Paulo Torres

Paulo Torres
Personal information
Full name	Paulo Manuel Banha Torres
Date of birth	25 November 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Évora, Portugal
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Guinea-Bissau (coach)
Youth career
1983–1985	SL Évora
1985–1989	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1995	Sporting CP
1991	→ Atlético (loan)
1995–1996	Campomaiorense
1996–1998	Salamanca
1998	Rayo Vallecano
1999	Chaves
1999–2000	Leganés
2000–2001	Torreense
2001–2002	Penafiel
2002–2003	Imortal
Total
International career
1988–1989	Portugal U18
1990–1991	Portugal U20
1992–1994	Portugal U21
1992	Portugal
Managerial career
2003–2004	Peniche
2004–2006	Fátima
2006	Barreirense
2007	Bombarralense
2007–2009	Rio Maior
2009–2011	Torreense
2011–2012	Atlético Reguengos
2012–2013	Torreense
2013	Sporting Bissau
2014–	Guinea-Bissau
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Manuel Banha Torres (born 25 November 1971 in Évora) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left back, and the current manager of Guinea-Bissau.

Playing career

During his career, which was spent entirely in his country and Spain, Torres, a free kick specialist, played for Sporting Clube de Portugal (this included a very brief loan at Lisbon neighbours Atlético Clube de Portugal), S.C. Campomaiorense, UD Salamanca – playing one season each in the country's two major divisions – Rayo Vallecano, G.D. Chaves, CD Leganés, S.C.U. Torreense, F.C. Penafiel and Imortal DC, retiring at 31.

Torres was part of the Portuguese national team, dubbed The Golden Generation, that won the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship on home soil, scoring two goals through long-distance free kicks and three in total during the tournament.^[1] He also won two full caps, both in the following year.

Coaching career

Immediately after retiring as a player Torres took up coaching, managing exclusively in the lower leagues in Portugal. In January 2014, he was appointed as head-coach of the Guinea-Bissauan national team.

In September 2015, Torres received a four-match ban from the Confederation of African Football for abusing a referee during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Zambia three months earlier.^[2]

Honours

Club

Taça de Portugal: 1994–95

Country

FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1991

References

^ Paulo Torres – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Caf hands Guinea-Bissau coach Paulo Torres four-match ban". BBC Sport. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

External links

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Paulo Torres at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Paulo Torres at BDFutbol
Paulo Torres at National-Football-Teams.com
Portugal stats at Eu-Football

[1] Paulo Torres – FIFA competition record (archived)

[2] "Caf hands Guinea-Bissau coach Paulo Torres four-match ban". BBC Sport. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

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