Rainer Torres

Rainer Torres
Personal information
Full name	Rainer Torres Salas
Date of birth	January 12, 1980 (age 42)
Place of birth	Callao, Peru
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Central Midfielder; Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1990	Academia Cantolao
1991–1993	Sport Boys
1993–1999	MSV Duisburg
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2001	MSV Duisburg
2002	DSV Leoben
2003	Universitario
2004–2007	Sporting Cristal
2008–2014	Universitario
2015	Melgar
2016	Sport Boys
Total
National team
2005– 2010	Peru
Teams managed
2016	Sport Boys
2017	Sport Rosario
2018	Serrato
Honours
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Melgar
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2017

Rainer Torres Salas (born 12 January 1980) was a Peruvian and former football defender and current football manager. He currently manages Serrato Pacasmayo . In August 2016, he announced his retirement from football.

Playing style[]

Torres can operate as a defensive midfielder or higher up in the field as a central midfielder. His quickness along with his great defensive abilities make of him a player with sagacious attacking movements. Torres is an expert in slipping between what he calls the "cracks of the adversaries's defensive lines" to create scoring opportunities for himself and his teammates.

Career[]

Rainer Torres began in Academia Cantolao and Sport Boys. He then moved to Europe to play for the German club MSV Duisburg and Austrian club DSV Leoben. He then returned to Peru to play for Universitario. However, problems between Torres and the directors of the club caused him to sign with Sporting Cristal where he would play for four seasons and win one national championship. He returned to Universitario in 2008 but was unable to play in the first 7 games of the season because of an injury in the preseason.

Torres has made 19 appearances for the Peru national football team.^[1]