Roberto Torres Morales (born 7 March 1989) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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. He spent the better part of his career with

Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish ...

, appearing in eight

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seasons with the club and also winning the

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Club career

Osasuna

Born in

Pamplona Pamplona (; ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Navarre, Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. Lying at near above sea level, the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood pl ...

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

, Torres began his career with hometown club

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The team's ...

. He spent five full seasons with the

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in the

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, scoring a career-best 16 goals in 35 games in 2011–12 while being deployed mainly as an

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. Torres made his first-team and

debut on 11 December 2011, coming off the bench for Lolo for the last 20 minutes of a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 9 August of the following year, he was definitely promoted to the main squad. Despite appearing sparingly during

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, Torres was handed his first start on 1 June 2013, and netted his team's first in a 4–2 loss at

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. In the following campaign he featured more regularly and scored five times, but suffered relegation. On 22 July 2015, Torres signed a new three-year deal with the ''Rojillos'' until 2018. He scored a team-best 12 goals during the 2018–19 season for the

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championsLos goles del Osasuna campeón (The goals of champions Osasuna)

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, 18 June 2019 (in Spanish) and, consequently, agreed to an extension until 2021 with his

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being set at €10 million. Torres put an end to his 17-year spell at the

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in December 2022, having made 353 official appearances.

Iran

Torres moved abroad for the first time in January 2023, with the 33-year-old signing for

Foolad F.C. Foolad Khuzestan Football Club (, ''Bāshgāh-e Futbāl-e Fulād-e Khuzestān'') is an Iranian professional football club based in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, that plays in Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 1971 and is owned by Foolad Khuze ...

in the

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. On 10 September that year, he joined Gol Gohar Sirjan F.C. of the same country and tier.

Later career

In October 2024, Torres moved to Andorran

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club

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. The following 3 February, he returned to his home country on a six-month deal at

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

in the

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Career statistics

Honours

Osasuna *

: 2018–19

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Roberto 1989 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Pamplona Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Primera Federación players CA Osasuna B players CA Osasuna players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Persian Gulf Pro League players Foolad F.C. players Gol Gohar Sirjan F.C. players Primera Divisió players Inter Club d'Escaldes players Basque Country men's international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Iran Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Andorra