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midfielder.

Career

Former player of Argentine clubs

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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

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team, along with such players as Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero and Pablo Zabaleta, that won the

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. In summer 2005, the management of Dynamo Kiev attempted to buy the young and promising FIFA World Youth Champion Juan Manuel Torres

. However, the

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 as a free agent. Both times Chaco moved to a new club, on a free transfer (as a free agent). He offered his services to Metalist Kharkiv, at the time being out of contract.

Aktobe

In January 2017, Torres signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Aktobe, leaving the club by mutual consent on 15 June 2017.

Career statistics

Honours

Country

* 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 Catalina Artusi. In September 2012, the Argentine fashion model Ivanna Palliotti left Buenos Aires and moved to Kharkiv for her boyfriend, the player of Metalist Kharkiv 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