El Niño (The Kid) biography

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Fernando José Torres Sanz (born 20 March 1984 in Madrid, Spain) is a football player who grew up in the Fuenlabrada neighbourhood. He is nicknamed El Niño (The Kid), because of his youth. He is a right sided player and has been described by the Spanish national coach Luis Aragones as “never scores two goals the same” because of the variety of goals he scores[citation needed].
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In 1994, at the age of 10, Fernando Torres came to the attention of Atletico Madrid. That was the year Torres played in his first eleven-a-side team, Rayo 13, and promptly scored 55 goals. On this account he was selected for a trial at his future club. He joined Atletico Madrid in 1995 at the age of 11, the lowest age category of teams at the club. In 1999, Torres signed his first contract with the club. At the end of the 1999-2000 season Torres was part of the first team. His next success was at the European Under-16 Championship in England in 2001. Torres finished as the Player of the Tournament en route to Spain's victory.

Torres made his debut for Atlético de Madrid in the El Calderon stadium on May 27, 2001 against Leganes. He scored his first goal for the club the following week, in a game against Albacete. In November of that year Torres played in the Under-17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.

2002 saw Atletico Madrid returning to the first division of Spanish football. In his first season playing in the top division Torres did not find the transition from second tier football too much of a hindrance as he scored 13 goals. In July Torres played in the Under-19 European Championship in Norway, a tournament won by Spain. Torres was both top scorer and Player of the Tournament.

Torres made his debut for the Under-21 national team in 2003. On September 6, 2003 Torres made his debut for the senior national team against Portugal. His first goal for Spain came against Italy on April 28, 2004.

The young Spanish striker scored vital goals to help Spain qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

He is the youngest player to play for Atletico, the youngest goalscorer for the Spanish national side. Torres is a forward, and wears the number 9 shirt. Currently his goal tally for the club stands at 68.

In the summer of 2005 Chelsea and Manchester United were fighting to sign him with millions of pounds being said to be offered. Yet Torres decided to stay with Atlético de Madrid after it was clear that both offers were false. However in the January 2006 transfer window cash-strapped Atlético de Madrid have made Torres available with a price tag around £25 million. Tottenham Hotspur had apparently been the only club to capitilise on this with a reported bid for £20.5 million, but it went no further than that. In March of 2006 the Spanish striker said it was confirmed to him by Atlético chiefs that Newcastle United of the English Premier League had made a bid for him.[1] Lately Torres has been linked by the media to English club Arsenal F.C, after reports claim that José Antonio Reyes has held talks with Arsène Wenger about signing his fellow spaniard. The agent of Torres has recommended Torres to weigh up his options and think about moving clubs if he gets offers of Top-European Clubs. As of May 7 it appears that Manchester United may be considering a swap plus cash deal for Fernando Torres involving their out-of-favour Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

It is widely expected that a good performance for Spain at the 2006 world cup would boost his already significant demand among major european clubs. At his first ever appearance in a World Cup Finals match, Torres scored with a spectacular volley helping la selección demolish Ukraine. Reports have since surfaced about A. C. Milan entering the fray with a £20.5 bid in their quest to replace Chelsea bound Shevchenko.

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