Chaco Torres
Argentine football player
Juan Manuel "Chaco" Torres (born 20 June 1985), is a retired Argentine football midfielder.
Career
Former player of Argentine clubs Racing Club and San Lorenzo de Almagro (Buenos Aires), Torres made his professional debut in 2002 in the age of 17, he went on to make over 100 appearances for each of the Argentine club.
Torres was part of the Argentina U-20 team, along with such players as Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero and Pablo Zabaleta, that won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.
In summer 2005, the management of Dynamo Kyiv attempted to buy the young and promising FIFA World Youth Champion Juan Manuel Torres Racing Club. However, the Racing Club management were not as eager to release one of their key players, although the Torres was expressing a desire for leaving. Inter alia, the parties could not agree on money issues.
On June 24, 2011, he signed a three-year contract with Metalist Kharkiv as a free agent. Both times Chaco moved to a new club, on a free transfer (as a free agent). He offered his services to Metalist Kharkiv, at the time being out of contract.
Aktobe
In January 2017, Torres signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Aktobe, leaving the club by mutual consent on 15 June 2017.
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