Diego Torres (footballer, born 1978)

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Diego Torres
Personal information
Full name Diego Torres Rodríguez
Date of birth (1978-09-19) 19 September 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Valladolid, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Extremadura 1 (0)
1999–2002 Levante 19 (2)
1999 → Ontinyent (loan) 14 (6)
2000–2001 → Sabadell (loan) 35 (19)
2002–2003 Ciudad Murcia 19 (6)
2003 Novelda 15 (6)
2003–2006 Gimnàstic 111 (40)
2006–2008 Rayo Vallecano 45 (10)
2008 → Salamanca (loan) 9 (0)
2008–2010 Badalona 67 (10)
2010–2011 Barakaldo 35 (8)
2011–2012 Badajoz 33 (13)
2012–2013 UCAM Murcia 19 (5)
2013–2014 Cultural Leonesa 34 (12)
2014–2018 Palencia 114 (60)
2018–2022 Deportivo Betis 74 (42)
Total 644 (239)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Torres Rodríguez (born 19 September 1978) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker.

Club career[edit]

Torres was born in Valladolid, Castile and León. His La Liga input consisted of seven minutes for CF Extremadura in a 1–0 win against RCD Mallorca, on 3 January 1999.[1]

Over five seasons, Torres amassed Segunda División totals of 103 matches and 21 goals, with Levante UD, Gimnàstic de Tarragona and UD Salamanca.[2][3] After scoring a career-best 20 times to help the second club to promotion from Segunda División B in 2003–04[4][5] he netted 12 the following campaign,[6] adding seven in 2005–06 as they returned to the top flight after 56 years as runners-up.[7][8]

Torres continued to play well into his 40s, representing teams in the third tier but also in Tercera División and amateur football.[9][10][11][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ García Chamizo, Pedro (4 January 1999). "Apagón del líder en Almendralejo" [Leaders suffer blackout at Almendralejo]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ Garrido, Francisco José (12 January 2008). "Mauri tiene ficha y Diego Torres se va al Salamanca" [Mauri is registered and Diego Torres goes to Salamanca]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Moreno, Alberto (17 July 2014). "El Deportivo Palencia ficha al delantero Diego Torres" [Deportivo Palencia sign forward Diego Torres]. Diario Palentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ Aparicio López, Jaume (28 May 2015). "Nàstic: El gol más celebrado" [Nàstic: The most-celebrated goal]. Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ^ Pérez, Marc (13 November 2020). "El passat grana al FC Andorra" [The grana past at FC Andorra] (in Catalan). Portal Grana. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  6. ^ Grima, José (24 June 2006). "Diego Torres, objetivo cadista para su ataque" [Diego Torres, Cádiz want him for their offence]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. ^ "El Nástic de Tarragona regresa a Primera División 56 años después" [Nástic de Tarragona return to Primera División 56 years later]. Diario Sur (in Spanish). 3 June 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  8. ^ "14 anys de lâ??ascens [sic] del Nàstic a la primera divisió" [14th anniversary of Nàstic's promotion to the first division] (in Catalan). Tarragona Ràdio. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  9. ^ "El UCAM ficha al delantero Diego Torres, ex del Ciudad de Murcia" [UCAM sign forward Diego Torres, formerly of Ciudad de Murcia]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 19 August 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  10. ^ Maté, José Daniel (7 February 2016). "El viento sopla a favor del CD Palencia" [Wind blows in favour of CD Palencia]. Diario de Burgos (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  11. ^ Díez Regidor, Juan (16 January 2022). "El Betis es incapaz de reponerse" [Betis cannot get their act together]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2022.

External links[edit]

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