Juan Manuel "Chaco" Torres (born 20 June 1985 in Puerto Vilelas, Chaco), is a retired

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Career

Former player of Argentine clubs Racing Club and San Lorenzo de Almagro (Buenos Aires), Torres made his professional debut in 2002 in the age of 17, he went on to make over 100 appearances for each of the Argentine club. Torres was part of the Argentina U-20 team, along with such players as

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and

Pablo Zabaleta Pablo Javier Zabaleta Girod (; born 16 January 1985) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a right back. Zabaleta could operate on both sides of the pitch as a full-back and was known for his tenacious style of play, an ...

, that won the

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. In summer 2005, the management of

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attempted to buy the young and promising FIFA World Youth Champion Juan Manuel Torres Racing Club. However, the Racing Club management were not as eager to release one of their key players, although the Torres was expressing a desire for leaving. Inter alia, the parties could not agree on money issues."Racing" has rejected the offer of "Dynamo"
On June 24, 2011, he signed a three-year contract with

Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...

as a

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. Both times Chaco moved to a new club, on a free transfer (as a

). He offered his services to

, at the time being out of contract.

Aktobe

In January 2017, Torres signed for

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side

FC Aktobe Football Club Aktobe ( kk, Aqtóbe Fýtbol Klýby), commonly referred to as FC Aktobe or simply Aktobe, is a professional football club based in Aktobe. They last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. For ...

, leaving the club by mutual consent on 15 June 2017.

Career statistics

Honours

Country

Argentina U-20 * FIFA World Youth Champion (1):

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Personal life

Torres has two children: a daughter with his first wife Ailyn Lobato, and a son with the actress

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. In September 2012, the Argentine fashion model Ivanna Palliotti left

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and moved to

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...

Chaco Torres. Chaco is the nickname given to him, because he was born in the Argentine province of Chaco.Torres: "I want to make the game of Metalist much better and achieve great results"

References

External links

Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI
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FC Metalist history and statistics
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Chaco 1985 births Living people Footballers from Chaco Province Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers FC Metalist Kharkiv players Argentine Primera División players Ukrainian Premier League players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine FC Aktobe players Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan