Alfredo Torres

Alfredo Torres
Personal information
Full name	Juan Alfredo Torres González
Date of birth	31 May 1935
Place of birth	Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Date of death	10 November 2022 (aged 87)
Place of death	Guadalajara
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Imperio
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951–1970	Atlas
International career
1953–1954	Mexico
Managerial career
1971–1972	Atlas
1976–1977	Atlas
1978–1980	Atlas
1984–1985	Atlas
1986	Atlas
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Alfredo Torres González (31 May 1935 – 10 November 2022)^[1] was a Mexican footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Mexico national team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.^[2]

Career

Torres began playing youth football with local side Club Imperio. He joined Club Atlas at age 16, and would spend nearly twenty years playing for the club.^[3] He also participated in the first match held at Estadio Jalisco on 31 January 1960.^[4]^[5]

After he retired from playing football in 1970, Torres became a manager. He led Atlas on several occasions, helping the club gain promotion to the Primera in the 1971–72 and 1978–79 seasons.^[6]

References

^ "Quién era el Pistache Torres, leyenda del Atlas que se negó a morir hasta verlo campeón" (in Spanish). Infobae. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^ 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland Archived 18 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Esquivel, Rigoberto J. (15 April 2010). "Un 'Pistache' rojinegro, pero cerca de ser Chiva" ['Pistachio' was a red-and-black, but almost was a Chiva] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo.
^ "El Jalisco cumple 50 años" [The Jalisco turns 50] (in Spanish). El Informador. 29 January 2010. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
^ García, Jaime (1 February 2010). "Alfredo "Pistache" Torres abrió la gloria en el Estadio Jalisco" [Alfredo "Pistachio" Torres opened the glory at the Jalisco Stadium] (in Spanish). El Occidental.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Rosas, Sergio Luis (13 April 2011). "Recuerdos del Ayer" [Memories of yesterday] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón.