Fernando Torres

At 40 years old, Fernando Torres has this physical status:

Fernando José Torres Sanz (Spanish pronunciation: [fenando tores]; born 20 March 1984; born as a striker. He is the current manager of Atlético Madrid Juvenil A. Torres was nicknamed El Nio (the Kid) because of his consistent goalscoring rate as a young player. He was praised for his speed, precise finishing, and his command of heading in his prime. He finished third third in 2008 and 2009, and in 2008 and 2009, he was named in the FIFA World XI.

Torres began his play with Atlético Madrid, progressing through their youth system to the first-team squad. In 174 La Liga appearances, he made his debut in 2001 and finished his time with the club with 75 goals. Torres joined Liverpool in 2007 after signing for a club record transfer fee. He started his Anfield debut in 1995-96 season as Liverpool's first player since Robbie Fowler, who scored more than 20 league goals in a season. He became the first player in Liverpool history to score 50 league goals. Torres was often regarded as the best striker in the world during this period, 2007-2010.

Torres joined Chelsea in January 2011 for a £50 million transfer fee, making him the most expensive Spanish player in history. Torres won the FA Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League, but his goalscoring rate and results have dramatically reduced at Chelsea. Torres joined Serie A Milan on a two-year loan prior to the 2013–14 season and then signed permanently in January 2015. He volunteered to rejoin Atlético Madrid on loan until the end of the 2015-16 season before committing permamently for the club in July 2016. Torres won the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League before signing for Japanese club Sagan Tosu in July 2018. He resigned from football after the 2018-19 season.

Torres is a Spanish national who made his debut against Portugal in 2003. He has been capped more than 100 times and is his country's third-highest goalscorer of all time. He has appeared in six major tournaments, including Spain's 2004 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2008, Euro 2012, Euro 2012, and the 2014 World Cup. Spain has triumphed in three tournaments from 2008 to 2012, with Torres scoring in the finals of both Euro 2008 and Euro 2012. He scored the winning goal in the 2008 European Championships and received the Golden Boot for the top goalscorer in 2012.

Personal life

José Torres and Flori Sanz, Torres' parents, are the Torres' parents. Israel (born 1977) and Mara Paz (born 1976). Olalla Domnich Liste was married in a private ceremony at the local town hall in El Escorial, Madrid, on May 27, 2009. The couple have two children, a daughter, Nora, born on 8th July 2009 at the Hospital La Rosaleda in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, and a son, Leo, was born on December 6, 2010 at Liverpool Women's Hospital, with Torres missing the match against Aston Villa at Anfield.

Torres had amassed a personal fortune of £14 million in 2009, according to the paper. He appears in the film "Ya nada volverá como antes" by Spanish pop rock band El Canto del Loco, whose singer, Dani Martn, has a close friendship with the footballer. In the 2005 comedy film Torrente 3: El protector, he makes a cameo appearance. Torres: El Nio, My Story, a 2009 autobiography. Torres is a keen admirer of J. R. Tolkien's work and has a tattoo tattoo in Tengwar titled "Fernando" on his left forearm.

In 2011, a stadium in Fuenlabrada was constructed in his honor.

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Early career

Torres, who was born in Fuenlabrada, Spain's community, became involved with football as an infant and formed Parque 84, his first team. His grandfather was not a huge football fan, but he took pride in his support for Atlético Madrid, and Torres passed on his passion for the team.

Torres started playing football as a goalkeeper, a position his brother was playing in. He started playing competitively in a youth league for the neighbourhood club, Mario's Holanda, using the anime Captain Tsubasa characters as inspiration. Rayo 13, who was 10 years old at the time, has risen to an 11-side squad. He scored 55 goals in a season and was one of three Rayo 13 players to have a trial with Atlético. He admired the Scouts and joined the club's youth team at the age of 11 in 1995.

Club career

Torres captured his first notable youth title in 1998 after climbing through the ranks. Atlético sent an under-15 team from Spain and Europe to compete in the Nike Cup in Spain and Europe, where other clubs' youth teams will compete; Atlético has won the tournament. He was named Europe's top player for the age group later this year. Torres signed his first professional deal with Atlético in 1999 at the age of 15. He spent his first year as a member of the youth team and competed in the Honor Division when he was 16. The 2000–01 season got off to a rocky start, with Torres suffering from a cracked shinbone that kept him out of action until December. Torres trained with the first squad to be able to prepare for pre-season, but he made his debut against Leganés on May 27th. He scored his first goal for the club against Albacete one week later, and the season ended with Atlético barely missing out on promotion to La Liga.

Atlético was promoted to La Liga at the end of the 2001–02 season, but Torres did not do well in the season, scoring only 6 times in 36 appearances in the Segunda División. Torres' first season in La Liga, 2002–03, was better, as he scored 13 goals in 29 appearances, with Atlético finishing in 11th place. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was rejected by Atlético's board of directors in July 2003, just after his takeover of the club. Torres made more strides in 2005-2004, his second appearance in La Liga, winning 19 league goals in 35 appearances, resulting in him finishing as the second-highest scorer in the league. Torres, a 19-year-old boy, was crowned Atlético's captain at age 19. Atlético barely qualified for the UEFA Cup, but they qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup by finishing seventh place in the 2003–04 season, giving Torres their first glimpse of a European competition. In the two fourth round matches against OFK Beograd, he scored two goals, with one of them scoring in each leg. Atlético reached the final but lost 3–1 on a penalty shoot-out to Villarreal following a 2–2 draw on aggregate. Chelsea had been expected to be interested in signing Torres in the summer of 2005, but Atlético club president Enrique Cerezo said they had "no intention" of signing him. Cerezo said in January 2006 that the club was open to hearing bids for Torres, and Torres said Newcastle United of the FA Premier League had been trying to sign him in March.

Torres said after the 2006 FIFA World Cup that he had turned down an invitation to join Chelsea at the end of the 2005–06 season. In the 2006–07 season, he scored 14 goals in the league. He was the leading transfer target of FA Premier League club Liverpool, according to the English media, but Cerezo said, "We've received no message from Liverpool or any other club or player." However, new reports indicated that Atlético had agreed an agreement with Torres, which was expected to be £25 million; Luis Garca's fee was reportedly £25 million, but that was separate transfer agreement in Atlético. Atlético announced a deal with Diego Forlán from Villarreal on June 30th, what was seen as a step to replace Torres before his departure was announced. Torres had cut short a holiday to fly back to Madrid to finalize the transfer to Liverpool on July 2nd. Torres performed a medical at Liverpool's Melwood training ground the following day. On July, he held a press conference in Madrid to bid farewell to Atlético fans before transferring to Liverpool on a six-year deal. The transfer fee was the highest in Liverpool's history. Torres was purchased for around £20 million in March 2008, according to manager Rafael Bentez in a talk with The Times, although this number ignores Garca's transfer to Atlético.

Torres made his competitive debut for Liverpool against Aston Villa in a 2–1 victory on August 11, 2007. After coming on as a 79th minute replacement, he made his first appearance in the UEFA Champions League four days later, in a 1–0 win over Toulouse in his first appearance in the UEFA Champions League. In a 1–1 draw against Chelsea on August 19, 2007, his first Premier League goal came on his Anfield debut in the 16th minute. In a 4–2 win over Reading in the League Cup on September 25, 2007, his first hat-trick came in a 4–2 victory, with all of his goals coming in the second half. Liverpool defeated Porto 4–1 on November 28, 2007, scoring twice on his first appearance in the Champions League. He appeared for the third time in the competition.

Torres was named Premier League Player of the Month in February 2008, a streak that included a hat-trick against Middlesbrough on February 23, 2008. In a 4–0 win over West Ham United on March 5, 2008, this hat-trick and another made him the first Liverpool player since Jack Balmer in November 1946 to score a hat-trick in successive home matches. In March, after scoring a 47th-minute header against Reading at Anfield, he became the first Liverpool player since Robbie Fowler in the 1995–96 season to score 20 league goals in a season. Liverpool advanced to the semi-finals in April after he scored another Champions League goal against Arsenal, this time against Arsenal in the quarter-finals. In all competitions, this goal took him to 29 goals for the 2007-08 season, surpassing Michael Owen's personal record for goals in a season. Torres was announced on April 11, 2008, that it had made a six-man shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, which was later won by Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo. The Spanish international was also nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year Award, which was won by Cesc Fàbregas of Arsenal and named in the PFA Team of the Year. He came in second second second in the FWA Footballer of the Year award in May.

Torres beat Manchester City in 57 minutes on May 4, 2008, equaling Roger Hunt's longest Anfield league goal record of eight games. After scoring his 24th league goal against Tottenham Hotspur in a 2–0 victory, he established a new record for the most prolific foreign goal scorer in a debut season in England, defeating Ruud van Nistelrooy's 23 goals. He finished the season in second place, behind Emmanuel Adebayor in the Premier League's golden boot competition. Torres was the subject of rumours that Chelsea would pay £50 million to sign him, but Torres denied it would be "many years" before he left Liverpool. Tom Hicks, the Liverpool co-owner, also denied the prospect of a transfer, saying that he would not allow Torres to leave the club at any price.

