Jorge Torres de Marfil

Jorge Torres de Marfil

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Atlas

Torres Nilo started his football career at Atlas, where he was used in the club's youth team Academicos in the second division. Shortly after he made his professional debut under coach Daniel Guzmán on 25 February 2006 against Tecos UAG, coming in as a substitute for Rafael García Torres in the 85th minute of the match, which ended in a 4–0 victory for Atlas. Torres Nilo participated in the 2008 Copa Libertadores tournament with Atlas, where he played in their six group matches and scored one goal, against Boca Juniors in the first leg of the quarter-finals. In 2010 it was announced Jorge Torres Nilo would be sold to Tigres for the Apertura 2010 tournament.

Tigres

On 27 May 2010, Torres Nilo was sold to Tigres. He made his debut with Tigres on 21 August 2010 in a home game against Santos Laguna the match ended in a 1–0 victory. He did not debut until the 5th week of the Apertura 2010 season. Torres Nilo was named best defender of the Apertura 2011 season alongside teammate Hugo Ayala and has captured the eyes of many European teams, among them CSKA Moscow, and the Olympique de Marseille.

International career

Youth

In 2005 Coach Jesús Ramírez selected Torres Nilo to participate in the 2005 CONCACAF U17 Tournament held in Culiacán. in that tournament he played 2 matches against Canada, and Haiti. Torres Nilo did not make the final roster for those participating in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup in which Mexico would win its first youth world cup. In 2007 Coach René Isidoro García selected Jorge Torres Nilo to participate in the 2007 Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro. Mexico won Bronze after defeating Bolivia in the 3rd place match. Jorge Torres Nilo also participated in the 2007 Digicel Shield with Mexico U-23, he only played in the final against Trinidad and Tobago in which Mexico would receive second place after losing 2–1 in the final.

Torres-Nilo was called up as one of the 3 (overage players to represent Mexico U23 at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Senior

Torres Nilo made his senior national team debut 24 September 2008 under coach Sven-Göran Eriksson in a friendly game against Chile in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the game ended in a 0–1 defeat for Mexico. after an own goal from Juan Carlos Valenzuela. After a year of inactivity with Mexico Torres Nilo was called by coach Javier Aguirre in 2010 to play in friendly games in preparation for the World Cup, Torres Nilo would make the final cut for those participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Jorge Torres Nilo did not appear in any world cup matches. He scored his first…

Career statistics

International

As of match played 3 September 2016

International goals

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.

Club
Toluca FC (2020–)
Club
Atlas F.C. (2006–2010)
Club
Mexico national under-17 association football team (2005–2005)
Club
Mexico national under-20 football team (2007–2007)
Club
Mexico men's national football team (2008–)
National team
Mexico

Legacy

Honours

Tigres

Liga MX: Apertura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2019 Copa MX: Clausura 2014 Campeón de Campeones: 2016, 2017, 2018 CONCACAF Champions League: 2020 Campeones Cup: 2018 Mexico U23

Pan American Bronze Medal: 2007 Mexico

CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2011, 2015 CONCACAF Cup: 2015 Individual

Mexican Primera División Best Full-back: Apertura 2011

Clubs

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Mexican association football player

Position

full-back

Extract from Wikipedia

Jorge Emmanuel Torres Nilo, also known as Pechu, is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

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