Football Players: Torres

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Torres

Fernando Jos� Torres Sanz (born 20 March 1984 in Madrid, Spain), nicknamed El Ni�o ("The Kid"), is a Spanish footballer, who plays for Liverpool. Torres started his career with Atl�tico Madrid, with whom he progressed through the youth ranks. He made his professional debut in 2001 and finished his career with the club having scored 75 goals in 174 La Liga appearances. Prior to this, Torres played two seasons in the Segunda Divisi�n, making 40 appearances and scoring seven goals. He joined Liverpool in 2007, after the club paid their record transfer fee to sign him and marked his first season with the club by being their first player to score more than 20 league goals for the club in a season since Robbie Fowler in 1995�96. He is also a Spanish international and made his debut for the team against Portugal in 2003. He has since participated in three major tournaments; UEFA Euro 2004, 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008. He was unable to score for Spain during the 2004 tournament, but did so on three occasions in the 2006 World Cup. Torres scored the winning goal for Spain in their 1�0 win over Germany in the Euro 2008 final.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Torres

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Torres Chelsea

Torres, who moved from Anfield to Chelsea last week for a reported 50 million pounds ($79.5 million), had two early chances but faded before being substituted after 66 minutes, much to the delight of the travelling fans.

Liverpool defended superbly throughout to record their fourth successive clean sheet and clinched victory with a 69th-minute goal by Raul Meireles.

In Sunday's other Premier League match, Birmingham City won 1-0 at fellow strugglers West Ham United.

Manchester United, beaten by bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, lead the Premier League standings on 54 points. Arsenal, who blew a 4-0 lead to draw 4-4 in an incredible match at Newcastle United, are second on 50.

Manchester City are third on 49 with champions Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur on 44. Liverpool moved to sixth on 38 and, a matter of weeks after flirting with the relegation zone, are now eyeing European qualification.