Alfredo Torres
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Alfredo Torres González | ||
Date of birth | 31 May 1931 | ||
Place of birth | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Imperio | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1951–1970 | Atlas | ||
National team | |||
1953–1954 | Mexico | 5 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
1971–1972 | Atlas | ||
1976–1977 | Atlas | ||
1978–1980 | Atlas | ||
1984–1985 | Atlas | ||
1986 | Atlas | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Juan Alfredo Torres González (born 31 May 1931) is a Mexican football forward, who played for Mexico in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[1]
Career[]
Torres began playing youth football with local side . He joined Club Atlas at age 16, and would spend nearly twenty years playing for the club.[2] He also participated in the first match held at Estadio Jalisco on 31 January 1960.[3][4]
After he retired from playing football in 1970, Torres became a manager. He led Atlas on several occasion, helping the club gain promotion to the Primera in the 1971–72 and 1978–79 seasons.[5]
References[]
- ^ 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland Archived 18 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Esquivel, Rigoberto J. (15 April 2010). "Un 'Pistache' rojinegro, pero cerca de ser Chiva" ['Pistachio' was a red-and-black, but almost was a Chiva] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo.
- ^ "El Jalisco cumple 50 años" [The Jalisco turns 50] (in Spanish). El Informador. 29 January 2010.
- ^ García, Jaime (1 February 2010). "Alfredo "Pistache" Torres abrió la gloria en el Estadio Jalisco" [Alfredo "Pistachio" Torres opened the glory at the Jalisco Stadium] (in Spanish). El Occidental.
- ^ Rosas, Sergio Luis (13 April 2011). "Recuerdos del Ayer" [Memories of yesterday] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreon.
External links[]
- Alfredo Torres – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Alfredo Torres – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
- Alfredo Torres at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1931 births
- Living people
- People from Zapopan, Jalisco
- Footballers from Jalisco
- Mexican footballers
- Mexico international footballers
- Association football forwards
- 1954 FIFA World Cup players
- Atlas F.C. footballers
- Liga MX players
- Mexican football managers
- Atlas F.C. managers