Juan Manuel Torres
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Juan Manuel Torres, better known as Chaco Torres (born 20 June 1985 in Puerto Vilelas, Chaco), is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for FC Aktobe in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Usually played as a defensive midfielder.
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Career
Former player of Argentine clubs Racing Club and San Lorenzo de Almagro (Buenos Aires), Torres made his professional debut in 2002 in the age of 17, he went on to make over 100 appearances for each of the Argentine club.
Torres was part of the Argentina U-20 team, along with such players as Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero and Pablo Zabaleta, that won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.
In summer 2005, the management of Dynamo Kiev attempted to buy the young and promising FIFA World Youth Champion Juan Manuel Torres Racing Club. However, the Racing Club management wereas not eager to release one of their key players, although the Torres was expressing a desire for leaving. Inter alia, the parties could not agree on money issues.<ref name="terrikon.com">"Racing" has rejected the offer of "Dynamo" Template:Ref-ru</ref>
On June 24, 2011, he signed a three-year contract with Metalist Kharkiv as a free agent. Both times Chaco moved to a new club, on a free transfer (as a free agent). He offered his services to Metalist Kharkiv, at the time being out of contract.
In January 2017, Torres signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Aktobe.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Career statistics
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| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Metalist Kharkiv | 2011–12 | Ukrainian Premier League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | - | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 10 | 1 | - | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | - | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 25 | 1 | - | - | 76 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 46 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 25 | 1 | - | - | 76 | 2 | ||
Honours
Country
Personal life
Torres has two children: a daughter with his first wife Ailyn Lobato, and a son with the actress Catalina Artusi. In September 2012, the Argentine fashion model Ivanna Palliotti left Buenos Aires and moved to Kharkiv for her boyfriend, the player of Metalist Kharkiv Chaco Torres.<ref>Argentine fashion model moved to Kharkiv for Torres Template:Ref-ru</ref>
Chaco is the nickname given to him, because he was born in the Argentine province of Chaco.<ref>Torres: "I want to make the game of Metalist much better and achieve great results" Template:Ref-ru</ref>
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Chaco Province
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina under-20 international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- San Lorenzo footballers
- FC Metalist Kharkiv players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
- Argentine expatriates in Ukraine
- FC Aktobe players
- Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
- Argentine expatriates in Kazakhstan