Torres got off to a good start in the Premier League season with a 25-yard shot into the bottom right-hand corner against Sunderland, the only goal in the 1–0 victory on August 16, 2008. In a 0–0 draw against Aston Villa, he sustained a hamstring strain, which would keep him out for two to three weeks. Torres returned to action in the Champions League with a 2–1 win over Marseille and then went on to score two goals against Everton on September 27, 2008, giving Liverpool a 2–0 victory. As Liverpool came back from a two-goal deficit, he followed this up with two goals against Manchester City in a 3–2 victory over the City of Manchester Stadium the following weekend. The first of these was the thousandth Liverpool goal to be scored in the Premier League. Torres sustained a hamstring injury during a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier, indicating that he would miss three games for Liverpool. Liverpool defeated Torres' former team Atlético in the Champions League on October 22, 2008, but the club lost out on the match due to his injury. Enrique Cerezo, the president of Atlético, had been invited to watch the game, but he declined to watch the game due to his recovery from a back injury in Merseyside. On October 27, 2008, he was named in the FIFPro World XI team for the 2007–08 season.

Torres came back to Liverpool on Sunday, beating West Bromwich Albion 3–0. He said he would be interested in returning to Atlético one day, adding, "I don't know if I will retire there, but I would like to go back and finish some tasks that are yet to do." Following Liverpool's 1–0 victory over Marseille in the Champions League in November, where he sustained a hamstring strain that was later extended to at least four weeks by experts, he was ruled out of action for two to three weeks. He was on the shortlist for the FIFA World Player of the Year award in December and ended up in third place behind Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Torres came back to action on January 3rd, as a replacement with a goal against Preston North End, his first in the FA Cup. He scored two late goals for Liverpool to win by 2–0 over Chelsea on February 1, 2009. Despite spending a year and a half with the club, Torres was chosen number 50 in The Times' list of "The 50 Greatest Liverpool players," emphasizing the impact he had on Liverpool in such a short span of time.

Torres faced Real Madrid in the Champions League last 16 on March 10, 2009, and he had a painkiller injection before the game to enable him to play. He scored the first goal of the game, which resulted in a 4–0 win, and Liverpool advanced to the quarter-finals 5–0 on aggregate. In a match that ended in a 4–1 victory, he lined up against Manchester United at Old Trafford and scored the equalizer. His goal celebration at Old Trafford endeared him to Liverpool fans as he extended his hand to them, symbolically Liverpool's five Champions League titles (compared to United's three). In April 2009, he was selected in the PFA Team of the Year for the second season. Torres scored his 50th goal for Liverpool against Tottenham on the final day of the 2008–09 season, his 84th appearance.

Torres and Liverpool signed a new deal on August 14th, which came at the end of the season. Torres had the option of a one-year contract extension after the deal's end date in 2013. Torres scored two goals in a 3–2 victory over West Ham United on September 19, 2009, a result that put Liverpool to third place in the Premier League. In a 6–1 victory over Hull City at Anfield, he scored his first hat-trick of the 2009–10 Premier League season. After scoring five goals in the month and becoming the Premier League's top goalscorer, he was named Premier League Player of the Month for September. He scored the first goal in a 2–0 win over Manchester United on Saturday, after whom Rafael Bentez praised Torres' success, saying, "We were waiting for the last pass." We knew he'd score when it came." Torres was named in the FIFPro World XI for the second time in December 2009. On December 29, 2009, his stoppage-time winning goal against Aston Villa made him the fastest Liverpool player to score 50 league goals. On a 1–1 draw with Birmingham City on April 4, 2010, Bentez justified it by saying Torres was "exhausted." Torres made his first appearance of the season on Sunday in a 4–1 win over Benfica in the Europa League, on April 8, 2010, and it was revealed on April 18 that he would miss the remainder of the season to recover knee surgery. Torres finished the season with 22 goals in 32 games in all competitions, finishing as Liverpool's top scorer for the second time on record.

Hodgson, the club's manager, confirmed that Torres would not be sold by the club and that no bids for him will be accepted. We want to keep him," says the author. Torres is expected to leave Liverpool, according to Hodgson, "He has told us that he is looking forward to Monday, returning to work, and looking forward to playing for Liverpool next season." That's all I know, but other sources, I would argue, are inaccurate. On August 3, Torres reaffirmed his dedication to Liverpool and to the fans. "My contribution and dedication to the club and to the fans are the same as it was on the first day."

Torres made his first appearance of the 2010–11 season in the first game of the 2010–11 season, a 1–1 draw with Arsenal on August 14, 2010, with Torres playing as a replacement in the 74th minute. He scored his first goal of the season with his victory over West Brom on September 29, his 50th goal at Anfield in all competitions. Torres scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Blackburn Rovers on October 24, his first goal since August. In a 3–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on January 22, he scored his final goals for Liverpool.

Torres was the subject of a £40 million bid from Chelsea on January 27, 2011, which Liverpool turned down by Liverpool. He submitted a formal transfer request to Liverpool the next day, but it was turned down. Torres completed his move to Chelsea on a five-and-a-half year deal, a new record for a British transfer and made him the sixth most expensive footballer in history. In a 1–0 home loss to former Chelsea players Liverpool on February 6, he made his Chelsea debut on February 6, 2011. Torres scored his first goal for Chelsea against West Ham United on April 23, 2011, a 3–0 win, bringing an end to a game of 903 minutes without a goal. This was his only goal for Chelsea in the 2010-11 season, after making 18 appearances for his new club.

In Chelsea's 0–0 draw against Stoke City on August 14, 2011, the Torres' 2011–12 season was underway, and the team's "link-up play was solid," with his "space-to-ball play allowing for the ball." On September 18, 2011, he scored his second goal at Chelsea and his first of the season, and the team's first goal since losing 3–1. In a 4–1 win, he scored his second goal of the season at home to Swansea City. Mark Gower's first red card in English football and a three-match domestic suspension were ten minutes after his goal, but a two-footed challenge culminated in his first red card in English football and a three-match domestic suspension. Torres scored two goals in a 5–0 victory over Genk in the Champions League, his first in Europe since his old club Liverpool beat Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the 2008-09 Champions League. Chelsea's next goal came after scoring twice and assisting two others against Championship team Leicester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals on March 18, 2012, snaping a goal drought that spanned 24 games. Torres scored his first Premier League goal since September 24, 2011, against Aston Villa in a 4–2 away victory.

Torres came back from a back-up for Didier Drogba on April 24, 2012, when Chelsea secured a 2–2 draw and ended Barcelona's disqualification from the tournament, and confirmed Barcelona's expulsion from the tournament. Chelsea were already winning on the away goals rule, but they finally won on aggregate score (3–2). In a 6–1 victory over Queens Park Rangers at Stamford Bridge on April 29, 2012, he scored his first hat-trick of his Chelsea career. Torres advanced to the second half of the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final on 19 May 2012, immediately after Bayern Munich's opening goal and a 1–1 draw, Chelsea defeated Chelsea on penalty shoot-out 4–3. Chelsea's first full season ended with 11 goals in 49 appearances.

Torres started the 2012 FA Community Shield against Manchester City in Villa Park, where he scored the first goal as Chelsea lost 3–2. He appeared in Chelsea's first league match, a 2–0 away victory over Wigan Athletic on August 19, 2012. Torres scored his first goal of the season in Chelsea's next game against Reading, 4–2 home win, on August 22, 2012, scoring his third goal to give his team the lead. In the early weeks of the season, Chelsea also scored against Newcastle United, Arsenal, and Norwich City, as Chelsea topped the table.

Torres was suspended after receiving two yellow cards against Manchester United on October 28, 2012, the second for diving, leaving Chelsea with nine men after teammate Branislav Ivanovi was sent off; the team went on to lose 3–2. Chelsea defeated Chelsea 3–2 on November 7, 2012 after deflecting Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov's clearance into goal. Torres scored his first goal in the Champions League for the season. Roberto Di Matteo was named Chelsea boss by Rafael Bentez, who had previously worked with Torres at Liverpool, on November 21, 2012. According to reports, Bentez's appointment was to assist Torres in returning to his best form.

With two goals in Chelsea's 6–1 victory over Nordsjlland in the Champions League on December 5, 2012, Torres snapped a goal drought that spanned over 11 hours of game time. Chelsea defeated Sunderland 3-1 three days later, and he scored two more goals, snapping a streak of eight Premier League games without a goal. He scored in Chelsea's 2012 FIFA Club World Cup semi-final 3–1 victory over Monterty of the Mexican Liga MX on December 13, 2012, before losing 1–0 to Brazilian Série A side Corinthians in the final three days.

