Fernando Torres

Fernando Torres

Fernando José Torres Sanz (Spanish pronunciation: [Fernando Tores], born March 20, 1984), nicknamed El Niño (Kid in Spanish), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Spanish national team, as the attacker.

Torres started his career at Atletico Madrid, progressing through their youth system for the first team. He made his first team debut in 2001 and ended his career as a club to 75 goals were placed in 174 La Liga appearances. Before the debut of the Premier League, Torres has had two seasons in the Segunda Division, when 40 appearances and scoring seven goals. He became the Premier League club Liverpool in 2007, after the signature and the share transfer records for the club. He scored his first term Anfield Liverpool be the first player since Robbie Fowler in the 1995-96 season to score more than 20 league goals a season. Torres has become the fastest player in the history of Liverpool scoring 50 league goals after scoring against Aston Villa in December 2009. He left the club in January 2011 to join Chelsea for the British record transfer fee of £ 50 million, which also made him the most expensive player in Spanish history.

Torres is a Spanish international and made his debut against Portugal in 2003. Since then he has participated in four major tournaments, UEFA Euro 2004 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008 FIFA World Cup 2010. Torres did not score for Euro 2004, but netted the next three World Cup in 2006. He scored two UEFA Euro 2008, including the winning goal in Spain 1-0 to win the final in Germany. Spain also won the 2010 World Cup, but Torres did not score any goals during the tournament.