Jacobo Torres

{{Short description|Spanish footballer}}

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| fullname = Jacobo Torres Martínez

| birth_date = 1898

| birth_place = Vigo, Galicia, Spain

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| death_date = Unknown

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| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1914–1923 | clubs1 = Fortuna de Vigo | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1923–1925 | clubs2 = Celta de Vigo | caps2 = | goals2 =

| nationalyears1 = 1922–1923

| nationalteam1 = Galicia

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{{MedalCompetition|Prince of Asturias Cup}}

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Jacobo Torres Martínez (1898 in Vigo) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for Celta de Vigo.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/en/j/j1026981.html |title=Jacobo Torres Martínez - Footballer |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=28 June 2022 |archive-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628193053/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/en/j/j1026981.html |url-status=live }} He was part of the first-ever team fielded by Celta de Vigo in 1923.{{cite web |url=http://www.yojugueenelcelta.com/2011/04/jacobo-torres.html |title=Grandes y pequeños jugadores del Celta de Vigo: JACOBO TORRES |trans-title=Big and small Celta de Vigo players: JACOBO TORRES |language=es |website=www.yojugueenelcelta.com |access-date=28 June 2022 }}

Club career

Born in Vigo, he spent most of his career at his hometown club Fortuna de Vigo, playing for them until it was merged with Real Vigo Sporting in 1923, to form Celta de Vigo. Torres played in the last match that was held between these two rivals on 11 March 1923, which the fortunistas lost 0–1.{{cite web |url=http://lafutbolteca.com/real-club-celta-de-vigo-s-a-d/ |title=Real Club Celta de Vigo, S.A.D |language=es |website=lafutbolteca.com |accessdate=28 June 2022 |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605123524/http://lafutbolteca.com/real-club-celta-de-vigo-s-a-d/ |url-status=live }} The presentation match of Celta de Vigo was held at Coia on 16 September 1923,{{Cite web |url=https://www.fameceleste.com/2015/02/anecdotas-celestes-coia-el-antiguo.html |title=Coia, el antiguo feudo celeste |trans-title=Coia, the ancient celestial fiefdom |language=Spanish |work=www.fameceleste.com |author=Ereaga, Txema |date=6 February 2015 |accessdate=21 June 2022 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413155414/https://www.fameceleste.com/2015/02/anecdotas-celestes-coia-el-antiguo.html |url-status=live }} in a meeting between an A and a B team formed with the players from the club, taking advantage of the large team available that they had, and Torres was one of the 11 footballers that lined-up for the A team.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fameceleste.com/2015/01/anedotas-celestes-el-primer-partido-del.html |title=El primer partido del Celta |trans-title=Celta's first game |language=es |website=www.fameceleste.com |author=Ereaga, Txema |date=12 January 2015 |accessdate=28 June 2022 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413171522/https://www.fameceleste.com/2015/01/anedotas-celestes-el-primer-partido-del.html |url-status=live }} On 10 April 1924, he played a friendly match for Celta against the Uruguay national team that would go on to win the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.{{cite web |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/amistosorc-celta-de-vigo-vs-uruguay1924-04-10/ |title=RC Celta de Vigo vs Uruguay - AUF |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=28 June 2022 |archive-date=2022-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621234654/https://www.auf.org.uy/amistosorc-celta-de-vigo-vs-uruguay1924-04-10/ |url-status=live }} He won two back-to-back Galician Championships with Celta in 1923–24 and 1924–25 before retiring at the end of that same season.

International career

Being a player of Fortuna de Vigo, he was summoned to play for the Galicia national team several times, and he was a member of the team that reached the final of the 1922–23 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/plantilla.html?temporada=1050&club=Galicia |title=Squad of Galicia 1922-23 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias |website=www.bdfutbol.com |accessdate=28 June 2022 |archive-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626231627/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/plantilla.html?temporada=1050&club=Galicia |url-status=live }}

Honours

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;Fortuna de Vigo

Galician Championship:

  • Winners (3) 1914–15, 1920–21 and 1921–22

;Celta de Vigo

Galician Championship:

  • Winners (2) 1923–24 and 1924–25

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;Galicia

Prince of Asturias Cup:

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