Hernán Torres Oliveros (born 31 May 1961) is a Colombian

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and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Torres started his career with

Deportes Tolima Club Deportes Tolima S.A., commonly known as Deportes Tolima, or simply as Tolima, is a Colombian professional football club based in Ibagué, Tolima Department, that competes in the Categoría Primera A. Founded in 1954, the club has won the C ...

, being involved in the first team squad in 1979. He only made his debut in 1981 in a match against

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, replacing injured Óscar Quintabani. In 1988, Torres signed for

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. He spent the 1989 season with

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and Atlético Nacional, before moving to

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club (association football), football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their ...

in 1990. Torres joined

Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club, known simply as Millonarios, is a Colombian professional football club based in Bogotá, that competes in the Categoría Primera A, top flight of football in Colombia. It is one of the most successful and iconic clubs i ...

in 1993, but was only a backup option, and moved to

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side Lanceros Boyacá in the following year. He subsequently represented Bello,

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and Cooperamos Tolima, retiring with the latter in 1998 at the age of 37.

Managerial career

After retiring, Torres became an assistant and goalkeeping coach of his first club Deportes Tolima. He subsequently worked under the same roles at

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, another stint at Tolima and Millonarios before returning to Tolima in January 2007, as an assistant of

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. On 11 April 2007, Torres was named manager of Tolima, replacing de la Pava who had resigned the day before; initially an interim, he was later confirmed as permanent manager of the club. He led the club to impressive campaigns in the 2009 and 2010 seasons, but resigned on 28 November 2011. On 4 January 2012, Torres was appointed

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manager. He left the club on 8 July, and took over Millonarios the following day. With Millonarios, Torres won the 2012 Finalización tournament and reached the semifinals of the

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. On 3 December 2013, after failing to win any accolades during the campaign, he was sacked. On 22 February 2014, Torres was named manager of another club he represented as a player, Independiente Medellín. He left on 4 May 2015, and moved abroad for the first time in his career on 5 June, taking over

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in Costa Rica. On 28 December 2015, after reaching the finals of the 2015 Campeonato de Invierno but losing to

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, Torres was dismissed by ''LDA''. He returned to Colombia the following 4 May, after being named in charge of

América de Cali América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian football. The team plays its home games at ...

. After winning the 2016 Categoría Primera B, Torres resigned from América on 2 September 2017, and returned to Itagüí (now named Águilas Doradas) on 13 December. He resigned from the latter on 17 May 2018, and was appointed manager of Peruvian side

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seven days later. Torres left Melgar on 7 November 2018, and returned to Alajuelense the following 29 January. He again left the club on 3 May 2019, and was appointed

Atlético Bucaramanga Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A., better known as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bucaramanga. The club plays its home games at the Américo Montanini stadium. The club was founded on 11 May 1949 by Rafa ...

manager six days later. Torres resigned from Bucaramanga on 8 September 2019, and returned to Deportes Tolima on 6 December. With the club, he won the 2021 Apertura tournament and the 2022 Superliga Colombiana, the latter being the club's first-ever title in the competition. On 24 April 2023, Torres left Tolima on a mutual agreement. On 8 June, he took over Emelec of the

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. Although Torres helped Emelec avoid relegation in

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, the club failed to be in contention for international berths and was also unable to win the first stage of the following Serie A season. Consequently, Torres left Emelec by mutual agreement on 1 June 2024. Seven days later, he returned to his home country, being confirmed as manager of

. However, his tenure of Deportivo Cali only lasted three months, leaving the club on a mutual consent on 19 September after a poor campaign.

Honours

;Millonarios *

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: 2012 Finalización ;América de Cali *

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;Deportes Tolima *

: 2021 Apertura *

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References

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