Alfredo Torres

Alfredo Torres

Personal information
Full name	Juan Alfredo Torres González
Date of birth	31 May 1931
Place of birth	Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
–	Imperio
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1951–1970	Atlas
National team
1953–1954	Mexico	5	(2)
Teams managed
1971–1972	Atlas
1976–1977	Atlas
1978–1980	Atlas
1984–1985	Atlas
1986	Atlas
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Juan Alfredo Torres González (born 31 May 1931, in La Experiencia, Zapopan, Jalisco) is a Mexican football forward, who played for Mexico in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

Career

Torres began playing youth football with local side Club Imperio. He joined Club Atlas at age 16, and would spend nearly twenty years playing for the club.^[2] He also participated in the first match held at Estadio Jalisco on 31 January 1960.^[3][4]

After he retired from playing football in 1970, Torres became a manager. He led Atlas on several occasion, helping the club gain promotion to the Primera in the 1971–72 and 1978–79 seasons.^[5]

References

1. 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland
2. Esquivel, Rigoberto J. (15 April 2010). "Un 'Pistache' rojinegro, pero cerca de ser Chiva" ['Pistachio' was a red-and-black, but almost was a Chiva] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo.
3. "El Jalisco cumple 50 años" [The Jalisco turns 50] (in Spanish). El Informador. 29 January 2010.
4. García, Jaime (1 February 2010). "Alfredo "Pistache" Torres abrió la gloria en el Estadio Jalisco" [Alfredo "Pistachio" Torres opened the glory at the Jalisco Stadium] (in Spanish). El Occidental.
5. Rosas, Sergio Luis (13 April 2011). "Recuerdos del Ayer" [Memories of yesterday] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreon.

External links

• FIFA profile
• Profile at MedioTiempo