Curro Torres
Spanish footballer and manager (born 1976) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cristóbal Emilio "Curro" Torres Ruiz (born 27 December 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of Estonian club FCI Levadia Tallinn.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cristóbal Emilio Torres Ruiz | ||
Date of birth | (1976-12-27) 27 December 1976 (age 47) | ||
Place of birth | Ahlen, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Levadia (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Damm | |||
Gramenet | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Gramenet | 53 | (5) |
1997–1999 | Valencia B | 62 | (10) |
1999–2009 | Valencia | 117 | (1) |
1999–2000 | → Recreativo (loan) | 37 | (1) |
2000–2001 | → Tenerife (loan) | 39 | (2) |
2007–2008 | → Murcia (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Gimnàstic | 0 | (0) |
Total | 310 | (19) | |
International career | |||
2001–2002 | Spain | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2014–2017 | Valencia B | ||
2017 | Lorca | ||
2018 | Istra 1961 | ||
2018–2019 | Córdoba | ||
2019–2020 | Lugo | ||
2021–2022 | Cultural Leonesa | ||
2022– | Levadia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
In his professional career, whose later years were blighted by several injuries, he represented mainly Valencia, helping the team to two La Liga championships (playing 119 matches at that level over eight seasons and scoring once) and the 2004 UEFA Cup. He appeared for Spain at the 2002 World Cup.
Torres started working as a manager in 2014, spending three years at Valencia B. He also led three teams in the Segunda División and worked in the top leagues of Croatia and Estonia.