Facundo Torres

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Facundo Torres
Personal information
Full name Facundo Daniel Torres Pérez
Date of birth (2000-04-13) 13 April 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Orlando City
Number 17
Youth career
2010–2020 Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Peñarol 51 (10)
2022– Orlando City 4 (1)
National team‡
2014–2015 Uruguay U15 20 (14)
2016–2017 Uruguay U17 28 (14)
2018 Uruguay U20 6 (1)
2021– Uruguay 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

Facundo Daniel Torres Pérez (born 13 April 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Orlando City and the Uruguay national team.[1]

Torres has previously played for Peñarol where he won 2021 Uruguayan Primera División title.[1]

Club career[]

Peñarol[]

Born in the Colón neighborhood of Montevideo, Torres grew up in La Paz, Canelones.[2] At the age of four, Torres attended his first training session with his cousin Joaquín at Juventud River but showed little interest and instead sat in the middle of the field and played with dirt.[2] His father later took him to La Paz Wanderers where he enjoyed playing with friends before spending a year with Defensor Sporting. At the age of 10 he was selected to play in the National Championship final to represent the regional southern league in Melo where he was scouted by Peñarol and invited to join their academy. With Peñarol, Torres traveled to Brazil to play in the  [pt], a friendly international competition for academy teams. Despite being two years younger than his teammates such as Federico Valverde, Diego Rossi and Santiago Bueno, Torres was a standout player at the tournament.[2] Coached by Robert Lima, Torres continued to be fast-tracked through the age groups and in 2014, helped Peñarol to an under-15 national title.[3] In February 2016, he was invited to train with the professional senior team for the first time, at the age of 15. That same year, Italian Serie A club Juventus made an attempt to sign Torres via his agent Daniel Fonseca. Torres' father opposed the move, thinking he was too young and describing it as "via the back door," parting ways with Fonseca as a result with Torres remaining at Peñarol to continue his development and earn playing time.[4]

Torres was named in a senior matchday squad for the first time on 7 June 2018, as an unused substitute against Defensor Sporting.[2] Moving between the first team and reserves under both Leonardo Ramos and Diego López without ever debuting, Torres was handed his senior debut by Diego Forlán on 16 August 2020 in a 2–0 Primera División win against Boston River.[5] He came on as a 46th minute substitute for Matías de los Santos and scored his team's opening goal five minutes later.[6] He made his continental debut in the delayed 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage, starting all four of the remaining games and scoring once in a 3–0 victory over Chilean side Colo-Colo.[7] In his debut season, Torres made 38 appearances including 34 starts in all competitions and scored six goals.[1]

In 2021, Torres was part of the squad that won the 2021 Uruguayan Primera División title.[8] He made 19 appearances, scoring five goals during the league campaign. In his final competitive appearance for the club, Torres scored the equalizer in the Championship playoff as Peñarol drew 1–1 with Apertura winners Plaza Colonia, clinching the title with a penalty shoot-out victory.[9] He also scored four goals during Peñarol's run to the 2021 Copa Sudamericana semi-finals before being eliminated by eventual winners Athletico Paranaense.[10]

Orlando City[]

On 24 January 2022, Torres signed for Orlando City of Major League Soccer on a four-year Young Designated Player contract with the option for a fifth.[11] He joined for a reported club record $9 million fee.[12]

International career[]

Youth[]

Torres represented Uruguay as a youth international at under-15, under-17 and under-20 level. He was part of Uruguay squad at the 2015 South American U-15 Championship and scored five goals in five games, the joint-third most behind Brazilians Vitinho and Vinícius Júnior, as Uruguay finished runners-up behind Brazil.[13] He is the all-time top scorer for Uruguay under-17s and competed at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship.[14]

Senior[]

On 5 March 2021, Torres received his first senior Uruguay national team call-up as part of a 35-man preliminary squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Argentina and Bolivia.[15] However, CONMEBOL suspended those matches the next day amid concern over the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]

He made his senior international debut on 3 June 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Paraguay as a 66th minute substitute for Jonathan Rodríguez as Uruguay drew 0–0.[17] He made his first start five days later in another goalless qualifying draw against Venezuela.[18] In June 2021, Torres was named to the squad for the 2021 Copa América and appeared in all five games as a substitute.[1] Uruguay were eliminated at the quarter-final stage on penalties by Colombia.[19]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 19 March 2022[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Playoffs Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Peñarol 2020 Uruguayan
Primera División 		32 5 — 6[a] 1 — 38 6
2021 19 5 — 13[b] 4 1[c] 1 33 10
Total 51 10 0 0 19 5 1 1 71 16
Orlando City 2022 Major League Soccer 4 1 0 0 — — 4 1
Career total 55 11 0 0 19 5 1 1 75 17
  1. ^ Four appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, two appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
  2. ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
  3. ^ Appearance in Championship playoff.

International[]

As of match played 16 November 2021[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Uruguay 2021 10 0
Total 10 0

Honours[]

Peñarol

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Facundo Torres - Soccerway Profile". Soccerway.
  2. ^ a b c d "Facu Torres, el zurdo al que felicitó el Pato Aguilera a los 10 años, lo quiso la Juve y al que Ghiggia le dio el trofeo de goleador". El Observador.
  3. ^ "Formativas: los campeones premiados". Tenfield.com (in Spanish). 25 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Facu Torres, la historia del zurdo que eligió quedarse y sigue los pasos de Pellistri". El Observador.
  5. ^ "Debutantes de la 5a fecha del Torneo Apertura 2020". 18 August 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Peñarol vs. Boston River - 16 August 2020 - Soccerway". Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Estadísticas del Partido – Penarol v Colo Colo". CONMEBOL (in Spanish).
  8. ^ "En Peñarol están convencidos de que fue la despedida de Facundo Torres". El Observador.
  9. ^ "Peñarol le ganó a Plaza Colonia y se adjudicó el Campeonato Uruguayo 2021". TyC Sports.
  10. ^ "Athletico-PR elimina Peñarol e Sul-Americana terá final brasileira". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). 1 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Orlando City SC Acquires Uruguayan Forward Facundo Torres". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  12. ^ Gramajo, Mike. "Orlando City pays record transfer fee to sign Uruguayan Facundo Torres". orlandosentinel.com.
  13. ^ "11 - Facundo Torres - AUF". Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Datos de la Selección Sub-17". Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  15. ^ "35 futbolistas reservados para enfrentar a Argentina y Bolivia por Eliminatorias". 5 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  16. ^ "CONMEBOL suspends March World Cup qualifiers after clubs' refusal to release players". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Uruguay v Paraguay game report". ESPN. 3 June 2021.
  18. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying: Venezuela v Uruguay". www.fifa.com.
  19. ^ "Estadísticas del Partido – Uruguay v Colombia". CONMEBOL (in Spanish).
  20. ^ "Peñarol es el Campeón Uruguayo". 7 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

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