Jorge Emmanuel Torres Nilo (born 16 January 1988), also known as Pechu, is a Mexican professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Liga MX club
Toluca
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.
Club career
Atlas
Torres Nilo started his football career at
Atlas
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, where he was used in the club's youth team ''Academicos'' in the
second division
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. Shortly after he made his professional debut under coach
Daniel Guzmán on 25 February 2006 against
Tecos UAG, coming in as a substitute for
Rafael García Torres in the 85th minute of the match, which ended in a 4–0 victory for Atlas. Torres Nilo participated in the
2008 Copa Libertadores
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tournament with Atlas, where he played in their six group matches and scored one goal, against
Boca Juniors in the first leg of the quarter-finals.
In 2010 it was announced Jorge Torres Nilo would be sold to
Tigres UANL
Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Found ...
for the Apertura 2010 tournament.
UANL
On 27 May 2010, Torres Nilo was sold to
Tigres UANL
Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Found ...
. He made his debut with Tigres on 21 August 2010 in a home game against
Santos Laguna
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the match ended in a 1–0 victory. He did not debut until the 5th week of the
Apertura 2010 season. Torres Nilo was named best defender of the Apertura 2011 season alongside teammate
Hugo Ayala
Hugo Ayala Castro (born 31 March 1987) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Club career Atlas
Hugo Ayala started his professional career with Atlas. He made his official debut in 2006 as a starter against C ...
and has captured the eyes of many European teams, among them
CSKA Moscow
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, and the
Olympique de Marseille.
International career
Youth
In 2005 Coach
Jesús Ramírez selected Torres Nilo to participate in the
2005 CONCACAF U17 Tournament
The 2005 CONCACAF U17 Tournament was played in Costa Rica and Mexico.
Qualification
Final round
Squads
Group A
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Standings
* USA qualified to the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru.
* Costa Rica forced to play again ...
held in
Culiacán
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. in that tournament he played 2 matches against
Canada
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, and
Haiti. Torres Nilo did not make the final roster for those participating in the
2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participa ...
in which
Mexico
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would win its first youth world cup.
In 2007 Coach
René Isidoro García selected Jorge Torres Nilo to participate in the
2007 Pan American Games
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held in
Rio de Janeiro
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. Mexico won Bronze after defeating
Bolivia in the 3rd place match. Jorge Torres Nilo also participated in the 2007
Digicel
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Shield with Mexico U-23, he only played in the final against
Trinidad and Tobago
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in which Mexico would receive second place after losing 2–1 in the final.
Torres-Nilo was called up as one of the 3 (
overage players to represent
Mexico U23 at the
2016 Summer Olympics held in
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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.
Senior
Torres Nilo made his
senior national team debut 24 September 2008 under coach
Sven-Göran Eriksson in a friendly game against
Chile
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in the
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the game ended in a 0–1 defeat for Mexico. after an own goal from
Juan Carlos Valenzuela. After a year of inactivity with Mexico Torres Nilo was called by coach
Javier Aguirre
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Aguirre played for Mexico at the 1986 Wo ...
in 2010 to play in friendly games in preparation for the World Cup, Torres Nilo would make the final cut for those participating in the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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. Jorge Torres Nilo did not appear in any world cup matches. He scored his first goal for Mexico on 28 May 2011 in a friendly game against Ecuador in
Seattle
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, he gave Mexico a 1–0 lead. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Torres Nilo participated in the
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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The competition started on June ...
in which Mexico won the title after defeating
United States
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in the final. Torres Nilo participated in the
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup held in
Brazil
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and played 2 matches.
Career statistics
International
International goals
:''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.''
Honours
Tigres UANL
*
Liga MX:
Apertura 2011,
Apertura 2015,
Apertura 2016,
Apertura 2017,
Clausura 2019
*
Copa MX
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:
Clausura 2014
*
Campeón de Campeones
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:
2016
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,
2017
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,
2018
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*
CONCACAF Champions League:
2020
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*
Campeones Cup:
2018
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Mexico U23
*
Pan American Bronze Medal:
2007
Mexico
*
CONCACAF Gold Cup
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:
2011,
2015
*
CONCACAF Cup
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:
2015
Individual
*
Mexican Primera División Full-back of the Tournament:
Apertura 2011
References
External links
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Profile at Kimozabi.com
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1988 births
Living people
Association football fullbacks
Footballers from Baja California
Mexico youth international footballers
Mexico international footballers
Atlas F.C. footballers
Tigres UANL footballers
Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
2010 FIFA World Cup players
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Copa América Centenario players
CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players
Sportspeople from Tijuana
Liga MX players
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Mexico
Mexican footballers
Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games