Fact File...
Full Name - Fernando José Torres Sanz
Date of Birth - 20th March 1984 (Age 28)
Place of Birth - Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
Height - 1.83m (6ft.0in)
Playing Position - Striker
Weight - 78kg
Spouse - Olalla Dominguez Liste
Salary - £9.1 million
Children - Nora Torres, Leo Torres
Siblings - Israel Torres, Maria Paz Torres
Date of Birth - 20th March 1984 (Age 28)
Place of Birth - Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
Height - 1.83m (6ft.0in)
Playing Position - Striker
Weight - 78kg
Spouse - Olalla Dominguez Liste
Salary - £9.1 million
Children - Nora Torres, Leo Torres
Siblings - Israel Torres, Maria Paz Torres
Young Career...
Born in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Torres became interested in football as a child and joined his first team,
Parque 84, at the age of five. His father José Torres worked during Torres' childhood, and his mother Flori Sanz
traveled daily with him to training sessions. His grandfather was not a passionate football fan,
but took pride in being an Atlético Madrid supporter, and Torres inherited his love for the club.
Torres started playing football as a goalkeeper, the position his brother played in. When
he was seven years old, however, he started playing regularly as a striker in an indoor league for the neighborhood
club, Mario's Holland, using the characters from the anime Captain Tsubasa as inspiration. Three years later, aged 10, he progressed to an 11-side team, Rayo 13. He scored 55 goals in a season and was one of three Rayo 13 players to earn a trial
with Atlético.He impressed the scouts and joined the club's youth system at the age of 11 in 1995.
Parque 84, at the age of five. His father José Torres worked during Torres' childhood, and his mother Flori Sanz
traveled daily with him to training sessions. His grandfather was not a passionate football fan,
but took pride in being an Atlético Madrid supporter, and Torres inherited his love for the club.
Torres started playing football as a goalkeeper, the position his brother played in. When
he was seven years old, however, he started playing regularly as a striker in an indoor league for the neighborhood
club, Mario's Holland, using the characters from the anime Captain Tsubasa as inspiration. Three years later, aged 10, he progressed to an 11-side team, Rayo 13. He scored 55 goals in a season and was one of three Rayo 13 players to earn a trial
with Atlético.He impressed the scouts and joined the club's youth system at the age of 11 in 1995.
Personal Life...
Torres' parents are José and Flori, and he has two older siblings, Israel (born 1977) and Maria Paz (born 1976).He married Olalla Domínguez Liste, with whom he had been in a relationship since
2001, on 27 May 2009 in a private ceremony with just two guests at the local
town hall in El Escorial, Madrid. They had been an item for eight years and are thought to have met in the Galician seaside town of Estorde, where Torres would go on family holidays
each year to escape the Spanish capital. The couple have two children, a daughter, Nora, born on 8 July 2009 at the Hospital
La Rosaleda, in Santiago de Compostela, and a son, Leo, born on 6 December 2010 at Liverpool Women's Hospital, with Torres missing the fixture against Aston Villa at Anfield.
In 2009, it was reported that Torres has a personal fortune of £14 million. He features in the video for "Ya Nada Volverá A Ser Como Antes" by Spanish pop rock group El Canto del Loco, whose singer, Dani Martín, shares a strong friendship with the footballer. He makes a cameo appearance in the 2005 comedy film Torrente 3: El protector. In 2009, he released an autobiography entitled Torres: El Niño: My
Story.
2001, on 27 May 2009 in a private ceremony with just two guests at the local
town hall in El Escorial, Madrid. They had been an item for eight years and are thought to have met in the Galician seaside town of Estorde, where Torres would go on family holidays
each year to escape the Spanish capital. The couple have two children, a daughter, Nora, born on 8 July 2009 at the Hospital
La Rosaleda, in Santiago de Compostela, and a son, Leo, born on 6 December 2010 at Liverpool Women's Hospital, with Torres missing the fixture against Aston Villa at Anfield.
In 2009, it was reported that Torres has a personal fortune of £14 million. He features in the video for "Ya Nada Volverá A Ser Como Antes" by Spanish pop rock group El Canto del Loco, whose singer, Dani Martín, shares a strong friendship with the footballer. He makes a cameo appearance in the 2005 comedy film Torrente 3: El protector. In 2009, he released an autobiography entitled Torres: El Niño: My
Story.