Diego Torres (footballer, born 1978)

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

Club career
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.

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

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