Profile Fernando Torres

Personal information :

Full name : Fernando José Torres Sanz
Date of birth : 20 March 1984
Place of birth : Fuenlabrada, Spain
Height : 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position : Striker
Current club : Chelsea
Number : 9
Youth career :
1995–2001 Atlético Madrid
Senior career
2001–2007 Atlético Madrid
2007–2011 Liverpool
2011– Chelsea
National team :
2000 Spain U15
2001 Spain U16
2001 Spain U17
2001 Spain U18
2002 Spain U19
2002–2003 Spain U21
2003– Spain




Club career

Atlético Madrid

After underway through the ranks, Torres won his first significant youth name in 1998. Atlético sent an under-15 team to compete in the Nike Cup, in Spain and Europe, to play against youth teams from other clubs; Atlético won the tournament. He was subsequent voted the best actor in Europe for the age group. In 1999, at the age of 15, Torres gestured his first businessman contract with Atlético. He consumed his first year playing in the youth team and shifted onto the participating in the Honor Division as shortly as he was 16. The 2000–01 season had began poorly, as Torres suffered from a cracked shinbone which retained him out until December. Torres conditioned with the first team to obtain laid for pre-season, but finally prepared his debut for the team on 27 May 2001, at Vicente Calderón, against CD Leganés. A week subsequent, he scored his first target for the club against Albacete Balompié and the season done with Atlético narrowly absent out on advertisement to La Liga.


Torres contending with the judge during a suit with Atlético Madrid
Atlético were promoted to La Liga at the end of the 2001–02 season, however Torres did not conduct well in the season, as he netted merely six times in 36 arrivals in the Segunda División. Torres' first season in La Liga, 2002–03, was superior, however, as he scored 13 targets in 29 arrivals, with Atlético finalising in 11th place. In the 2003–04 season, his second in La Liga, Torres prepared further paces, scoring 19 league targets in 35 arrivals, meaning he done as joint third highest scorer in the league. At the age of 19, Torres was dubbed Atlético's captain.[10] Atlético narrowly missed out on qualification for the UEFA Cup, but via finalising in seventh position in the 2003–04 season, they qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup, paying Torres a first flavor of a competition at the European level. He scored pair targets in the pair fourth around suits against OFK Beograd, with one emanating in each leg. Atlético arrived the Final, but no where 3–1 on a punishment shootout to Villarreal CF chasing a 2–2 draw on aggregate. FA Premier League heroes Chelsea were conceived to be interested in signing Torres in 2005, but Atlético president Enrique Cerezo said that they had "no chance" of signing him.Cerezo subsequent said in January 2006 that the club were willing to listen to offers for Torres, and Torres asserted Newcastle United had prepared a bid to clue him in March.

He stated afterwards the 2006 FIFA World Cup that he had declined an offer to attend Chelsea at the end of the 2005–06 season. Torres scored 14 league targets in the 2006–07 season. The English media reported that he was the main transfer objective of Liverpool, but Cerezo stated "We've received no offer from Liverpool or any other club or player". However, a minority days subsequent, fresh informs advised Atlético had matched a sell with Liverpool for Torres; the payment was rumored to be £25 million with Luis García shifting to Atletico in a separate transfer deal.[21] On thirty June, Atlético broadcast a sell to clue Diego Forlán from Villarreal, in what was perceived as a shift to displace Torres ago his withdrawal became official. On two July, it was reported that Torres had cut brief a holiday to flutter rear to Madrid to finalise the shift to Liverpool. The chasing day, Torres exceeded a medical for Liverpool's Melwood training ground. He held a press convention in Madrid on 4 July to bid bye to the Atlético fans, ago concluding his shift to Liverpool on a six-year contract. The transfer payment was the highest in Liverpool's history. In March 2008, administrator Rafael Benítez stated in an interview with The Times that Torres was bought for circle £20 million, however this figure takes into bill García's shift to Atlético.

