Jorge Torres Nilo
Torres Nilo playing with Mexico in 2015
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| Full name | Jorge Emmanuel Torres Nilo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tijuana, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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UANL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002–2006 | Atlas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Atlas | 90 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010– | UANL | 211 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005 | Mexico U-17 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Mexico U-23 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008– | Mexico | 45 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Mexico Olympic | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 September 2016. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 September 2016.
Jorge Emmanuel Torres Nilo (born 16 January 1988) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club Tigres UANL and the Mexico national team.
Jorge Torres Nilo started his football career at Club Atlas, where he was used in the club's youth team Academicos in the second division. Shortly after he made his professional debut under coach Daniel Guzmán on 25 February 2006 against Tecos UAG, coming in as a substitute for Rafael García Torres in the 85th minute of the match, which ended in a 4–0 victory for Atlas. Torres Nilo participated in the 2008 Copa Libertadores tournament with Atlas, where he played in their six group matches and scored one goal, against Boca Juniors in the first leg of the quarter finals.
In 2010 it was announced Jorge Torres Nilo would be sold to Tigres de la UANL for the Apertura 2010 tournament.
On 27 May 2010, Torres Nilo was sold to Tigres UANL. He made his debut with Tigres on 21 August 2010 in a home game against Santos Laguna the match ended in a 1-0 victory. He did not debut until the 5th week of the Apertura 2010 season. Torres Nilo was named best defender of the Apertura 2011 season alongside teammate Hugo Ayala and has captured the eyes of many European teams, among them CSKA Moscow, and the Olympique de Marseille.
In 2005 Coach Jesús Ramírez selected Jorge Torres Nilo to participate in the 2005 CONCACAF U17 Tournament held in Culiacán. in that tournament he played 2 matches against Canada, and Haiti. Torres Nilo did not make the final roster for those participating in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup in which Mexico would win its first world cup.
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