Manuel Torres (footballer, born 1978)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manuel Vicente Torres Morales | ||
Date of birth | November 25, 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Club Atlético Independiente de La Chorrera | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2003 | Árabe Unido | 135 | (16) |
2004–2012 | San Francisco | 176 | (23) |
2012–2015 | Plaza Amador | 98 | (5) |
2015-acte | c.a.i | 87 | (168) |
National team‡ | |||
2000–2009 | Panama | 35 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 June 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2007 |
Manuel Vicente Torres Morales (born 25 November 1978 in Panama City, Panama) is a football midfielder who currently plays in Panama for Liga Panameña de Fútbol team CAI.
Club career
He started his career at hometown club Árabe Unido and also played for San Francisco. Nicknamed el Cholo, he joined Plaza Amador in 2012[1] after 8 years with San Francisco.[2]
International career
Torres made his debut for Panama in a January 2000 friendly match against Guatemala, in which he immediately scored a goal, and has earned a total of 35 caps, scoring 1 goal. He represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[3] and played at the 2007[4] and 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[5]
His final international was a July 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against the United States.
International goals
- Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 7 January 2000 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | ![]() |
2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly match |
Honors
Club
- ANAPROF (3): 2006, 2007 (A), 2008 (A)
Individual
- Chosen best midfielder of ANAPROF in 2006
References
- ^ Plaza inicia pretemporada con varios refuerzos - PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
- ^ REFUERZO DEL PLAZA AMADOR Nuevo placino de lujo - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ Manuel Torres – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
External links
- Manuel Torres at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile - Plaza Amador
- Articles with Spanish-language sources (es)
- FIFA player ID not in Wikidata
- Webarchive template wayback links
- NFT template with ID not in Wikidata
- Pages using national squad without sport or team link
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Panama City
- Association football midfielders
- Panamanian footballers
- C.D. Árabe Unido players
- San Francisco F.C. players
- C.D. Plaza Amador players
- Panama international footballers
- 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Copa Centroamericana-winning players
- C.A. Independiente de La Chorrera players
- All stub articles
- Panamanian football biography stubs