Liverpool

2007–08 season


Torres playing for Liverpool against Middlesbrough on 23 February 2008, during which he scored a hat-trick . Torres prepared his competitive debut for Liverpool against Aston Villa in a 2–1 win on 11 August 2007. He prepared his first arrival in the UEFA Champions League four days subsequent in a 1–0 victory across Toulouse, afterwards emanating on as a 79th tiny substitute. His first Premier League target came on his Anfield debut on 19 August, in the 16th tiny in a 1–1 draw against Chelsea. His first hat-trick came in a 4–2 victory across Reading in the League Cup in September, with all of his targets emanating in the second half. His first targets in the Champions League came on his third arrival in the competition as Liverpool defeat Porto 4–1, as he scored twice.

He was dubbed Premier League Player of the Month for February, during which he scored four targets in pair league arrivals, encompassing a hat-trick against Middlesbrough on 23 February 2008. This hat-trick and another in a 4–0 victory across West Ham United on 5 March 2008 meant he became the first Liverpool actor since Jack Balmer in November 1946 to score a hat-trick in consecutive home matches. Later in March, afterwards he scored a 47th tiny header against Reading at Anfield, becoming the first Liverpool actor since Robbie Fowler in the 1995–96 season campaign to score twenty league targets in a season. In April, he scored another Champions League target, this time against Arsenal in the quarter-final second leg, as Liverpool approached to the semi-final. This target took him onto 29 targets for the 2007–08 season in all contests, eclipsing Liverpool pet Michael Owen's physical record for targets in a season. On 11 April 2008, it was broadcast Torres had prepared a six man shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, which was finally won via Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United. The Spanish global was also appointed for the PFA Young Player of the Year Award, which was won via Cesc Fàbregas of Arsenal and was dubbed in the PFA Team of the Year. In May, he done second to Ronaldo for the FWA Footballer of the Year award. On 4 May 2008, Torres scored a 57th tiny winner against Manchester City, which equalled the consecutive Anfield league target record of eight sport set via Roger Hunt. After scoring his 24th league target in the final game of the season, a 2–0 win against Tottenham Hotspur, he set a fresh record for the majority prolific foreign target scorer ever in a debut season in England, eclipsing Ruud van Nistelrooy's 23 goals. He ended the season in joint second position with Emmanuel Adebayor in the race for the Premier League golden boot. Torres was subject to media speculation that Chelsea were willing to reward £50 million to clue him but Torres answered via phrase it would be "many years" ago he retired Liverpool. Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks also negated the notion of a transfer, phrase he would not permit Torres to retire the club at any price.

2008–09 season

Torres prepared a pledging begin to the 2008–09 Premier League season, scoring the merely target in a 1–0 away win against Sunderland. He suffered what was subsequent confirmed as a hamstring rip in a 0–0 draw against Aston Villa, which would retain him out for pair to three weeks. Torres prepared his return in a 2–1 victory against Marseille in the Champions League and went on to score pair targets in the Merseyside derby against Everton on 27 September to give Liverpool a 2–0 win. He chased this upward with another pair targets the chasing weekend against Manchester City in a 3–2 win away at the City of Manchester Stadium as Liverpool came rear from a pair target deficit. The first of these was the thousandth Liverpool target to be scored in the Premier League. Torres picked upward a hamstring injury during a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier, meaning he was possible to miss three sport for Liverpool. On 22 October, Liverpool played Torres' prior club Atlético in the Champions League at the Vicente Calderón, but his injury meant he missed out on the game. The Atlético president, Enrique Cerezo, had given him a VIP invitation to watch the game, but he decreased this to recover his rehabilitation from injury in Merseyside. He was dubbed in the FIFPro World XI team for the 2007–08 season on 27 October.

Torres prepared his return for Liverpool afterwards emanating on as a 72nd tiny substitute in a 3–0 victory against West Bromwich Albion (West Brom). He said he would be interested in returning to prior club Atlético finally, phrase "I don't know whether I shall retire there, but I would like to go rear and ending several objects that are retired to do." He was governed out of movement for pair to three weeks chasing Liverpool's 1–0 victory across Marseille in the Champions League in November, where he picked upward a hamstring strain, which was subsequent prolonged to at least four weeks via specialists. He was dubbed on the shortlist for the FIFA World Player of the Year award in December, and finally came in third position behind Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.[61] Torres returned to movement on three January 2009 as a substitute with a target in the 2–0 win across Preston North End; his first in the FA Cup. He scored pair late targets for Liverpool to lock a 2–0 victory across Chelsea on 1 February. Despite having consumed a year and a half at the club, Torres was selected as figure 50 in The Times's menu of "The 50 maximum Liverpool players", strengthening the impact he had prepared at Liverpool in such a brief term of time.

