A look at the Top facts about Ferran Torres, including his childhood, love life, career and his most interesting quotes.
Until a couple of years ago few football fans have heard anything about Manchester City's new signing, Ferran Torres. Of course he was a well-known youngster in his boyhood club, Valencia. Yet his rise to fame and fortune in the past months has been incredibly fast.
The year 2020 might have been stressful for many of us, but for Ferran Torres it has been filled with happy surprises. Torres completed his move to
Manchester Cityin the summer of 2020 and also debuted for Spain national team.
His form also has been on an incredible rise as he has scored important goals for both his club and country. Torres's best moment in 2020 so far came in the 6-0 hammering of
Germanyat UEFA Europa League as he bagged his first career hat-trick.
Torres's new club, Manchester City has started the 2020-21 Premier League season in an erratic fashion, with two draws and a heavy loss to Leicester City. But with Torres on the form his life, His coaches at club and country, Guardiola and Luis Enrique hope their teams can reach higher level in the remainder of the season.
For now let's have a look at the
top facts about Ferran Torres
, Spain's new goal machine.
In the following article we will take a look at the Top facts about Ferran Torres, Spain's new goal machine. First we present you with some of the general information.
Full Name
: Ferran Torres Garcia
Date and Place of Birth
: 29 February 2000/ Foios, Spain
Height & Weight:
1.84 m / 78 kg
Family Members
: Arantxa (sisters)
Marital Status
: Single
Wife/Girlfriend
: Not Known
Children
: None
Current team:
Manchester City
Jersey Number:
21 at Manchester City and 18 at Spain National team
Zodiac Sign
: Pisces
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Top facts about Thiago AlcantaraFirst part our article on
top facts about Ferran Torres
is about his birthday. Ferran Torres Birthday is at 29th of February. One very cool fact about Ferran Torres Birthday is that he can only celebrate the exact time of his birth every four years, since he was born on a leap year.
Ferran Torres nationality
is Spanish. He was born in Foios, Spain.
Ferran Torres zodiac sign is Pisces. He shares his birthday with many great stars from football and other fields. Some of the most famous figures born on 29th of February are:
Footballers
: Benedikt Howedes and Saphir Taider/
Actors and Actresses
: Dennis Farina/ Musicians: Ja Rule
At this part we will look at the facts about
Ferran Torres Childhood
story and the family and the background he grew up in. Ferran Torres was born into a football-loving family. His parents were diehard Valencia fans even before Ferran was born.
From Early age Ferran used to go to Mestalla to watch Valencia games. One the best memories of his childhood was seeing
ValenciaCopa del Rey triumph in 2008 from the stands.
Considering his parent's passion for Valencia football club, it was no surprise that Torres grew up as a Valencia fan. When he turned 6 his parents enrolled him in Valencia youth academy, where he played until he was called up to the senior side in his teenage years.
Ferran is second of his parent's three children. He has an older sister with whom he has a very close relationship. Her sister, Arantxa has played a key role in Ferran's life and the two share many pictures of themselves in their social media accounts. Ferran also has a younger brother whose name is not known.
Ferran Torres amateur career went smoothly as he rose through the Valencia academy ranks with ease. He was the captain of the club's U-12 side and his leadership abilities amazed his coaches at the academy. He was always more mature than his age, a characteristic which helped him a lot when he was invited to train with the senior side at the age of 16.
Surprisingly, there is no information available about Ferran Torres girlfriend, which is very surprising considering his good looks and his fame and fortune. We are sure that a youngster like Ferran has a girlfriend but for whatever reason he has, He prefers to maintain a low profile regarding his personal life.
However it seems very unlikely that he keeps his personal life private in the following months. Any new information about
Ferran Torres girlfriend
will be published here at SportMob.
Ferran Torres is known for his incredible pace, amazing creativity and technique. His close control at speed enables him to take on opponents and overload the flanks. Among his other abilities are his height, athleticism, and heading ability which has made him strong in aerial duels.
Professsionally, Ferran Torres career started in 2018 when he made his debut for Valencia senior side in a 4–1 Copa del Rey home win against
Real Zaragoza. Torres made his La Liga debut in December of 2018 in a 1–2 loss at Eibar. By playing in that game he became the first player born in the 2000s to play in a La Liga match. Later that month, his goal against RC Celta makes him the second 2000-born player to score in the competition after Real Madrid's Brazilian winger, Vinicius Jr.
Toress's record breaking season continued and in November, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal, in a 4–1 home win against Lille. With the goal he became Valencia's youngest goalscorer in the UCL history, as well as the first player of Spain's teams born in 2000 to score in Champions League.
Later in November Torres played his 50th game in La Liga for Valencia, becoming the youngest Valencia player to play 50 league games, breaking Miguel Tendillo's 40-years lasting record. at the time he was at the age of 19 years and 324 days.
