Alfredo Torres
{{Short description|Mexican footballer (1935–2022)}}
{{About|the Mexican former footballer|the Brazilian footballer|Torres Pereira|the BRT station|Alfredo Torres (Mexibús)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{family name hatnote|Torres|González|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alfredo Torres
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Juan Alfredo Torres González
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|05|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|10|1935|5|31|df=y}}
| death_place = Guadalajara
| height =
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Imperio
| years1 = 1951–1970 | clubs1 = Atlas| caps1 = |goals1 =
| nationalyears1 = 1953–1954 | nationalteam1 = Mexico| nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 2
| manageryears1 = 1971–1972 | managerclubs1 = Atlas
| manageryears2 = 1976–1977 | managerclubs2 = Atlas
| manageryears3 = 1978–1980 | managerclubs3 = Atlas
| manageryears4 = 1984–1985 | managerclubs4 = Atlas
| manageryears5 = 1986 | managerclubs5 = Atlas
}}
Juan Alfredo Torres González (31 May 1935 – 10 November 2022){{cite web |url= https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2022/11/11/quien-era-el-pistache-torres-leyenda-del-atlas-que-se-nego-a-morir-hasta-verlo-campeon/ |title= Quién era el Pistache Torres, leyenda del Atlas que se negó a morir hasta verlo campeón |access-date=10 November 2022 |date= 11 November 2022|publisher= Infobae|language=Spanish}} was a Mexican footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Mexico national team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=9/teams/team=43911.html 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918020218/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D9/teams/team%3D43911.html |date=18 September 2011 }}
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.{{cite web|publisher=Medio Tiempo|author=Esquivel, Rigoberto J.|title=Un 'Pistache' rojinegro, pero cerca de ser Chiva|trans-title='Pistachio' was a red-and-black, but almost was a Chiva|url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2010/04/15/un-pistache-rojinegro-pero-cerca-de-ser-chiva?url=/futbol/mexico/noticias/2010/04/15/un-pistache-rojinegro-pero-cerca-de-ser-chiva|language=Spanish|date=15 April 2010}} He also participated in the first match held at Estadio Jalisco on 31 January 1960.{{cite web|publisher=El Informador|title=El Jalisco cumple 50 años|trans-title=The Jalisco turns 50|url=http://www.informador.com.mx/deportes/2010/174605/6/el-jalisco-cumple-50-anos.htm|language=Spanish|date=29 January 2010|access-date=8 June 2012|archive-date=12 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712045918/http://www.informador.com.mx/deportes/2010/174605/6/el-jalisco-cumple-50-anos.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|publisher=El Occidental|author=García, Jaime|title=Alfredo "Pistache" Torres abrió la gloria en el Estadio Jalisco|trans-title=Alfredo "Pistachio" Torres opened the glory at the Jalisco Stadium|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n1500786.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221115615/http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n1500786.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2013|language=Spanish|date=1 February 2010}}
After he retired from playing football in 1970, Torres became a manager. He led Atlas on several occasions, helping the club gain promotion to the Primera in the 1971–72 and 1978–79 seasons.{{cite web|publisher=El Siglo de Torreón|author=Rosas, Sergio Luis|title=Recuerdos del Ayer|trans-title=Memories of yesterday|url=http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/616891.recuerdos-del-ayer.html|language=Spanish|date=13 April 2011}}
References
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External links
- {{FIFA|59056}}
- {{MedioTiempo|alfredo-torres}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|alfredo-torres}}
{{Mexico Squad 1954 World Cup}}
{{Atlas F.C. managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Alfredo}}
Category:Footballers from Zapopan, Jalisco
Category:Mexican men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Mexico men's international footballers
Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Atlas F.C. footballers