Alfredo Torres

Alfredo Torres
Personal information
Full name Juan Alfredo Torres González
Date of birth (1931-05-31) 31 May 1931
Place of birth Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Playing position Forward
Youth career
– Imperio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1970 Atlas
National team
1953–1954 Mexico 5 (2)
Teams managed
1971–1972 Atlas
1976–1977 Atlas
1978–1980 Atlas
1984–1985 Atlas
1986 Atlas
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Juan Alfredo Torres González (born 31 May 1931, in La Experiencia, Zapopan, Jalisco) is a Mexican football forward, who played for Mexico in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Career

Torres began playing youth football with local side Club Imperio. He joined Club Atlas at age 16, and would spend nearly twenty years playing for the club.[2] He also participated in the first match held at Estadio Jalisco on 31 January 1960.[3][4]

After he retired from playing football in 1970, Torres became a manager. He led Atlas on several occasion, helping the club gain promotion to the Primera in the 1971–72 and 1978–79 seasons.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland Archived 18 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Esquivel, Rigoberto J. (15 April 2010). "Un 'Pistache' rojinegro, pero cerca de ser Chiva" ['Pistachio' was a red-and-black, but almost was a Chiva] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo.
  3. ↑ "El Jalisco cumple 50 años" [The Jalisco turns 50] (in Spanish). El Informador. 29 January 2010.
  4. ↑ García, Jaime (1 February 2010). "Alfredo "Pistache" Torres abrió la gloria en el Estadio Jalisco" [Alfredo "Pistachio" Torres opened the glory at the Jalisco Stadium] (in Spanish). El Occidental.
  5. ↑ Rosas, Sergio Luis (13 April 2011). "Recuerdos del Ayer" [Memories of yesterday] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreon.
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