In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Torres.

Manuel Sánchez Torres (born 1 January 1960) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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

Career

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

On 17 September 1978, aged 18, Torres made his league debut for Twente, in a home game 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 side finished in 11th position and reached the final of the Dutch Cup, lost to league champions AFC Ajax.[1]

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.[1]

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 Alfredo Di Stéfano, he failed to reproduce his previous form, scoring only once and also suffering La Liga relegation in his first season.[2]

After leaving Valencia, Sánchez Torres returned to the Netherlands and joined Roda JC in the top division, but appeared sparingly for that and his following teams, NEC Nijmegen and Heracles Almelo (no games whatsoever for the latter), due to injury, retiring from football in 1993 at age 33.[1]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Twente 1978–79[3] Eredivisie 23 3
1979–80[3] Eredivisie 5 0
1980–81[3] Eredivisie 32 10
1981–82[3] Eredivisie 33 15
1982–83[3] Eredivisie 21 3
1983–84[3] Eerste Divisie 26 11
1984–85[3] Eredivisie 33 10
Total 173 52
Valencia 1985–86[4] La Liga 20 1
1986–87[4] Segunda División 15 0
Total 35 1
Roda 1987–88[4] Eredivisie 26 4
1988–89[3] Eredivisie 18 2
1989–90[3] Eredivisie 2 0
Total 46 6
NEC 1989–90[3] Eredivisie 2 0
1990–91[4] Eredivisie 24 7
Total 26 7
Heracles 1992–93[4] Eredivisie 0 0
Career total 280 66

References

  1. ^ a b c "Manuel Sánchez Torres (1960)" (in Dutch). Kent u deze nog?. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Historia" [History] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Sánchez Torres » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e Manuel Sánchez Torres at BDFutbol
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_S%C3%A1nchez_Torres
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