Chelsea beat Steaua București 3-1 3–1 on aggregate to advance 3–2 on aggregate to the Europa League quarterfinals on March 14, 2013. Torres scored his third goal. Torres became the first player to score in seven separate competitions in a season with this goal. In the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals on April 4, 2013, he scored twice against Rubin Kazan before winning by 3–2 on aggregate. In Chelsea's 2–1 victory over Benfica in the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final, Torres scored the first goal. He scored his first league goal of 2013 after a 2–1 home win over Everton, and finished the season with 22 goals in 64 games.

Torres was selected by Chelsea's new boss José Mourinho against Hull City on the first day of the 2013-14 season, where he scored a fifth-minute penalty kick. In the 2013 UEFA Super Cup against Bayern Munich, he scored his first goal of the season. In Chelsea's 1–1 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on September 28, he was dismissed after receiving two yellow cards.

Torres got off to a winning start against Schalke 04 in a Champions League match on October 22, 2013 and celebrated the occasion by scoring two goals in a 3–0 victory. He scored the winning goal in the 90th minute over title opponents Manchester City and the assistance for André Schürrle's opener on Sunday. This was his first Premier League goal of the season.

Torres joined AC Milan in Italy on a two-year loan on August 31, 2014. He debuted on September 20, 2014, replacing Andrea Poli for the last 14 minutes of a 1–0 home loss to Juventus, who lost his first Milan goal with a looping header in Milan's 22-2 draw with Empoli two days later.

Torres' transfer to Milan was confirmed on December 27, 2014, but two days later, he rejoined La Liga team Atlético Madrid on loan until the end of the 2015-2016 season. After Alessio Cerci went the opposite direction from Atlético to Milan on the same day, on January 5th, the loan was agreed. Torres' unveiling at the Vicente Calderón Stadium on January 4th, 2015 attracted a crowd of 45,000 people. On January 7, 2015, he appeared in the first leg of a Copa del Rey last 16 tie against Real Madrid for the first time of his second spell. He had no shots on target and was delayed by Koke after 59 minutes, but Atlético defeated 2–0, but Atlético won 2–0. As Atlético advanced, scoring two goals in a away Madrid derby eight days later in the second leg, in the first minute of each half. Torres scored in the first minute of the quarter-finals, but defeating Barcelona 2–3 on home defeat.

Torres converted the winning shot in Atlético's 3–2 penalty shoot-out loss to Bayer Leverkusen in the second leg of the teams' Champions League round of 16 matches on March 17th. He scored his first La Liga goal since his return to La Liga in the third minute of a 2–0 victory over Getafe on Monday.

Torres scored his 100th goal with Atlético Madrid in a 3–1 home league win over Eibar on his 295th appearance for the club on February 6, 2016. With a 3–1 victory over Valencia in the upcoming month, he marked his 300th appearance for Atlético.

Torres scored the first goal of Atlético's UEFA Champions League quarter-finals with Barcelona on April 5, 2016 before losing 2-1 by ten minutes later in a humiliating 2–1 loss.

Torres joined Atlético on a one-year deal on July 5, 2016. He scored his 100th league goal in Spanish football against Leganés in February 2017. Torres signed a new one-year deal with the rojiblancos on July 4, 2017, the first year the club's youth team had been barred from signing new players.

Atlético beat Marseille 3–0 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final, with Torres coming on as a 90th-minute replacement on May 16th, 2018. In his last match with Atlético, he scored two goals in a 2–2 draw against Eibar in the final week of championship.

Torres signed with Sagan Tosu's J1 League club on July 10, 2018. In a fourth round victory over Vissel Kobe, he scored his first goal for the club in the Emperor's Cup on August 22nd. In a 3–0 victory over Gamba Osaka, his first league goal came five days later, when he scored once and assisted a second two. Torres declared on June 21 that he will no longer play football on June 21. On August 23, he said goodbye in a J1 League match against Vissel Kobe, when he met former Spain teammates Andrés Iniesta and David Villa. Sagan Tosu lost 6–1 in the game.

International career

Torres was crowned by the Algarve Tournament with the Spain national under-16 team in February 2001. In May, the under-16s participated in the 2001 European Under-16 Championship, winning, Torres' only goal, finishing as the tournament's top scorer, and was also named player of the tournament. Torres represented the under-17 team at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship in September 2001, but the team did not progress through the group stage. He won the 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with the under-19 team in July 2002 and became the only goalscorer in the final. In addition, he was voted player of the tournament and ranked as the top scorer.

