Jacobo Torres Martínez (1898 in

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) was a Spanish

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who played as a

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for

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. He was part of the first-ever team fielded by Celta de Vigo in 1923.

Club career

Born in

, he spent most of his career at his hometown club Fortuna de Vigo, playing for them until it was merged with

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in 1923, to form

. Torres played in the last match that was held between these two rivals on 11 March 1923, which the ''fortunistas'' lost 0–1. The presentation match of Celta de Vigo was held at Coia on 16 September 1923, in a meeting between an A and a B team formed with the players from the club, taking advantage of the large team available that they had, and Torres was one of the 11 footballers that lined-up for the A team. On 10 April 1924, he played a

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for Celta against the Uruguay national team that would go on to win the

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. He won two back-to-back Galician Championships with Celta in 1923–24 and 1924–25 before retiring at the end of that same season.

International career

Being a player of Fortuna de Vigo, he was summoned to play for the Galicia national team several times, and he was a member of the team that reached the final of the

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, an inter-regional

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organized by the

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Honours

Club

; Fortuna de Vigo Galician Championship: *Winners (3) 1914–15, 1920–21 and 1921–22 ;

Galician Championship: *Winners (2) 1923–24 and 1924–25

International

;Galicia

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: *Runner-up (1): 1922–23

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Jacobo 1898 births Date of death unknown Footballers from Vigo Spanish footballers Association football midfielders RC Celta de Vigo players