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For other people named Fernando Torres, see Fernando Torres (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Sanz.

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Fernando Torres

Torres with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in 2017

Personal information

Full name

\nFernando Jos\u00e9 Torres Sanz^[1]

Date of birth

\n20 March 1984 (age 40)^[2]

Place of birth

\nFuenlabrada, Spain

Height

\n1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)^[3]^[4]

Position(s)

\nStriker

Team information

Current team

\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid B (manager)

Youth career

1989\u20131991

\nParque 84

1991\u20131994

\nMario's Holanda

1994\u20131995

\nRayo 13

1995\u20132001

\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

2001\u20132007

\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid

\n214

\n(82)

2007\u20132011

\nLiverpool

\n102

\n(65)

2011\u20132015

\nChelsea

\n110

\n(20)

2014\u20132015

\n\u2192 AC Milan (loan)

\n10

\n(1)

2015\u20132016

\nAC Milan

\n0

\n(0)

2015\u20132016

\n\u2192 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid (loan)

\n49

\n(14)

2016\u20132018

\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid

\n58

\n(13)

2018\u20132019

\nSagan Tosu

\n35

\n(5)

Total

\n578

\n(200)

International career

2000

\nSpain U15

\n1

\n(0)

2001

\nSpain U16

\n9

\n(11)

2001

\nSpain U17

\n4

\n(1)

2002

\nSpain U18

\n1

\n(1)

2002

\nSpain U19

\n5

\n(6)

2002\u20132003

\nSpain U21

\n10

\n(3)

2003\u20132014

\nSpain

\n110

\n(38)

Managerial career

2021\u20132024

\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid U19

2024\u2013

\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid B

Medal record

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Men's Football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Spain\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Winner	2010 South Africa	\n
UEFA European Championship\n
Winner	2008 Austria\u2013Switzerland	\n
Winner	2012 Poland\u2013Ukraine	\n
FIFA Confederations Cup\n
Runner-up	2013 Brazil	\n
$\"Third$	2009 South Africa	\n
UEFA European Under-19 Championship\n
Winner	2002 Norway	\n
UEFA European Under-16 Championship\n
Winner	2001 England	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Jos\u00e9 Torres Sanz (Spanish pronunciation: [fe\u027e\u02c8nando \u02c8tores]; born 20 March 1984) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Atl\u00e9tico Madrid B. Due to his consistent goalscoring as a young player, Torres came to be nicknamed El Ni\u00f1o ('The Kid'), which stuck with him throughout his career.^[5] In his prime, he was known for his pace, prolific goalscoring, and heading.\n

Torres started his career with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, progressing through their youth system to the first team. He made his debut in 2001 and left the club with 75 goals in 174 La Liga appearances. Torres joined Premier League club Liverpool in 2007 and became the fastest player in Liverpool history to score 50 league goals.^[6] In 2008, he finished third for both the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year. Striving to compete for trophies, Torres left Liverpool in January 2011 to join Chelsea for a Premier League record transfer fee of \u00a350 million, which made him the most expensive Spanish player in history. At Chelsea, he won the FA Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. Torres went on to have a brief stint at AC Milan before returning to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, where he won the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League. He signed for Japanese club Sagan Tosu in July 2018, before retiring from professional football after the 2019 season.\n

