Biography of Fernando Torres

Fernando Jose Torres Sanz is a Spanish footballer (soccer player to you Americans!) born March 20, 1984. He is the star striker for Liverpool in the English Premier League as well as his home country of Spain.

Torres began his rampage and earned his title of "El Nino" while playing for Atletico Madrid, where he scored 75 goals in 174 games. He has played for Spain in the 2004 UEFA Euro cup, the 2006 World Cup, and this past year's UEFA Euro cup, where he scored the game winner over Germany.

Personal Life:
Height: 6 ft. 1 in.
Position: Striker/Forward
Birth Place: Madrid, Spain
Torres is married with a daughter and has improved his net worth to approximately 14 million pounds. He has featured in several Spanish films and music videos.

Professional Career Statistics:
In a total of 339 total appearances Torres has accumulated 151 goals.

FA Cup: 28 appearances, 8 goals.
League Cup: 3 appearances, 3 goals.
Euro: 27 Appearances, 10 goals.
Premier League and La Liga: 281 appearances, 130 goals.

International Career:
Torres began his international career in 2001 at the age of 15 by winning the Algarve Tournament as well as 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship. Torres didn't debut on the Spanish National Team until 2003 in a friendly against Portugal. He scored his first goal against Italy in 2004. His career really took shape in the 2006 World Cup qualifying rounds where he was Spain's top scorer with seven goals. In 2008 he took his career a step further by leading the notorious under performing Spanish side to a Euro Championship.

International Career Statistics:
In a total of 68 total appearances Torres has accumulated 23 goals.

Friendly: 25 appearances, 6 goals.
Competitive: 43 appearances, 17 goals.

Torres performs notably better in Club games than in International appearances. He scores in 34% of International games; partly due to the fact that he is playing along side David Villa and several more of the world's top players.

In Torres' 8 years of professional action he has had a wonderfully successful career. He has amassed several individual and team accomplishments ranging from 1999 Nike Cup top scorer to a UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament. At the Age young age of 25 El Nino has a very, very bright future. Looking too the near future, Fernando Torres will be playing in the 2009 Premier League season and the 2010 World Cup, hoping for a championship in both.