César Fernando Torres Ramírez (born 23 September 1976) is a Colombian football

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

, currently in charge of the Colombia national under-20 team.

Career

Torres was born in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

, and started his career in the youth categories of hometown side

Boca Juniors de Cali Boca Juniors de Cali is a professional football club which represented the city of Cali since its creation in 1937 until its exit from professional football in 1957 and again from 2019 onwards competing in the Categoría Primera B, the second t ...

. After spending several years in the club, he moved to

Cortuluá Cortuluá, officially named Cortuluá Fútbol Club S. A. and previously known as Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá, is a Colombian football club from the municipality of Tuluá in the Valle del Cauca. It was founded in 1967 and plays in the Cate ...

in 2006 after being named Alberto Suárez's assistant. In 2007, Torres was appointed Nelson Abadía's assistant at

Centauros Villavicencio Corporación Deportiva Centauros Villavicencio, was a Colombian football club based in the city of Villavicencio. The club was founded on 14 January 2003 and played its home games at the Manuel Calle Lombana stadium, which has a capacity of 15,0 ...

, and was later the club's manager for the latter stages of the campaign. He moved back to his assistant role for the 2009 season, after the appointment of Eduardo Cruz as manager. In 2012, after the establishment of

Universitario Popayán Universitario Popayán was a professional Colombian football team based in Popayán, that played in the Categoría Primera B from 2011 to 2019. They played their home games at the Ciro López stadium. History Universitario Popayán was founded ...

, Torres was named their new manager. He left in the following year to work as Cruz's assistant at

Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío is a professional Colombian football club based in Armenia that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on 8 January 1951, and its best achievement was winning the 1956 league tournament. They play th ...

, being also an interim manager of the club after Cruz left. In January 2014, Torres returned to Universitario, being in charge of the club in the

Categoría Primera B Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay (formerly ''Torneo Águila''), is the second-division football league in Colombia. Format DIMAYOR has applied a new forma ...

. In October 2018, he was named at the helm of

Alianza Petrolera Alianza Petrolera is a Colombian professional football team based in Barrancabermeja, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club was founded in 1991 and played in the Categoría Primera B until 2012. They play their home games at ...

, seriously threatened with relegation in the

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor (between 2015 and 2019 ''Liga Águila'') due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a Colombian professional league for association football clubs. It is the ...

. After avoiding relegation, Torres led Alianza to the semifinals of the 2019 Torneo Finalización, but was sacked on 16 November 2020 after a 1–6 loss to

Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by students f ...

. On 25 May 2021, he was appointed manager of

Jaguares de Córdoba Jaguares de Córdoba is a professional Colombian football team based in Montería, that plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Jaraguay stadium. History The team was created on December 5, 2012 at a meeting he ...

. On 4 May 2022, Jaguares announced that Torres would leave on a mutual agreement at the end of the Apertura Tournament. Twenty days later he was announced as the new manager of Cortuluá. On 18 September, he resigned from Cortuluá after going winless for seven games, leaving the club in last place of both the 2022 Finalización tournament and the season's relegation table. On 6 March 2023, Torres was appointed as manager of Categoría Primera B club

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

. Torres left Bogotá on 25 June 2023, as he was signed for a second spell as manager of Alianza Petrolera. With Alianza Petrolera being relocated to

Valledupar Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Caesar Department. Its name, ''Valle de Upar'' (Valley of Upar), was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; ''Cacique Upar''. ...

prior to the start of the 2024 season, Torres became the manager for its successor club

Alianza F.C. Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Founded in 1958, Alianza was almost immediately successful, winning its first championships in the 1966 and 1967 Salvadoran seasons. Even m ...

On 29 March, he left Alianza on a mutual agreement. On 2 May 2024, Torres was appointed as manager of the Colombia national under-20 team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Cesar 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Cali Colombian football managers Categoría Primera A managers Deportes Quindío managers Alianza Petrolera F.C. managers Jaguares de Córdoba managers Cortuluá managers Alianza F.C. (Colombia) managers Colombia national under-20 football team managers