Antoni Torres García (29 July 1943 – 24 February 2003) was a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He was active during the 1960s and 1970s, and was officially recognized as a legendary player for Barcelona. He was born on 29 July 1943 in Balaguer, Lerida, Spain. He died of cancer in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

on 24 February 2003, at the age of 59.

Barcelona

Born in

Balaguer Balaguer () is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It is located by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebro. The municipality includes an exclave to the east. Balaguer also has a sister city ...

Lleida Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...

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, Torres spent most of his career at

, playing 479 games as a starter between 1965 and 1976. He mainly played as a traditional defender or a libero. Before signing for Barcelona, Torres played for Hercules, where he established himself as a central defender. In the 1964–65 season, he received the award for the best footballer of the Spanish League. After three years at Barcelona, he found his way in to the national team, and earned five caps with le selecíon between 1968 and 1969. He retired at end of the 1975–1976 season. On 1 September 1976, he received a tribute organized by Barcelona, along with his teammates, Joaquim Rifé and Salvador Sadurní. After retiring, he took the up coaching. In 1984, he founded a football youth school in Barcelona, TARR Escuela, which is named after the initials of its four founders, all former players of Barcelona: Torres, Asensi, Rexach and Rifé.

Honours

* 1

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, most commonly referred to as the Fairs Cup and sometimes as the European Fairs Cup or Fairs Cities' Cup, was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The Fairs Cup was the idea of FIFA vice-presid ...

: 1965–1966. * 2

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

: 1967–1968, 1970–1971 * 1

Liga Liga (Spanish and Portuguese: ''League'') or LIGA may refer to: Sports Basketball * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain Football Latin Ame ...

: 1973–1974

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Antoni 1943 births 2003 deaths People from Noguera (comarca) Footballers from the Province of Lleida Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players CF Balaguer footballers FC Barcelona players Hércules CF players Spain men's amateur international footballers Spain men's international footballers Spanish football managers La Liga managers FC Barcelona Atlètic managers CD Castellón managers Hércules CF managers Catalonia men's international footballers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen