2001–2010 | Guadalajara | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2010–2014 | Guadalajara | 64 | (14) | ||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Chivas USA (loan) | 44 | (22) | ||||||
| 2015– | Houston Dynamo | 27 | (8) | ||||||
| 2015 | → Guadalajara (loan) | 5 | (2) | ||||||
| 2016 | → Cruz Azul (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2010 | Mexico U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||
| 2011 | Mexico U20 | 7 | (1) | ||||||
| 2012– | Mexico U23 | 10 | (6) | ||||||
| 2014– | Mexico | 4 | (1) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 April 2015 |
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Erick Estéfano Torres Padilla (born January 19, 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Houston Dynamo. He is nicknamed El Cubo.
Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Torres came into the Guadalajara first team in 2010 and was a promising young player at the club. After being captain of the Chivas U-17 team, taking them to the championship game of the Bicentenario 2010, He made his official debut in the Mexican Primera División in November 2010 against C.F. Monterrey, where he scored 21 minutes into the second half. Chivas would go on to tie the game 1-1. He scored a brace against Pachuca, where Chivas would win the match 4-1. He scored in his first "Super Clasico" on 10 April 2011 against arch-rivals América in a shock 3-0 victory. After the Clausura 2011 season, he finished with 6 goals in 19 appearances, and the club's second top goal scorer, behind Marco Fabián.
Erick Torres was loaned to sister club Chivas USA from Guadalajara on July 10, 2013, and was signed as a designated player.
Torres made his debut with Chivas in July 2013 against Toronto F.C. scoring the winning goal during the 79th minute. He played all 90 minutes. On June 29, 2014 Torres scored his 17th career goal with Chivas USA and became Major League Soccer's all-time Mexican-born scoring leader. On July 20, 2014 "El Cubo" tied Ante Razov's club record of 14 goals in a single season while being in a 6 match goal streak. On August 5, 2014, Torres was chosen for the MLS All Star team facing against Bayern Munchen. Torres came in off the bench for Obafemi Martins in the 60th minute. The match resulted in 2-1 win. Torres finished the 2014 MLS season with 15 goals scored in 29 games. During his time with Chivas he scored a total of 22 goals in 45 games before the club was dissolved in 2014.
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