Rainer Torres

Rainer Torres
Personal information
Full name Rainer Torres Salas
Date of birth (1980-01-12) January 12, 1980
Place of birth Callao, Peru
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Central Midfielder
Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FBC Melgar
Number 6
Youth career
1988–1990 Academia Cantolao
1991–1993 Sport Boys
1993–1999 MSV Duisburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 MSV Duisburg 5 (0)
2002 DSV Leoben 26 (2)
2003 Universitario 7 (0)
2004–2007 Sporting Cristal 120 (3)
2008–2014 Universitario 238 (12)
2015-2016 Melgar 28 (1)
National team
2005– Peru 23 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2011.


Rainer Torres Salas (born 12 January 1980) was a Peruvian footballer who played as a midfielder. In August 2016, he announced his retirement from football.

Playing style

Torres can operate as a defensive midfielder or higher up in the field as a central midfielder. His quickness along with his great defensive abilities make of him a player with sagacious attacking movements. Torres is an expert in slipping between what he calls the "cracks of the adversaries's defensive lines" to create scoring opportunities for himself and his teammates.

Career

Rainer Torres began in Academia Cantolao and Sport Boys. He then moved to Europe to play for the German club MSV Duisburg and Austrian club DSV Leoben. He then returned to Peru to play for Universitario. However, problems between Torres and the directors of the club caused him to sign with Sporting Cristal where he would play for four seasons and win one national championship. He returned to Universitario in 2008 but was unable to play in the first 7 games of the season because of an injury in the preseason.

Torres has made 19 appearances for the Peru national football team.[1]

Honors

Club

Sporting Cristal
Universitario de Deportes
FBC Melgar

References

  1. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (2009-05-28). "Peru - Record International Players". RSSSF.
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