56 Facts About Fernando Torres

Fernando Jose Torres Sanz is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a striker.

Fernando Torres is the current manager of Atletico Madrid Juvenil A Due to his consistent goalscoring rate as a young player, Torres came to be nicknamed El Nino.

Fernando Torres made his first-team debut in 2001 and finished his time at the club with 75 goals in 174 La Liga appearances.

Fernando Torres joined Premier League club Liverpool in 2007, after signing for a club record transfer fee.

At Chelsea, Fernando Torres won the FA Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, though his goalscoring rate and performances drastically declined.

Fernando Torres is a Spanish international and made his debut against Portugal in 2003.

Fernando Torres has been capped over 100 times and is his country's third-highest goalscorer of all-time.

Spain won the three tournaments from 2008 to 2012, with Fernando Torres scoring in the finals of both Euro 2008 and Euro 2012.

Fernando Torres scored the winning goal in the 2008 European Championship, and won the Golden Boot for highest goalscorer in 2012.

Fernando Torres's grandfather was not a passionate football fan, but took pride in being an Atletico Madrid supporter, and Torres inherited his love for the club.

Fernando Torres began playing football as a goalkeeper, the position his brother played in.

Fernando Torres scored 55 goals in a season and was one of three Rayo 13 players to earn a trial with Atletico.

Fernando Torres impressed the scouts and joined the club's youth system at age 11 in 1995.

Fernando Torres was later voted the best player in Europe for the age group.

In 1999, at the age of 15, Fernando Torres signed his first professional contract with Atletico.

Fernando Torres spent his first year playing in the youth team and participated in the Honor Division when he was 16.

Fernando Torres trained with the first team to get prepared for pre-season, but eventually made his debut on 27 May 2001, at the Vicente Calderon Stadium, against Leganes.

Fernando Torres scored two goals in the two fourth round matches against OFK Beograd, with one coming in each leg.

Fernando Torres was named the Premier League Player of the Month for February 2008, during which he scored four goals in four appearances, including a hat-trick against Middlesbrough on 23 February 2008.

On 11 April 2008, it was announced Fernando Torres had made a six-man shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, which was eventually won by Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United.

On 4 May 2008, Fernando Torres scored a 57th-minute winner against Manchester City, which equalled the consecutive Anfield league goal record of eight games set by Roger Hunt.

Fernando Torres ended the season in joint second place with Emmanuel Adebayor in the race for the Premier League golden boot.

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks negated the idea of a transfer, saying he would not allow Fernando Torres to leave the club at any price.

Fernando Torres picked up a hamstring injury during a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier, meaning he was likely to miss three games for Liverpool.

Fernando Torres faced his old rivals Real Madrid on 10 March 2009 in the Champions League last 16 and due to an ankle injury, he had a painkilling injection before the game to enable him to play.

Fernando Torres was named in the PFA Team of the Year for the second season running in April 2009.

Fernando Torres's stoppage-time winning goal against Aston Villa on 29 December 2009 made him the fastest Liverpool player ever to score 50 league goals.

Fernando Torres subsequently handed in an official transfer request to Liverpool the next day, which was rejected.

Fernando Torres scored against Newcastle United, Arsenal and Norwich City as Chelsea topped the table in the early weeks of the season.

Fernando Torres scored his first goal of the season in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup against Bayern Munich.

Fernando Torres joined Italian Serie A club AC Milan on a two-year loan on 31 August 2014.

Fernando Torres' unveiling at the Vicente Calderon Stadium on 4 January 2015 drew a crowd of 45,000 persons.

Fernando Torres played the first match of his second spell on 7 January 2015, starting in the first leg of a Copa del Rey last 16 tie against Real Madrid.

On 5 July 2016, Fernando Torres signed for Atletico permanently on a one-year contract.

On 4 July 2017, Fernando Torres signed a new one-year contract with the rojiblancos to stay with his boyhood club for one more year after they were banned from signing new players.

Fernando Torres signed for J1 League club Sagan Tosu on 10 July 2018.

On 21 June 2019, Fernando Torres announced that he would retire from football.

Fernando Torres made his farewell in a J1 League match against Vissel Kobe on 23 August 2019, when he faced former Spain teammates Andres Iniesta and David Villa.

In February 2001, Fernando Torres won the Algarve Tournament with the Spain national under-16 team.

The under-16s took part in the 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship in May, which they won, with Fernando Torres scoring the only goal in the final, as well as finishing as the tournament's leading scorer, and was named the player of the tournament.

In September 2001, Fernando Torres represented the under-17 team at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship, but the team failed to progress through the group stage.

Fernando Torres made his debut for the senior team on 6 September 2003 in a friendly against Portugal.

Fernando Torres was selected for the Spanish squad for UEFA Euro 2004.

Fernando Torres scored 7 goals in 11 appearances in qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, making him Spain's top scorer for qualification, including a vital two goals against Belgium and his first international hat-trick against San Marino.

Fernando Torres was called up for Spain's Euro 2008 squad, where he set up Villa to score Spain's first goal of the tournament in the first game in the group stage against Russia.

Fernando Torres came under criticism for apparently refusing to shake the hand of Spanish manager Luis Aragones after being substituted off.

Fernando Torres subsequently denied being angry with the coaching, saying that he was actually "irritated with himself".

Fernando Torres made his 60th appearance for Spain in a 2010 World Cup qualification victory over Turkey on 28 March 2009, becoming the youngest player to reach this milestone.

Fernando Torres was named in Spain's team for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in June.

Fernando Torres started the next two matches against Honduras and Chile and although his performances in the group stage were described as below-par, he received backing from Del Bosque.

Fernando Torres won his 100th cap against Saudi Arabia on 7 September 2012, making him the sixth-highest capped player for Spain, and started the game as captain in goalkeeper Iker Casillas' absence.

Fernando Torres became the first player to score two hat-tricks in the Confederations Cup, and with five goals and one assist won the tournament's Golden Shoe, ahead of Fred having played fewer minutes.

Fernando Torres had the ability to find himself in goalscoring positions, using his pace and vision to get in behind defenders.

Fernando Torres is lightning quick, a deadly finisher and a player of such high class with the ball at his feet that he routinely makes the spectacular look ordinary.

Fernando Torres married Olalla Dominguez Liste on 27 May 2009 in a private ceremony with just two witnesses at the local town hall in El Escorial, Madrid.

Fernando Torres makes a cameo appearance in the 2005 comedy film Torrente 3: El protector.