Gerson Torres
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerson Torres Barrantes | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Heredia province, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Herediano | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Belén | 25 | (2) |
| 2016– | Herediano | 110 | (13) |
| 2017 | → América (loan) | 1[1] | (0) |
| 2018 | → Necaxa (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Costa Rica U-20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017– | Costa Rica | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
Gerson Torres Barrantes (born August 28, 1997) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Herediano and the Costa Rica national team.[2]
Career
Youth career
Torres joined Belen's youth academy in 2012. He continued through Belén Youth Academy successfully going through U-17. Until finally reaching the first team, Gerardo Ureña being the coach promoting torres to first team when he was just 17 years of age.[3]
Club America
Torres had slowly worked his way up from the U-20 team up to the first team where he made appearances in the Copa MX.[4] Torres was set to make his Liga MX debut on March 19, 2017 against UNAM however due to league regulation America was notified that Torres was ineligible to play for the first team due to being registered as a foreigner on the U-20 team.[5]
Necaxa
Following his year at America, Torres signed a 5-year extension with Herediano.[6] Torres is set to be on loan for the 2018 year at Necaxa.[7]
Honours
Club
- Necaxa
References
- ^ http://ligamx.net/cancha/jugador/124167/eyJpZENsdWIiOiAxfQ==/gerson-torres-barrantes#st_hist_jug
- ^ "Gerson Torres Barrantes". LigaMX.net. LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
- ^ "Conoce a… Gerson torres". Excelsior.com.mx. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Gerson Torres: la llave de un destino cercado para los futbolistas ticos". Nacion.com. JOSE PABLO ALFARO ROJAS. 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
- ^ "America Sub-20". MedioTiempo.com. Edgar Malagon & Juan Manuel Teran. 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
- ^ http://www.nacion.com/puro-deporte/legionarios/gerson-torres-jugara-a-prestamo-en-el-necaxa-de/2G2J3Z5S6NCCLITSES5NZR6L6Q/story/
- ^ http://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/3808830/necaxa-anuncia-a-gerson-torres-despues-de-draft
External links
- Gerson Torres at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Nacion Gerson Torres Sub-20 America (Spanish)
- Medio Tiempo debut
- Gerson Torres at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Costa Rican footballers
- Costa Rican expatriate footballers
- Costa Rica international footballers
- Costa Rica under-20 international footballers
- C.S. Herediano footballers
- Club América footballers
- Club Necaxa footballers
- Liga FPD players
- Liga MX players
- Association football midfielders
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- 2017 Copa Centroamericana players