Fernando Torres

Fernando Torres was born March 20th 1984 in Madrid, Spain. He has an older brother Israel and an older sister Mari Paz by parents Flori and Jose. Torres first came into contact with a football at the age of two. At just 5 years old El Nino joined his first football team Parque 84.At the age of seven Torres played for his second team Mario’s Holland for three years in an indoor league. At the age of ten Torres was playing 11-a-side football for Rayo 13 which is where he got his big break.
Fernando Torres’ passion for Atletico Madrid started early. His grandfather was an Atletico’s supporter, although he wasn’t very passionate about soccer in general. That led to Torres’ to immediately become an Atletico’s lover as well. Torres excels due to his agility, strength and precision in his strikes, helped by his strong build and 6”1’ height. After his deal with Atletico Madrid, other major English teams like Chelsea and Manchester United speculated his acquisition but “The Kid” preferred to stick with the tradition of Liverpool, where he currently plays as a striker, wearing shirt number 9.

As well as scoring three goals at the last World Cup, Torres helped Spain to victory at Euro 2008 when scoring the winner in the final against Germany.
He joined Liverpool FC in 2007, after the club paid their record transfer fee to sign him. El Nino was an instant hit in England as his brand of speedy forward play and physical stature perfectly suited the Premiership. By the end of his debut season, 2007/08, he had scored 33 goals in all competitions - 24 in the Premier League.
On 4 May 2008, Torres scoring in eight consecutive games with his 57th minute winner against Manchester City. His 24th goal of the Premier League season came against Tottenham and set a new record as most prolific foreign goal scorer in a debut season, beating Ruud van Nistelrooy’s 23 goals.