Torres made his senior debut against Portugal on September 6, 2003 in a friendly against Portugal. On April 28, 2004, Spain defeated Italy for the first time. He was selected for the Spanish team for UEFA Euro 2004. He started his game against Portugal after being a late replacement in Spain's first two group games. Spain was losing 1–0 and the post was struck at the end of the game.

Torres scored 7 goals in 11 appearances in qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, making him Spain's top scorer for qualification, with two goals against Belgium and his first international hat-trick against San Marino. Torres scored the final goal in a 4–0 victory over Ukraine with a volley in his first appearance in a FIFA World Cup finals at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Torres scored twice against Tunisia, first in the 76th minute, taking Spain 2–1 into the lead and then back from a penalty kick in the 90th. He finished the tournament as Spain's top scorer, despite three goals, alongside fellow striker David Villa.

Torres was called up to Spain's Euro 2008 squad, where he helped Villa to score Spain's first goal of the tournament against Russia in the first game of the group stage. Torres came under fire for reportedly refusing to shake the hand of Spanish manager Luis Aragonés after being replaced off. He later denied being upset with the coaching, claiming that he was really "irritated with himself." In Spain's next game, a 2–1 victory over Sweden, he scored his first goal of the tournament. In the final against Germany, Torres scored the winner and was named Man of the match for the first time in a 1–0 win. "It's just a dream come true," he said. This is my first title and I hope it will be the first of many. It's almost as big as a World Cup victory in a Euro. We're used to watching finals on television, but today we were here and we won. My aim is to achieve goals. "I want to win more titles and be Europe's most popular player." He was later named as a striker and his striking partner David Villa in the Tournament's Team of the Tournament.

Torres made his 60th appearance for Spain in a 2010 World Cup qualification win over Turkey over the weekend, becoming the youngest player to reach this milestone.

In June, Torres was named in Spain's squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. After 17 minutes into a Confederations Cup match against New Zealand on June 14th, he scored his second hat-trick for Spain, the fastest hat-trick for a player for Spain. He was a member of Spain's national team, as well as the third-place play-off, in which Spain defeated South Africa 3–2 after extra time.

Torres' recuperation and fitness were closely monitored by Spain's manager, Vicente del Bosque, after having undergone knee surgery on 18 April 2010 and missing the end of the Premier League season. Torres was selected for Spain's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad in May, despite being out injured. Torres made his first appearance on the field in less than two months on Sunday, starting as a substitute against Poland in a pre-World Cup friendly on June 8th.

Torres came on as a replacement in Spain's first World Cup match, a 1–0 loss to Switzerland, after Torres came on as a substitute on 61 minutes. He began his two matches against Honduras and Chile, and although his results in the group stage were described as below average, Del Bosque gave him continued support. Following a 1–0 victory over the Netherlands on July 11, Torres came on as a replacement on 105 minutes in the final.

Torres was selected in Del Bosque's Euro 2012 squad. Spain defeated the Republic of Ireland 4–0 to eliminate them from the tournament for the first time in his debut in the tournament. Torres came as a replacement against Italy, scoring one goal and assisting another, as Spain defeated Spain 2–0 for their second straight European Championships. With three goals and one assist, he was awarded the Golden Boot for the tournament, but he had less time than Mario Gómez, who had three goals and one assist.

Torres played his 100th cap against Saudi Arabia on September 7, making him his sixth highest-capped player for Spain, and he started the game as captain in goalkeeper Iker Casillas' absence.

During a 10–0 victory over Tahiti on June 20, 2013, he became the first player in history to score four goals in a single game in a FIFA Confederations Cup match. Torres was also the first player to score two hat-tricks in the Confederations Cup, and they had five goals and one assist in the tournament's Golden Shoe, ahead of Fred's playing fewer minutes.

Torres scored a penalty in a World Cup warm-up match against Bolivia on May 30th, 2014, in his first international for 11 months. He was named in Spain's final squad for the tournament the day before, ahead of lvaro Nego and Fernando Llorente. Torres was named in the starting lineup for the third group match after seeing substitutes in the team's first two matches, with the team's dismissal already confirmed. In a 3–0 victory over Australia in Curitiba, he scored Spain's second goal.

Coaching career

Torres, the head coach of Atlético Madrid's Juvenil A (U19) team, was named on July 25th, 2021.

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