Facundo Torres

Peñarol

2020: First senior debut

Torres was named in a senior match day squad for the first time on 7 June 2018, as an unused substitute against Defensor Sporting. Moving between the first team and reserves under both Leonardo Ramos and Diego López without ever debuting, Torres was handed his senior debut by Diego Forlán on 16 August 2020 in a 2–0 Primera División win against Boston River. He came on as a 46th minute substitute for Matías de los Santos and scored his team's opening goal five minutes later. He made his continental debut in the delayed 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage, starting all four of the remaining games and scoring once in a 3–0 victory over Chilean side Colo-Colo. In his debut season, Torres made 34 appearances and scored 10 goals across all competitions.

2021: Championship winners

Torres scored four goals during Peñarol's run to the 2021 Copa Sudamericana semi-finals before being eliminated by eventual winners Athletico Paranaense. In his final competitive appearance for the club, Torres scored the equalizer in the semi-finals of the 2021 Uruguayan Primera División championship play-offs on 7 December, bringing Peńarol to a 1–1 draw with Torneo Apertura winners Plaza Colonia. Peńarol won the shoot-out 8–7. Because Peńarol had the most aggregate points of the regular season, they were crowned champions without a finals. Torres made 33 appearances and scored 10 goals across all competitions during his final season at the…

Youth

Torres represented Uruguay as a youth international at under-15, under-17 and under-20 level. He was part of Uruguay squad at the 2015 South American U-15 Championship and scored five goals in five games, the joint-third most behind Brazilians Vitinho and Vinícius Júnior, as Uruguay finished runners-up behind Brazil. He is the all-time top scorer for Uruguay under-17s and competed at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship.

Senior

On 5 March 2021, Torres received his first senior Uruguay national team call-up as part of a 35-man preliminary squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Argentina and Bolivia. However, CONMEBOL suspended those matches the next day amid concern over the COVID-19 pandemic. He made his senior international debut on 3 June in a World Cup qualifier against Paraguay as a 66th-minute substitute for Jonathan Rodríguez as Uruguay drew 0–0. He made his first start five days later in another goalless qualifying draw against Venezuela. In June, Torres was also named to the squad for the 2021 Copa América and appeared in all five games as a substitute. Uruguay were eliminated at the quarter-final stage on penalties by Colombia. In November 2022, Torres was named to the final 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He was an unused substitute for all three games as Uruguay was eliminated at the group stage. On 20 June 2023, Torres scored his first international goal in a 2–0 friendly victory over Cuba. On 4 September,…

Club

As of match played 9 September 2026

International

As of match played 18 November 2025

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Torres goal.

Torres was born on 13 April 2000, in the Colón Centro y Noroeste neighborhood of Montevideo, but grew up in La Paz, Canelones. At the age of four, Torres attended his first football training session with his cousin Joaquín at Juventud River de La Paz but showed little interest and instead sat in the middle of the field and played with dirt. His father later took him to La Paz Wanderers where he enjoyed playing with friends before spending a year with Defensor Sporting. At the age of 10 he was selected to play in the National Championship final to represent the regional southern league in Melo where he was scouted by Peñarol and invited to join their academy. With Peñarol, Torres traveled to Brazil to play in the Encontro de Futebol Infantil Pan-americano, a friendly international competition for academy teams. Despite being two years younger than his teammates such as Federico Valverde, Diego Rossi and Santiago Bueno, Torres was a standout player at the tournament. Coached by Robert Lima, Torres continued to be fast-tracked through the age groups and in 2014, helped Peñarol to an under-15 national title. In February 2016, Torres was invited to train with the professional senior team for the first time, at the age of 15. That same year, Italian Serie A club Juventus made an attempt to sign Torres via his agent Daniel Fonseca. Torres' father opposed the move, thinking he was too young and describing it as "via the back door," parting ways with Fonseca as a result with Torres…