Nelson Torres
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nelson Rubén Torres Flores | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Juventud Atacama | |||
| 1961–1962 | Green Cross | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962 | Green Cross | 2 | (0) |
| 1962–1972 | Palestino | 197 | (24) |
| 1964 | → Green Cross (loan) | 33 | (4) |
| 1972–1973 | Toluca | ||
| 1974 | Unión Española | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1966–1968 | Chile | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nelson Rubén Torres Flores (born 19 June 1944) is a Chilean former football player and manager who played as a winger for clubs in Chile and Mexico.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Torres came to the Green Cross youth system after a trial in front of the coach Dante Pesce in 1961.[1] After joining the team, he won the 1962 national youth championship alongside players such as Leopoldo Vallejos, Juan Rodríguez Vega, Juan Carlos Gangas, among others.[2]
He signed his first professional contract the same year and made his professional debut in a match against Universidad de Chile, facing his cousin Alfonso Sepúlveda, who helped him inside the field.[vague][1]
After making two appearances for Green Cross in 1962,[3] he switched to Palestino the same year.[4] He stayed with them until 1971[5][6][7] with a season on loan to Green Cross in 1964.[8][9]
After Palestino was relegated to the 1971 Segunda División de Chile,[10] he moved to Mexico in the middle of 1971 and signed with Toluca,[citation needed] where he coincided with his teammate in Palestino, Carlos Valenzuela.[11][12][13]
Back in Chile, he joined Unión Española in 1974.[14]
International career
[edit | edit source]As a youth player, he was a member of a preliminary squad for the preparations of the 1964 South American U20 Championship.[15]
At senior level, he made four appearances for the Chile national team between 1966 and 1968.[16]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He is the cousin of the also Chile international footballer, Alfonso Sepúlveda, who died in 2021.
In addition, his older brother, Jorge, played for Universidad de Chile and Palestino and his cousin, José Failla Torres, played for Ferrobádminton (es). Another relatives played football at different levels: his younger brothers Hugo and Rodi and his cousin Sergio Torres.[1]
As a student, he attended both the Andrés Bello (es) and the Miguel Luis Amunátegui high schools.[1]
In June 2022, he was honored as a historical player of Green Cross.[17]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Nelson Torres at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Nelson Torres at PartidosdeLaRoja.cl (in Spanish)
- Nelson Torres at SoloFutbol.cl (in Spanish)
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Club de Deportes Green Cross footballers
- Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
- Unión Española footballers
- Liga MX players
- Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Men's association football wingers
- 20th-century Chilean sportsmen