Diego Alejandro Torres Ortiz González (born October 27, 1979) is a Mexican

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manager and former player who is currently an assistant coach for

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side

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. He spent most of his professional career with Club Tijuana, making 68 appearances and scoring 14 goals. He also represented Guerros de Tabasco, Queretaro FC,

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, Veracruz, Trotamundos Tijuana, Club Atletico Cihuatlan, and

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Torres was appointed as assistant coach for

prior to the 2020 Major League Soccer season after over a decade spent at Club Tijuana in various roles, where he worked with

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in 2019. Torres was appointed interim manager for

Club Tijuana Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, commonly known as Tijuana, or simply as '' Xolos'', is a Mexican professional football club based in Tijuana. The club's badge is the founder's (Jorge Hank) hairless xoloitzcuintle, Hermoso. Founded ...

on October 31, 2017, following the departure of

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."Diego Torres, Club Tijuana Interim Coach"
xolos.com.mx (31 October 2017). Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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* http://ligamx.net/cancha/cuerpotecnico/16843 * https://www.orlandocitysc.com/news/diego-torres-assistant-coach 1979 births Living people Footballers from Aguascalientes Mexican football managers Mexican men's footballers Men's association football forwards Orlando City SC non-playing staff {{Mexico-footy-forward-stub