Torres faced his old rivals Real Madrid on ten March in the Champions League final 16 and due to an ankle injury, he had a painkilling inserting ago the game to enable him to play.[65] He scored the first target of the game, which ended as a 4–0 victory, meaning Liverpool progressed to the quarter-finals 5–0 on aggregate. Four days subsequent he queued against Manchester United at Old Trafford and he scored the equaliser in a game that done as a 4–1 victory. He was dubbed in the PFA Team of the Year for the second season running in April 2009. Torres scored his 50th target for Liverpool on 24 May against Tottenham Hotspur on the final day of the 2008–09 season, which was his 84th appearance.

2009–10 season

Following the end of the season, he matched a fresh contract with Liverpool, which he gestured on 14 August. By signing this contract, Liverpool boosted his wage to £110,000 a week and included the option of a one-year extension afterwards its expiry in 2013. Torres scored pair targets in a 3–2 win across West Ham United on 19 September 2009, a effect that took Liverpool to third in the Premier League. A week subsequent he scored his first hat-trick of the 2009–10 Premier League season in a 6–1 victory across Hull City at Anfield. He was dubbed Premier League Player of the Month for September, afterwards scoring five targets during the month and becoming the Premier League's lid goalscorer. On 25 October, he scored the first target in a 2–0 victory for Liverpool across Manchester United, afterwards which Benítez praised Torres' performance, phrase "We were waiting for that final pass. When it came we knew he would score." Torres was dubbed in the FIFPro World XI for the second consecutive season in December. His stoppage-time winning target against Aston Villa on 29 December 2009 prepared him the fastest Liverpool actor ever to score 50 league goals. He was substituted on 65 minutes in a 1–1 draw with Birmingham City on 4 April 2010, which Benítez vindicated via phrase Torres was "exhausted". Torres prepared his final arrival of the season scoring double in a 4–1 victory across S.L. Benfica on in the UEFA Cup eight April, and it was broadcast on 18 April that he would miss the relax of the season to undergo knee surgery. This meant that Torres done the season with 22 targets in 32 sport in all contests, finalising as Liverpool's lid scorer for the second time. His surname was the majority democratic dub to character on replica Premier League shirts marketed across the world in the 2009–10 season.

2010–11 season

Following his appointment as Liverpool administrator, Roy Hodgson stated Torres would not be marketed via the club, phrase "He is not for sale and we don't greet any offers for him. We want to retain him." Hodgson sacked informs Torres was set to retire Liverpool via phrase "He has confided ourselves that he is gazing forth to Monday, to fetching rear to labor and gazing forth to playing for Liverpool following season. That is what I know so other informs, I would advise, are erroneous." Torres stated his engagement to Liverpool on three August, phrase "My engagement and loyalty to the club and to the fans is the same as it was on my first day as shortly as I signed." He prepared his first arrival of the 2010–11 season in the opportunity game, a 1–1 draw with Arsenal on 14 August, entering the game as a substitute in the 74th minute. He scored his first target of the season with the winner in a 1–0 victory across West Brom on 29 August, which was his 50th target in all contests to be scored at Anfield. Torres scored the winning target in a 2–1 victory across Blackburn Rovers on 24 October, which was his first target since August. He chased this upward via scoring both targets in Liverpool's 2–0 win across Chelsea on seven November. On 1 January 2011, Torres scored the equaliser in a 2–1 win against Bolton Wanderers.

Chelsea

On 27 January, Torres was the subject of a £40 million bid from Chelsea, which was discarded via Liverpool. He subsequently handed in an official transfer apply to Liverpool the following day, which was rejected. Torres ended his shift to Chelsea on a five-and-a-half year contract on 31 January for an undisclosed payment reported to be £50 million, which set a fresh record for a British transfer and prepared him the fourth majority expensive footballer in history. He prepared his debut on six February in a 1–0 defeat to prior club Liverpool.