Torres's best moment with his beloved team came at the end of the 2018-19 season, when Valencia won the 2018-19 Copa del Rey after beating
Barcelona2-1 in the final.
Torres's incredible form attracted the attention of many European giants and he finally decided to leave his boyhood club to join Manchester City on a 5-year contract. In total Torres played 97 games for Valencia and scored 9 goals.
Torres made his debut in City's first game of the season, coming on as a substitute and winning 3–1 against Wolves away from home in the
Premier League. On the last day of summer of 2020, Torres scored his first goal for Manchester City, in a 0–3 win against Burnley in the League Cup.
Torres has been amazing for Manchester City in the new season of Champions League. He scored in his first three European games for his club and became the youngest Spanish player ever to score in three consecutive UCL games, at 20 years and 241 days old.
On the international level, Torres played for Spain's youth teams. Winning the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in 2017 and the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2019, where he scored a brace in the final against
Portugal.
Torres made his Spain's senior side debut in September 2020 against Germany. Three days later he scored his first goal for Spain in the game against Ukraine. His best game, however was against Germany in the UEFA Europa League in which he scored a hat-trick as Spain humiliated Germany 6-1.
As a 20 years Old Versatile winger,
Ferran Torres net worth
is estimated to be somewhere between 2 to 5 million Dollars in 2020, including all of his properties and earnings. Ferran Torres market value is at 45 million Euros. He is ranked number 11 among Manchester City players.
Ferran Torres salary
in 2020 is reportedly 4 million Euros annually.
According to
Ferran TorresTransfermarket stats, he has played a total of 119 games for 2 clubs (Valencia and Manchester City). He has scored 14 goals and has provided 19 assists for his team mates.
Ferran Torres Transfermarket stats shows why he is considered among the best wingers in the world. He is often praised for his versatility as he can play at either sides of the pitch. During his career, he has played 96 games as a left winger, 12 games as a right winger and 6 games as a center forward.
On the international level Ferran Torres Transfermarket stats shows that he has scored 4 goal in his 7 games for Spain. He was also a member of Spain U17, U19 and U21 youth teams.
Ferran Torres religion is Christianity. He is a Catholic by birth. He comes from a very religious family and has posted many photos of himself at the Church, like the one he was carrying a tree for Virgin Mary status.
The most interesting facts about
Ferran Torres tattoos
is that he has a tattoo of an anchor on his feet. More interesting is that his sister with whom he shares a very close relationship has the same tattoo on her feet.
In case of
Ferran Torres instagram
account, you need to know that he is active in social media.
Ferran Torres Instagram accounthas around 400k followers, but considering his move to Manchester City and his amazing goal scoring streak for his club and country, we expect his followers to increase rapidly very soon.
His childhood idol is David Villa, although he had the name of La Liga ambassador Gaizka Mendieta on his first Valencia shirt.
Ferran Torres is a big Harry Potter fan. He once shared a post of himself dressed up as a wizard for Halloween. He also visited a Harry Potter when he was at Valencia.
Like many of his fellow footballers, Ferran Torres is obsessed with playing the FIFA game. Ferran Torres rating in FIFA 21 is 80 (his overall rating) with a potential of 88.
Ferran Torres Height is 1.84 meters. Ferran Torres weight is 76 kg.
Ferran Torres position
is left winger but he can also play as a right winger. Ferran Torres age is 20.
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top facts about Ferran Torres
is a look back at his most interesting and controversial quotes about himself and other players.
On working with Pep Guardiola:
“He has played a key role in my decision to join Manchester City. He's one of the best managers in the world, if not the best. He knows how to get the best out of every player, and I thought this club is a great step up in my career to keep growing as a player and as a person.” (From Torres interview with The National)
On his amazing hat-trick against Germany:
"Every player dreams of scoring hat-tricks and being able to do so against a national team like Germany makes me very happy,"
I think we have a fantastic team beyond Messi. A team that can compete against any opponent and do big things in the Champions League. On the possible Messi signing, it's not up to me to say anything on that. (From Torres interview with Sport.es)
On his idol, David Silva:
“It's very special for me. David came from Valencia as well, like me. As a kid, I always looked up to him when he was playing at Valencia. He is an outstanding player.
“He moved here 10 years ago and he made history in this club. When I was told that I could pick the number 21, I didn't think twice about it. For me, he has always been an inspiration.” (From Torres interview with The National)
We round up our article on the top facts about Ferran Torres with a list of his most notable achievements at club and international level.
With Valencia:
Copa del Rey (2018–19), Valencia's youngest-ever
Champions Leaguescorer, first evert player born in the 2000s to play in Spain's top flight, Second player born in the new millennium to score in La Liga.
With Spain National team:
UEFA European Under-17 Championship (2017), UEFA European Under-19 Championship (2019), UEFA Europa League Semi-Final (2020)
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