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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Juan Manuel Torres
| image = Чако Торрес.jpg
| fullname = Juan Manuel Torres
| height = {{height|m=1.71|precision=0}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|6|20}}
| birth_place = [[Puerto Vilelas]], [[Argentina]]
| currentclub = [[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]]
| clubnumber = 19
| position = [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|Defensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2002–2006
| years2 = 2007–2011
| years3 = 2011–2014
| years4 = 2015
| years5 = 2016
| years6 = 2016
| years7 = 2017–
| clubs1 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]] | caps1 = 104 | goals1 = 0
| clubs2 = [[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]] | caps2 = 101 | goals2 = 2
| clubs3 = [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]] | caps3 = 48 | goals3 = 1
| clubs4 = [[Club Atletico Defensores de Puerto Vilelas|Atletico Defensores de Vilelas]] | caps4 = ? | goals4 = ?
| clubs5 = [[Chaco For Ever]] | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0
| clubs6 = [[Chacarita Juniors]] | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0
| clubs7 = [[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]] | caps7 = 1 | goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2005
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national under-20 football team|Argentina U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 3 April 2017
}}

'''Juan Manuel Torres''', better known as '''Chaco Torres''' (born 20 June 1985 in [[Puerto Vilelas]], [[Chaco Province|Chaco]]), is an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[football (soccer)|football]] [[midfielder]] who plays for [[FC Aktobe]] in the [[Kazakhstan Premier League]]. Usually played as a defensive midfielder.

==Career==
Former player of Argentine clubs [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]] and [[San Lorenzo de Almagro|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 Championship|FIFA World Youth Champion]] Juan Manuel Torres [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]. However, the [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|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">[http://terrikon.com/posts/28143 "Racing" has rejected the offer of "Dynamo"] {{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>{{cite web|title=Актобе подписал Торреса|url=http://www.sports.kz/news/aktobe-podpisal-torresa|website=sports.kz|publisher=Sports KZ|accessdate=20 January 2017|language=Russian|date=20 January 2017}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|match played 30 November 2014}}<ref>{{cite web|title=J.Torres|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/players/juan-manuel-torres/15122/|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=20 January 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5" valign="center"|[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
|[[2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League|2011–12]]
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|[[Ukrainian Premier League]]
|18||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||11||0||colspan="2"|-||31||0
|-
|[[2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League|2012–13]]
|17||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||10||1||colspan="2"|-||28||2
|-
|[[2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League|2013–14]]
|2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0
|-
|[[2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League|2014–15]]
|9||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0||colspan="2"|-||14||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!46!!1!!5!!0!!-!!-!!25!!1!!-!!-!!76!!2
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!46!!1!!5!!0!!-!!-!!25!!1!!-!!-!!76!!2
|}

==Honours==
===Country===
[[Argentina national under-20 football team|Argentina U-20]]
*[[FIFA World Youth Championship|FIFA World Youth Champion]] (1): [[2005 FIFA World Youth Championship|2005]]

== 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>[http://terrikon.com/posts/130853 Argentine fashion model moved to Kharkiv for Torres] {{ref-ru}}</ref>

'''Chaco''' is the nickname given to him, because he was born in the Argentine province of [[Chaco Province|Chaco]].<ref>[http://metalist.ua/news/2527.html Torres: "I want to make the game of Metalist much better and achieve great results"] {{ref-ru}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=12773&SEOFutbolista=Torres+Juan+Manuel Argentine Primera statistics] {{es icon}}
* [http://www.metalist.ua/players/845.html FC Metalist profile] {{ref-uk}}
* [http://metalist-kh-stat.net.ua/player/1725/ FC Metalist history and statistics] {{ref-ru}}
* [http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/prof/22019513 Football Federation of Ukraine profile] {{ref-uk}}

{{FC Aktobe squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Juan Manuel}}
[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Chaco Province]]
[[Category:Argentine footballers]]
[[Category:Argentina under-20 international footballers]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers]]
[[Category:San Lorenzo footballers]]
[[Category:FC Metalist Kharkiv players]]
[[Category:Argentine Primera División players]]
[[Category:Ukrainian Premier League players]]
[[Category:Argentine expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Argentine expatriates in Ukraine]]
[[Category:FC Aktobe players]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Argentine expatriates in Kazakhstan]]

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