Erick Torres (footballer, born 1975)

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Erick Torres
Personal information
Full name Erick Omar Torres Arias
Date of birth (1975-05-16) May 16, 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
UCV Moquegua (manager)
Youth career
1989 Sporting Cristal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1994 Inter San Borja
1994 Unión Huaral
1995–2004 Sporting Cristal 382 (15)
2005–2006 José Gálvez 38 (5)
2007 Alianza Lima 23 (1)
2008–2010 Univ. César Vallejo 98 (5)
2011 José Gálvez 21 (2)
2012 Univ. Técnica Cajamarca 0 (0)
International career
1997–2006 Peru 11 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2017 Deportivo Hualgayoc
2017 Binacional
2017 Coronel Bolognesi
2017–2018 Deportivo Garcilaso
2019 Credicoop San Cristóbal
2019 Sport Chavelines
2020–2021 Alfonso Ugarte
2022 Las Palmas de Chota
2022 Alfonso Ugarte
2023 UTC (youth)
2023 Ecosem Pasco
2023– UCV Moquegua
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erick Omar Torres Arias (born May 16, 1975) is a retired professional Peruvian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current manager of UCV Moquegua. [1]

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Club career

Torres started his development as a footballer in the youth academy of Sport Boys [2] Then he started his senior career playing for Internazionale San Borja in the Peruvian Second Division. [2] Torres then played for Second Division side Unión Huaral and helped them achieve promotion by finishing champions of the 1994 Segunda División Peruana. [2] Then in 1995 Torres transferred to Peruvian giants Sporting Cristal. Erick made his Peruvian First Division debut on March 5, 1995 in the first round of the 1995 Descentralizado season. [2] His debut was a derby match away to rivals Universitario de Deportes, which finished in a 2–1 win for La U. Torres would score his first goal in the First Division in the following game against his previous club Unión Huaral. [2]

Torres has also played club football for José Gálvez FBC, Alianza Lima, and Universidad César Vallejo.

International career

Erick was called up by manager Freddy Ternero and played for the Peru U-23 squad in the South American Pre-Olympic Tournament in 1996. [2]

Between 1997 and 2006, Torres played 11 times for the Peruvian national team. [3]

Honours

Club

Unión Huaral
Sporting Cristal
José Gálvez FBC

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References

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