Manuel Torres Jiménez (born 5 January 1991) is a Spanish
footballer who plays as an
attacking midfielder for Polish club
Wieczysta Kraków.
He spent most of his professional career in Germany, starting out at
Schalke 04's reserves.
Club career
Born in
La Algaba
La Algaba is a Spanish municipality in the province of Seville, Andalusia, with a population of around 16,000. It belongs to the region of La Vega, 7 km from the provincial capital, Seville. The town dates back to the Byzantine Empire, and ha ...
,
Province of Seville
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,
Andalusia, Torres played youth football with local club
Real Betis. His professional input in his homeland consisted of two
Segunda División
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games as a
substitute with
Villarreal CF's
B team, the first being on 27 August 2010 in a 3–0 away loss against
Real Valladolid.
In the summer of 2011, 20-year-old Torres moved to Germany and signed for
FC Schalke 04
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, being assigned to
the reserve side in
Regionalliga West. Two years later, upon expiration of his two-year contract, he joined
Karlsruher SC also in the country on a three-year deal. He made his professional debut in
German football on 16 August 2013, playing the last minutes of the 1–2
2. Bundesliga
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home defeat to
SpVgg Greuther Fürth. During his spell at the
Wildparkstadion he was often deployed as a
right winger, and he scored his first league goal for the team on 20 October 2013, contributing to a 2–2 draw at
1. FC Kaiserslautern.
On 9 June 2017,
free agent Torres signed with Greuther Fürth for three seasons. He left the club in the following transfer window having failed to find the net and provided one
assist, and joined
AEL Limassol from the
Cypriot First Division.
Torres agreed to a two-year deal at Polish
III liga team
Wieczysta Kraków on 7 September 2022.
Career statistics
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
People from Vega del Guadalquivir
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from the Province of Seville
Men's association football midfielders
Segunda División players
Villarreal CF B players
RCD Mallorca B players
2. Bundesliga players
Regionalliga players
FC Schalke 04 II players
Karlsruher SC players
SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
Cypriot First Division players
AEL Limassol players
III liga players
Wieczysta Kraków players
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland