Macnelly Torress

Early career

Torres joined Atlético Junior's youth system at age 10 until he made his debut as a professional in 2002. In the 2004 season Junior won the Finalización Tournament, which was his first professional title in his career. Macnelly was part of a "golden generation" for Junior, also including players like Martín Arzuaga and Omar Sebastián Pérez. In 2005, he moved to Cúcuta Deportivo. He played a key role in the 2006 Finalización, helping the club secure its first-ever title and scoring in the second leg of the finals against Deportes Tolima. He also participated in the 2007 Copa Libertadores, where he scored a goal against Uruguay's Nacional to help Cúcuta qualify for the semifinals, which they lost to the eventual champions Boca Juniors.

Colo-Colo

In June 2008, Torres officially joined Chilean powerhouse Colo-Colo for a fee of $2,200,000, becoming the club's most expensive signing at the time. He arrived as a replacement for his compatriot Giovanni Hernández, who signed for Junior. In November 2008, it was reported that Atletico Nacional were going to offer $3,000,000 for him, but Colo-Colo said he was not up for sale and offered a minimum of $4,500,000 for the player, more than double what he was bought for. Torres won two league titles with the club: the 2008 Clausura and the 2009 Clausura, notably scoring twice in a match against La Serena in route to the 2009 title. On 3 March 2009, Torres had a great performance in a 3–1 victory against…

Torres was part of the Colombia U-20 squad that reached the semi-finals of the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He played 5 games. Torres made his international debut in a friendly against Guatemala on 17 June 2005. He was part of the Colombia squad at the 2005 Gold Cup.Torres also played in all of Colombia's group games at the 2007 Copa America. His decision to make the move to Saudi Arabia was publicly criticized by former Colombian midfielder Carlos Valderrama, as it was considered to be the reason why he wasn't selected for the 2014 World Cup squad. Despite not being selected, he was still called up to dispute the 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against Ecuador and Uruguay in September, as well as Colombia's last two matches against Chile and Paraguay, all while playing for Al-Shabab.

Club

International

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

Torres' first name, Macnelly, was given to him by his father after a baseball star he admired.