Roman Torres

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Roman Torres
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Román Torres (2018)
Personnel
Surname Roman Aureliano Torres Morcillo
birthday March 20, 1986
place of birth Panama City ,  Panama
size 188 cm
position Central defense
Juniors
Years station
Chepo Fútbol Club
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2004 Chepo Fútbol Club 27 0(5)
2005 San Francisco FC 33 0(4)
2006 Cortuluá 39 0(6)
2007-2015 La Equidad 84 0(9)
2010 →  Atlético Junior  (loan) 35 0(7)
2011 →  Atlético Nacional  (loan) 36 0(8)
2012-2015 →  Millonarios FC  (loan) 89 0(5)
2015-2019 Seattle Sounders 66 0(1)
2019 →  Tacoma Defiance  (loan) 1 0(0)
2020– Inter Miami 1 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2005 Panama U20 3 0(0)
2005– Panama 119 (10)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 7, 2020

2 As of November 16, 2019

Román Aureliano Torres Morcillo (born March 20, 1986 in Panama City ) is a Panamanian football player . He has been playing for Inter Miami in the US Major League Soccer since 2020 . The central defender played over 100 international matches for the Panamanian national team and led them to their first World Cup participation in 2018 as captain .

Career

Club career

Torres (right) in the Seattle Sounders jersey (2017)

Román Torres began his professional career in 2004 with the Chepo Fútbol Club in the district of the same name before moving to San Francisco FC . In 2006 he went to Colombia , where he was initially under contract for one season with Cortuluá . He then moved to La Equidad in the capital Bogotá , where he played with interruptions until 2015. In between he was awarded three times, most recently for several seasons at Millonarios FC . In the transfer winter 2009/10 the championship clubs Blackpool and Swansea City were interested in Torres, but a move to England did not materialize.

In August 2015, Torres signed a contract with the Seattle Sounders in the US Major League Soccer . Just a month after his game debut, he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in a game against the San José Earthquakes and had to sit out for almost nine months. On December 10, 2016, Torres scored the decisive goal on penalties against Toronto FC to make it 5-4 in the MLS Cup , making the Sounders champions for the first time.

In early August 2019, Torres was suspended for ten games for violating the MLS doping regulations . After the end of the season, Torres , who was last loaned to Tacoma Defiance , moved to newcomer Inter Miami .

National team

Román Torres gained his first international experience with the U20s at the 2005 World Junior Championships in the Netherlands . He made his debut in the national team on July 17, 2005 during the CONCACAF Gold Cup against South Africa . Panama made it to the finals in the course of the tournament, but was narrowly defeated by the US selection .

In the following years Torres became a leading player in his team and took part in the qualifying tournaments for four world championships (2006-2018). In the 2015 Gold Cup semi-finals he scored the opening goal against Mexico with a header, but Panama failed to reach the final due to controversial decisions by referee Mark Geiger - including a handball penalty caused by Torres . Ultimately, the Central Americans finished third thanks to a victory over the USA.

In the decisive qualifying game for the 2018 World Cup in Russia on October 10, 2017, Torres scored the 2-1 winner against Costa Rica , which meant Panama qualified for a World Cup finals for the first time. At the World Cup, the team lost all three group games and captain Torres announced his retirement from the national team after more than 100 international matches. In fact, he soon returned to the team and played for Panama again in the 2019 Gold Cup .

Others

Román Torres, who is one of the most active players in the Panamanian national team with 119 appearances, has been revered as a national hero since the decisive goal for the World Cup qualification in his home country. His beefy stature supports his body-hugging style of play; according to official FIFA figures , he was the heaviest player at the 2018 World Cup with a body weight of 99 kilograms.

Torres has had a son since 2008. He has had a green card since February 2018 .

successes

Web links

Commons : Román Torres  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blackpool miss out on Torres. Sky Sports , January 6, 2010, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Matt Pentz: Sounders center back Roman Torres suffers season-ending knee injury. The Seattle Times , September 14, 2015, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Matt Pentz: Sounders defender Roman Torres takes another step toward return from injury. The Seattle Times , June 9, 2016, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  4. ^ Graham Parker: Seattle's triumph, and good riddance to Gerrard: the 2016 MLS season in review. The Guardian , December 14, 2016, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Jayda Evans: Sounders defender Roman Torres suspended 10 games for violating MLS substance-abuse policy. The Seattle Times , August 2, 2019, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  6. ↑ # 29 Román Torres - Detailed performance data. transfermarkt.de , accessed on August 11, 2020 .
  7. ^ Adam Wells: Referee Admits Game-Altering Errors in Mexico vs. Panama 2015 Gold Cup Semifinal. Bleacher Report , July 25, 2015, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Ryan Krasnoo: Panama captain Román Torres exits Tunisia match with injury in final World Cup appearance. Seattle Sounders FC , June 28, 2018, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Richard Edwards: From agony to ecstasy: Panama's remarkable journey to the 2018 World Cup and a night they'll never forget. The Independent , October 11, 2017, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  10. ↑ The tallest, the youngest and the heaviest. ORF , June 29, 2018, accessed on August 11, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Rosangélica Conte: Le nació Adriano a Román Torres. Critica en Linea, January 4, 2008, accessed August 11, 2020 (Spanish).
  12. ↑ Pablo Mendicuti: Defender Román Torres confident the Sounders will advance to the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, start MLS season with a win. Seattle Sounders FC , February 28, 2018, accessed August 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Torres, Roman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Torres Morcillo, Román Aureliano (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Panamanian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Panama City , Panama