Joaquín Eduardo Torres (born 28 January 1997) is an Argentine professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who plays as a
winger for the
Philadelphia Union of
Major League Soccer.
Career
Torres began his youth career with ACDC Patagonia, prior to signing for
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
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in 2010.
His senior career started in 2015 with
Argentine Primera División side Newell's.
He made his professional debut during the
2015 campaign, playing the final twelve minutes of a 2–0 defeat to
Belgrano.
He made another two appearances in all competitions across
2016
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, but he didn't feature in the
2016–17 season.
In
2017–18, Torres scored his first senior goal in his second start against
Olimpo on 16 September.
On 26 August 2019, newly-promoted
Super League Greece side
Volos
Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...
announced the arrival of Torres; a first move abroad.
Torres netted four goals in as many games to start his Volos career, notably scoring a brace over
Atromitos on 6 October.
Torres scored again on 30 November during a 2–1 away loss against
AEL. He returned to Newell's in June 2020, having appeared twenty-seven times for Volos.
On 1 February 2021, Torres renewed his contract with Newell's until December 2022.
He was immediately loaned out to
Major League Soccer with
CF Montréal.
On 21 October 2021, Montréal exercised their option to make Torres' move permanent.
On 26 January 2023, Torres was traded to
Philadelphia Union in exchange for $500,000 in General Allocation Money, with potential for that fee to rise to $800,000.
Career statistics
Honours
CF Montreal
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Canadian Championship:
2021
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References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
People from Neuquén
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Argentine Primera División players
Super League Greece players
Newell's Old Boys footballers
Volos F.C. players
CF Montréal players
Philadelphia Union players
Major League Soccer players