Fernando Torres
Torres warming up for Atlético Madrid in 2015
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| Full name | Fernando José Torres Sanz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fuenlabrada, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1995–2001 | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2007 | Atlético Madrid | 214 | (82) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Liverpool | 102 | (65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Chelsea | 110 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Milan (loan) | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Milan | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Atlético Madrid (loan) | 49 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Atlético Madrid | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2000 | Spain U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Spain U16 | 9 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Spain U17 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Spain U18 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Spain U19 | 5 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Spain U21 | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2014 | Spain | 110 | (38) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:40, 4 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:40, 31 January 2017 (UTC) |
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Fernando José Torres Sanz (Spanish pronunciation: [ferˈnando ˈtores]; born 20 March 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Atlético Madrid.
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 British record 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.
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