Miguel Torres Gómez
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| Miguel Torres | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Torres Gómez | |
| Date of birth | January 28, 1986 | |
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | |
| Height | 1.84 m | |
| Playing position | Right/left back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Real Madrid | |
| Number | 22 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007– |
Real Madrid C Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid |
34 (1) 19 (0) 38 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2007– | Spain U-21 | 4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Miguel Torres Gómez (born 28 January 1986 in Madrid) is a Spanish football defender, currently playing with La Liga's Real Madrid.
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[edit] Club career
Torres played his whole career for Real Madrid and its junior teams since he was 12. On 12 July 2007, he signed his first professional contract for the first team until 2013, joining the first team permanently from Real Madrid Castilla.
Torres made his senior debut against Écija Balompié as a starter in the Spanish Cup on October 25, 2006, because of injuries to first team defenders Fabio Cannavaro, Cicinho, and Míchel Salgado. He also played in the return leg as a substitute, replacing Sergio Ramos in the 80th minute. He would also start in both cup matches against Real Betis, sporting jersey #38 in these games and throughout the season.
He then made his league debut in his fourth consecutive appearance for Real Madrid, playing the whole 90 minutes against Real Zaragoza. He kept his place in the side the following week for the game against Real Mallorca, with that performance leading then-coach Fabio Capello to state:"It is not easy to find a player with as much personality and talent in attack and defence as Torres".
On February 10, 2007, in the match against Real Sociedad, Torres made his first assist. After a quick run on the left flank he provided a great left-footed (he is right-footed by nature) cross for Ruud van Nistelrooy, whose header found the net, as Madrid came from behind to win in away 2-1.
With Torres as an important piece (debuting in round 18, he only missed three contests until the end of the season, starting in all but one), R.Madrid won its 30th league title. However, he was unable to play in the deciding game against Mallorca due to a hamstring tear.
Although Torres appeared in more league games in the following season, he would start significantly less (as Madrid repeated league honours), primarily due to the signing of Argentine Gabriel Heinze. In that season, he switched back to number 22, which he previously wore with Castilla.
[edit] International career
Torres debuted for the Spain U-21 team on February 6, 2007, in a 2-2 draw against England. He has been a regular starter ever since.
[edit] Club career statistics
- (correct as of 18 May, 2008)
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Real Madrid Castilla | 2006-07 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 2006-07 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007–08 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Career Total | 66 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
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