Araceli Torres

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| name = Araceli Torres

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| fullname = Angélica Araceli Torres Muñoz

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|12|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

| height = 1.54 m{{cite web|title=Angélica Araceli Torres Muñoz|url=https://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/jugador/130409/eyJpZENsdWIiOiAxMTE4Mn0=/angelica-araceli-torres-munoz|publisher=Liga MX Femenil|access-date=4 January 2023}}

| position = Right back

| currentclub = Guadalajara

| clubnumber = 26

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| years1 = 2018–

| clubs1 = Guadalajara

| caps1 = 153

| goals1 = 1

| pcupdate = 3 March 2024

| nationalyears1 = 2023–

| nationalteam1 = Mexico

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| ntupdate = 20 February 2025

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's football}}

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Angélica Araceli Torres Muñoz (born 23 December 2000) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX Femenil side Guadalajara and the Mexico women's national team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.record.com.mx/futbol-liga-femenil-mx/araceli-torres-todos-los-equipos-sacan-su-mejor-version-ante-chivas|title=Todos los equipos sacan su mejor versión ante Chivas|date=5 November 2021 |publisher=Récord}}

Career

In 2018, she started her career in Guadalajara,{{cite web |title="Que las rivales se preocupen por Licha": Cheli Torres |date=10 October 2022 |url=https://www.milenio.com/futbol/club-guadalajara/chivas-femenil-araceli-torres-dice-que-estan-muy-motivadas|website=Milenio|accessdate=4 January 2023}} where she won a championship.{{cite web |title=La defensa de Chivas, Araceli Torres, renovó con Chivas hasta 2024 |date=10 October 2022 |url=https://www.debate.com.mx/deportes/Liga-MX-Femenil-La-defensa-de-Chivas-Araceli-Torres-renovo-contrato-con-Chivas-hasta-2024-20220909-0310.html|website=debate|accessdate=4 January 2023}} Due to her good performances, she was called to the Mexico national team.{{cite web |title=VIDEO: ARACELI TORRES, DE CHIVAS FEMENIL, LLORÓ DE EMOCIÓN POR SU PRIMER LLAMADO AL TRI |date=10 October 2022 |url=https://www.record.com.mx/futbol-futbol-nacional-seleccion-mexicana/video-araceli-torres-de-chivas-femenil-lloro-de-emocion|website=Récord|accessdate=4 January 2023}}

International career

Torres made her debut for the Mexico women's national team on 26 September 2023 in a 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification game against Trinidad and Tobago.{{cite web |title=La convocatoria final de la Selección Mexicana para la Fecha FIFA |date=10 October 2022 |url=https://www.tvazteca.com/aztecadeportes/convocatoria-final-seleccion-mexicana-femenil|website=Azteca Deportes|accessdate=4 January 2023}}

Torres was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to won the gold medal for the first time in their history at the Pan American Games, defeating Chile 1–0.{{cite web|title=Mexico takes soccer gold with 1-0 win over Chile|url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/mexico-takes-soccer-gold-with-1-0-win-over-chile-2023-11-04/|work=Reuters|date=3 November 2023|access-date=6 November 2023}}{{cite web|title=Santiago 2023: Mexico beats shorthanded Chile for women's football gold|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/santiago-2023-mexico-beat-chile-womens-football-final-silver-gold|website=olympics.com|date=4 November 2023|access-date=6 November 2023}}