Fernando Torres

Short Bio

Fernando Torres was born in Madrid on March 20, 1984. He joined his first team, the Parque-84, at the age of five years old. His grandfather was an avid supporter of Atletico Madrid, and Torres followed in his footsteps as a fan of the club. These trips to games no doubt inspired him to further is dream of playing professional football.

When Fernando first started playing football, he played the position of goalkeeper. But when he turned seven years old, he started playing as a striker in the outdoor league he played for in his neighborhood, Marios Holland. Three years later, he started playing for an 11-side team called Rayo 13. For this club he scored a total of 55 goals during his first season and was one of three selected to try out for Atletico Madrid. He joined this club in 1995.

Welcome to Chelsea! Fernando Torres Speaks to the Press

Fernando Torres gives his first Chelsea press conference.

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Spain v Switzerland Preview – 2010 World Cup

Spain v Switzerland in Durban – World Cup Group H Match

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Champions League Musings

Is Lionel Messi the best player in the world, already one of the best of all time?

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Liverpool in Deep Trouble

A disorganized and utterly poor Liverpool lost to slumping Wigan 1-0 away.

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2010 World Cup Odds

2010 World Cup odds.

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Chelsea Visits Liverpool Sunday in EPL

Liverpool’s visit to Chelsea on Sunday marks the first Premier League battle between title contenders this season.

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EPL: What We Learned About the Big Four This Week

After the first week of the 2009-10 English Premier League, what have we learned about the likely title contenders?

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Jury Still Out on Liverpool

All of a sudden life is good on Merseyside. The red part, that is.

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New EPL Season has Press Buzzing with Excitement

On the eve of the 2009-10 English Premier League season kick-off, Fleet Street is buzzing with excitement.

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  • Barrie: 5 games without a goal – here’s hoping Fernando Torres will finally break his duck against FC...
  • Alisa: Fernando Torres is playing for Chelsea. It's fantastic!!!
  • AFCNews: I was extatic with the last Arsenal game the other week, id love it if we can keep the points coming and...
  • Apartments Nerja: I hope he does, being a hard-core west ham fan, I hope anyone will will keep spurs out of that...
  • Build My Rank: Houllier is a good coach , but I think he will need samo time to get used to this team …so I do...