Manuel Sánchez Torres

Manuel Sánchez Torres

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Sánchez Torres
Date of birth	1 January 1960 (1960-01-01) (age 51)
Place of birth	Terrassa, Spain
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	PH Almelo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1978–1985	Twente	172	(53)
1985–1987	Valencia	35	(1)
1987–1990	Roda	36	(4)
1990–1991	NEC	12	(4)
1992–1993	Heracles	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Torres.

Manuel Sánchez Torres (born 1 January 1960 in Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a forward.

Almost all of his professional career was spent in the Netherlands, where he appeared for three different teams - namely FC Twente - and played in nearly 250 official games.

Football career

When Torres was seven years old, he moved with his parents to Almelo in the Netherlands. He started his football career at local amateur club PH Almelo, being subsequently noticed and signed by Eredivisie side FC Twente.

On 17 September 1978, aged 18, Torres made his league debut for Twente, in a home match against Sparta Rotterdam, scoring his first goal a few weeks later, at HFC Haarlem, and ending his first season with three goals in 23 matches, as the Enschede club finished in 11th position and reached the final of the Dutch Cup, lost to league champions AFC Ajax.

From 1980 onwards, Sánchez Torres scored in double digits in every season at Twente, safe for the 1982–83 campaign, which ended in relegation to the second division - followed by immediate promotion, with player netting 11 times for the runners-up.

In 1985, Torres returned to his country and signed for Valencia CF, making his debut for the Che against Real Valladolid. During his spell with the club, where he was coached by legendary Alfredo Di Stéfano, he failed to reproduce his previous form, scoring only once and also suffering La Liga relegation in his first season.

After leaving Valencia, Sánchez Torres returned to Holland and joined Roda JC in the top division, but appeared sparingly for that and his following clubs, NEC Nijmegen and Heracles Almelo - no games whatsoever for the latter - due to injury, retiring from football in 1993, aged 33.

Club statistics

Season	Country	Club	Competition	Matches	Goals
1978/79	The Netherlands	Twente	Eredivisie	23	3
1979/80	The Netherlands	Twente	Eredivisie	5	0
1980/81	The Netherlands	Twente	Eredivisie	31	11
1981/82	The Netherlands	Twente	Eredivisie	33	15
1982/83	The Netherlands	Twente	Eredivisie	21	3
1983/84	The Netherlands	Twente	Eerste Divisie	26	11
1984/85	The Netherlands	Twente	Eredivisie	33	10
1985/86	Spain	Valencia	La Liga	20	1
1986/87	Spain	Valencia	Segunda División	15	0
1987/88	The Netherlands	Roda	Eredivisie	18	2
1988/89	The Netherlands	Roda	Eredivisie	18	2
1989/90	The Netherlands	Roda	Eredivisie	0	0
1990/91	The Netherlands	NEC	Eredivisie	12	4
1992/93	The Netherlands	Heracles	Eredivisie	0	0

External links

• Stats at Voetbal International (Dutch)
• NEC Fan archives (Dutch)
• BDFutbol profile
• Stats and biography at CiberChe (Spanish)

Persondata
Name	Sanchez Torres, Manuel
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Date of birth	1 January 1960
Place of birth	Terrassa, Spain
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