Manuel Torres Jiménez (born 5 January 1991) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as an

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. 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, Seville, Andalusia, with a population of around 16,000. It is part of the region of La Vega and is located 11 km from the province's capital, Seville. The town dates back to the B ...

Province of Seville The Province of Seville () is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It borders the provinces of Málaga and Cádiz in the south, Huelva in the west, Badajoz in the north and Córdoba in the ...

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, Torres played youth football with local club

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home ...

. His professional input in his homeland consisted of two

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games as a substitute with

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Villarreal, in the Province of Castellón, Castellón province of easte ...

's B team, the first being on 27 August 2010 in a 3–0 away loss against

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

. In the summer of 2011, 20-year-old Torres moved to Germany and signed for

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, ...

, being assigned to the reserve side in

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German professional football division administered by the German Football Association#Western Germany, Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. ...

. Two years later, upon expiration of his two-year contract, he joined

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V., better known as Karlsruher SC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germa ...

also in the country on a three-year deal. He made his professional debut in

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on 16 August 2013, playing the last minutes of the 1–2 2. Bundesliga home defeat to

SpVgg Greuther Fürth Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth (), commonly known as Greuther Fürth (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. They play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system, following r ...

. During his spell at the

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he was often deployed as a

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, and he scored his first league goal for the team on 20 October 2013, contributing to a 2–2 draw at

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

. On 9 June 2017,

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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 Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...

from the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

. Torres agreed to a two-year deal at Polish

III liga III liga (Trzecia liga), currently named Betclic III liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits in the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, III liga ref ...

team

Wieczysta Kraków Wieczysta Kraków is a Polish Association football, football club, based in Kraków. They will compete in I liga in the 2025–26 II liga, 2025–26 season, after winning the 2024–25 II liga promotion play-offs. History During the Occupation o ...

on 7 September 2022. In June 2025, after contributing to Wieczysta's two successive promotions, Torres was released upon the expiration of his contract.

Career statistics

Honours

Wieczysta Kraków *

III liga, group IV III liga, group IV is one of the four groups of III liga, which are competitions of the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. This group was established in 2016, when, after the 2015–16 season, as a result of the reorganization of th ...

: 2023–24 * Polish Cup (Lesser Poland regionals): 2022–23

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Manuel 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 II liga 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 21st-century Spanish sportsmen