In 2003, Torres made his debut for Spain in a friendly against Portugal. He was capped 110 imes and is his country's third-highest top goalscorer with 38 goals. With Spain, he participated in six major tournaments: UEFA Euro 2004, 2006 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2008, 2010 World Cup, Euro 2012, and 2014 World Cup. Spain won the 2008, 2010, and 2012 tournaments and Torres scored in the finals of both Euro 2008 and Euro 2012. He won the Golden Boot for scoring the most goals in the 2012 tournament.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Continental\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\n	2000\u201301^[222]\n	Segunda Divisi\u00f3n\n	4	1	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	6	1\n
2001\u201302^[223]\n	Segunda Divisi\u00f3n\n	36	6	1	1	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	37	7\n
2002\u201303^[224]\n	La Liga\n	29	13	3	1	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	32	14\n
2003\u201304^[225]\n	La Liga\n	35	19	5	2	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	40	21\n
2004\u201305^[226]\n	La Liga\n	38	16	6	2	\u2014	5^[c]	2	\u2014	49	20\n
2005\u201306^[227]\n	La Liga\n	36	13	4	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	40	13\n
2006\u201307^[228]\n	La Liga\n	36	14	4	1	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	40	15\n
Total\n	214	82	25	7	\u2014	5	2	\u2014	244	91\n
Liverpool\n	2007\u201308^[35]\n	Premier League\n	33	24	1	0	1	3	11^[d]	6	\u2014	46	33\n
2008\u201309^[229]\n	Premier League\n	24	14	3	1	2	0	9^[d]	2	\u2014	38	17\n
2009\u201310^[85]\n	Premier League\n	22	18	2	0	0	0	8^[e]	4	\u2014	32	22\n
2010\u201311^[100]\n	Premier League\n	23	9	1	0	0	0	2^[f]	0	\u2014	26	9\n
Total\n	102	65	7	1	3	3	30	12	\u2014	142	81\n
Chelsea\n	2010\u201311^[100]\n	Premier League\n	14	1	\u2014	\u2014	4^[d]	0	\u2014	18	1\n
2011\u201312^[108]\n	Premier League\n	32	6	6	2	1	0	10^[d]	3	\u2014	49	11\n
2012\u201313^[115]^[124]\n	Premier League\n	36	8	5	1	4	2	16^[g]	9	3^[h]	2	64	22\n
2013\u201314^[126]\n	Premier League\n	28	5	2	0	1	1	10^[i]	5	0	0	41	11\n
Total\n	110	20	13	3	6	3	40	17	3	2	172	45\n
AC Milan (loan)\n	2014\u201315^[230]\n	Serie A\n	10	1	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	10	1\n
Atl\u00e9tico Madrid (loan)\n	2014\u201315^[231]\n	La Liga\n	19	3	4	3	\u2014	3^[d]	0	\u2014	26	6\n
2015\u201316^[232]\n	La Liga\n	30	11	2	0	\u2014	12^[d]	1	\u2014	44	12\n
Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\n	2016\u201317^[233]\n	La Liga\n	31	8	5	1	\u2014	9^[d]	1	\u2014	45	10\n
2017\u201318^[234]\n	La Liga\n	27	5	6	3	\u2014	12^[j]	2	\u2014	45	10\n
Total\n	107	27	17	7	\u2014	36	4	\u2014	160	38\n
Sagan Tosu\n	2018^[230]\n	J1 League\n	17	3	2	1	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	19	4\n
2019^[230]\n	J1 League\n	18	2	1	1	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	21	3\n
Total\n	35	5	3	2	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	40	7\n
Career total\n	578	200	65	20	11	6	111	35	3	2	768	263\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Spain\n	2003	3	0\n
2004	11	1\n
2005	12	8\n
2006	13	5\n
2007	6	1\n
2008	13	3\n
2009	13	5\n
2010	11	3\n
2011	9	1\n
2012	10	4\n
2013	5	5\n
2014	4	2\n
Total	110	38\n

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Early career

Club career

Atl\u00e9tico Madrid

Liverpool

2007\u201308 season

2008\u201309 season

2009\u201310 season

2010\u201311 season

Chelsea

2011\u201312 season

2012\u201313 season

2013\u201314 season

AC Milan

Return to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid

Sagan Tosu and retirement

International career

2001\u201302: Success at youth level

2003\u201306: Senior debut and early years

2007\u201308: European Champions

2009\u201310: World Cup champions

2011\u201312: Euro 2012 glory

2013\u201314: Confederations Cup top scorer and final World Cup

Style of play

Coaching career

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

References

Sources

External links

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Talks

Timelines