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Alfredo Torres

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Alfredo Torres
Personal information
Full name Juan Alfredo Torres González
Date of birth (1935-05-31)31 May 1935
Place of birth Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Date of death 10 November 2022(2022-11-10) (aged 87)
Place of death Guadalajara
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Imperio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1970 Atlas
International career
1953–1954 Mexico 5 (2)
Managerial career
1971–1972 Atlas
1976–1977 Atlas
1978–1980 Atlas
1984–1985 Atlas
1986 Atlas
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Alfredo Torres González (31 May 1935 – 10 November 2022)[1] was a Mexican footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Mexico national team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Career

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Torres began playing youth football with local side Club Imperio. He joined Club Atlas at age 16, and would spend nearly twenty years playing for the club.[3] He also participated in the first match held at Estadio Jalisco on 31 January 1960.[4][5]

After he retired from playing football in 1970, Torres became a manager. He led Atlas on several occasions, helping the club gain promotion to the Primera in the 1971–72 and 1978–79 seasons.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Quién era el Pistache Torres, leyenda del Atlas que se negó a morir hasta verlo campeón" (in Spanish). Infobae. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland Archived 18 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Esquivel, Rigoberto J. (15 April 2010). "Un 'Pistache' rojinegro, pero cerca de ser Chiva" ['Pistachio' was a red-and-black, but almost was a Chiva] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo.
  4. ^ "El Jalisco cumple 50 años" [The Jalisco turns 50] (in Spanish). El Informador. 29 January 2010. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  5. ^ García, Jaime (1 February 2010). "Alfredo "Pistache" Torres abrió la gloria en el Estadio Jalisco" [Alfredo "Pistachio" Torres opened the glory at the Jalisco Stadium] (in Spanish). El Occidental.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Rosas, Sergio Luis (13 April 2011). "Recuerdos del Ayer" [Memories of yesterday] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón.
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