Antoni Torres

Antoni Torres

Personal information
Full name	Antoni Torres García
Date of birth	(1943-06-29)29 June 1943
Place of birth	Balaguer, Spain
Date of death	24 February 2003(2003-02-24) (aged 59)
Place of death	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Balaguer
	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1965	Hércules	50	(1)
1965–1976	Barcelona	270	(2)
International career
1963–1964	Spain amateur	8	(0)
1968–1969	Spain	5	(0)
Managerial career
1978–1979	Barcelona B
1980	Barcelona B
1980–1983	Barcelona B
1983–1985	Castellón
1985	Hércules
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antoni Torres García (29 June 1943 – 24 February 2003) was a Spanish footballer. He was active during the 1960s and 1970s, and was officially recognized as a legendary player for FC Barcelona. He was born on 29 July 1943 in Balaguer, Lerida, Spain. He died of cancer in Barcelona on 26 February 2003, at the age of 59.

FC Barcelona

Born in Balaguer, Lleida, Catalonia, Torres spent most of his career at FC Barcelona, playing 479 games as a starter between 1965 and 1976. He mainly played as a traditional defender or a libero. He scored 5 goals for Barcelona and is the player with eleventh most competitive matches in the club's history.

Before signing for Barcelona, Torres played for Hercules de Alicante, where he established himself as a central defender. In the 1964–65 season he received the award for the best footballer of the Spanish League. After three years at Barcelona he found his way in to the national team, and earned five caps with le selecíon between 1968 and 1969.

He retired at end of the 1975–1976 season. On 1 September 1976, he received a tribute organized by FC Barcelona, along with his teammates Joaquim Rifé, and Salvador Sadurní.

After retiring, he took the up coaching. In 1984, he founded a football youth school in Barcelona, TARR Escuela, which is named after the initials of its four founders, all former players of Barcelona: Torres, Asensi, Rexach and Rifé.

Honours

• 1 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1965–1966.
• 2 Copa del Rey: 1967–1968, 1970–1971
• 1 Liga: 1973–1974

External links

• Antoni Torres at BDFutbol
• Antoni Torres manager profile at BDFutbol
• "National team data". futbol.sportec.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
• Antoni Torres at National-Football-Teams.com