International career

In February 2001, Torres won the Algarve Tournament with the Spain national under-16 team. The under-16s took fraction in the 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship in May, which they also won, with Torres scoring the merely target in the Final, as well as finalising as the tournament's spearheading scorer, and was also dubbed the actor of the tournament. In September 2001, Torres represented the under-17 team at the 2001 FIFA Under-17 World Championship, but the team malfunctioned to progress through the team stage. In July 2002, he won the 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship with the under-19 team and was again the merely goalscorer in the Final.[10] Also, he done as lid scorer and was dubbed actor of the tournament. "We complement each other very well. We obtain on well on the tone and famously off it too. We're a good partnership. We both pursue down defenders, placed pressure on and brawl to compose chances for each other."
–David Villa pronouncing approximate Torres.

Torres prepared his debut for the senior Spanish national team on six September 2003 in a friendly against Portugal. His first target for Spain came against Italy on 28 April 2004. He was chosen for the Spanish squad for UEFA Euro 2004. After emerging as a late substitute in Spain's first pair team sport, he began for the deciding game against Portugal. Spain were losing 1–0 and, towards the end of the game, he hammered the post.

He scored seven targets in 11 arrivals in qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, earning him Spain's lid scorer for qualification, encompassing a crucial pair targets against Belgium and his first global hat-trick against San Marino. At his first ever arrival in a FIFA World Cup finals at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Torres scored the final target in a 4–0 victory across Ukraine with a volley. In the second team suit, Torres scored double against Tunisia, first in the 76th tiny to take Spain 2–1 into the lead, and thereafter again from a punishment kick in the 90th. With three targets, he done the tournament as Spain's lid scorer along with fellow striker David Villa.
He was paged upward for Spain's UEFA Euro 2008 squad,[104] where he establish Villa to score Spain's first target of the tournament in the first game in the team degree against Russia.Torres came beneath criticism for clearly refusing to shake the hand of Spanish administrator, Luis Aragonés, afterwards being substituted.[106] He subsequently refused being furious with the coaching, phrase that he was currently "irritated with himself". He scored his first target of the tournament in Spain's following game, a 2–1 win across Sweden. Torres scored the winner and was dubbed the man of the suit in the Final against Germany in a 1–0 victory. He said "It's just a vision come true. This is my first name and I hope it's the first of many. Victory in a Euro, it is nearly as tall as a World Cup. We are accustomed to watching finals on TV, but today we were here and we won. My vocation is to score goals. I want to win more names and be the majority significant actor in Europe and the world."[110] He was subsequent dubbed as a striker along with his attacking ally Villa in the Team of the Tournament.

Torres prepared his 60th arrival for Spain in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification victory across Turkey on 28 March 2009, becoming the youngest actor to arrive this milestone. He was dubbed in Spain's team for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in June. He scored his second hat-trick for Spain afterwards 17 minutes into a Confederations Cup game against New Zealand on 14 June, therefore recording the fastest hat-trick via a actor for Spain. He played for Spain as they were defeated 2–0 via the United States in the semi-final, as well as the third-place play-off, which Spain won 3–2 against South Africa afterwards extra time. Having undergone knee medicine on 18 April 2010, and missed the end of the Premier League season, Torres' rehabilitation and fitness was closely monitored via Spain administrator Vicente del Bosque. Although motionless out injured, Torres was chosen for Spain's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad in May. On eight June, Torres prepared his first arrival on the field in directly pair months, emanating on as a substitute on 66 minutes against Poland in a pre-World Cup friendly. He came on as a substitute on 61 minutes in Spain's opportunity World Cup game on 16 June, a 1–0 defeat to Switzerland. He began the following pair sport against Honduras and Chile and however his plays in the team degree were reported as below-par, he received backing from administrator Vicente del Bosque. Torres came on as a substitute on 105 minutes in the Final as Spain won the FIFA World Cup for the first time chasing a 1–0 victory across the Netherlands on 11 July 2010.