Pablo Torre (footballer)

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Pablo Torre
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Torre training with Barcelona in 2022
Personal information
Full name Pablo Torre Carral
Date of birth (2003-04-03) 3 April 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Soto de la Marina, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 14
Youth career
2012–2015 Marina Sport
2015–2020 Racing Santander
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 Racing B 0 (0)
2020–2022 Racing Santander 55 (14)
2022–2023 Barcelona B 3 (0)
2022– Barcelona 16 (3)
2023–2024 → Girona (loan) 26 (0)
International career‡
2020 Spain U17 1 (0)
2021–2022 Spain U19 8 (3)
2022– Spain U21 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Pablo Torre Carral (born 3 April 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona.

Contents

Club career

Racing Santander

Born in Soto de la Marina  [ es ], Cantabria, Torre joined Racing de Santander's youth setup in 2015, from CD Marina Sport. [2] On 15 April 2020, while still a youth, he signed a professional contract with the club, until June 2025. [3] [4]

Torre made his senior debut with the reserves on 19 July 2020, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Gimnástica de Torrelavega, for the year's Tercera División promotion play-offs. [5] In August, aged only 17, he was a part of the first team squad in the pre-season under manager Javi Rozada, [6] and was definitely promoted to the main squad in September. [7]

Torre made his first team debut for Racing on 18 October 2020, starting in the opening match of the 2020–21 Segunda División B, a 1–1 home draw against Club Portugalete. [6] [8] He scored his first senior goal the following 21 February, netting his team's second in a 3–1 home win over CD Laredo; [9] six days later, he scored a brace in a 4–0 away routing of Barakaldo CF. [10]

A regular starter during his first full season as a senior, Torre was assigned the number 10 jersey ahead of the 2021–22 campaign, in the new third tier called Primera División RFEF. [11] He contributed with ten goals in 32 matches (play-offs included) as Racing achieved promotion to Segunda División.

Barcelona

On 4 March 2022, FC Barcelona reached an agreement with Racing for the transfer of Torre for a fee of €5 million plus variables, [12] and he was initially assigned to the B team for the 2022–23 season. [13] [14] He signed a contract until June 2026 on 15 June. [15]

On 7 September 2022, Torre played his first Champions League match, coming on for Franck Kessié in the 81st minute, in a 5–1 win over Viktoria Plzeň in the first match of the 2022–23 season. [16] On 23 October, Torre played his first La Liga game for Barcelona at Camp Nou, coming on for Ousmane Dembélé in the 77th minute against Athletic Bilbao. [17] On 1 November, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 4–2 away win over Viktoria Plzeň in the second leg of the same season. [18]

Loan to Girona

On 18 July 2023, Torre was loaned to fellow top tier side Girona for the 2023–24 season. [19] On 12 August 2023, he made his debut for the club in a league match against Real Sociedad.

Return to Barcelona

Torre returned to Barcelona for the 2024–25 season. [1] He made an immediate impact under new head coach Hansi Flick, scoring in a 5–1 win over Villarreal on 22 September 2024 and netting a brace in a 5–1 victory against Sevilla on 20 October 2024. [20] [21]

Torre also scored one goal and provided two assists in the Copa del Rey R32 match against Barbastro on January 4, 2025. This remarkable tally brings his season total to 4 goals and 3 assists, which translates to a goal contribution per 50 minutes in just 348 minutes of playing time for the season. [22] [23]

Personal life

Torre's father Esteban was also a footballer and a midfielder. [24] He represented Racing for the most of his career.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Copa del Rey Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rayo Cantabria 2019–20 Tercera División 00——1 [a] 010
Racing Santander 2020–21 Segunda División B 24410——254
2021–22 Primera División RFEF 3110——3 [b] 03410
Total551410—305914
Barcelona Atlétic 2022–23 Primera Federación 30———30
Barcelona 2022–23 La Liga 80203 [c] 100131
2024–25 La Liga83212 [c] 000124
Total163415100255
Girona (loan) 2023–24 La Liga26031——291
Career total1001782514011620

Honours

Racing Santander

Barcelona

Notes

  1. ↑ Appearance in Tercera División play-offs
  2. ↑ Two appearances in Copa Federación, one appearance in Primera División RFEF final
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pablo TORRE". FC Barcelona. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Pablo Torre, el nuevo talento del Sardinero que golea y lidera en el centro del campo" [Pablo Torre, the new talent of Sardinero who scores and leads in the centre of the midfield] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "El juvenil Pablo Torre rubrica un contrato profesional con el Racing hasta el 30 de junio de 2025" [The juvenil Pablo Torre signs a professional contract with Racing until 30 June 2025] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "El contrato de Pablo Torre marca el camino de un nuevo Racing" [The contract of Pablo Torre mark the path of a new Racing] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "La Gimnástica se mete en la final más por oficio que por fútbol" [Gimnástica go to the final more by trade than by football] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Pablo Torre no para de crecer" [Pablo Torre does not stop growing] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Saúl se juega su continuidad ante Bilbao Athletic y Sporting B" [Saúl plays for his permanence against Bilbao Athletic and Sporting B] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Pablo Torre, la esperanza del racinguismo" [Pablo Torre, the hopes of the racinguismo] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "El Racing se da un homenaje ante un Laredo que llegó una hora tarde" [Racing give themselves an honour against a Laredo which arrived an hour late] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "El Racing tira de calidad y goléa al Barakaldo" [Racing make use of quality and thrash Barakaldo] (in Spanish). Grada 3. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "La plantilla del Racing elige sus dorsales oficiales para la temporada 2021/22" [The squad of Racing choose their official jerseys for the 2021/22 season] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Racing y Fútbol Club Barcelona acuerdan el traspaso del futbolista Pablo Torre" [Racing and Fútbol Club Barcelona agree the transfer of footballer Pablo Torre] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Agreement for Pablo Torre to join FC Barcelona B". FC Barcelona. 4 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "El Barça cierra el fichaje de Pablo Torre por 5 millones más variables" [Barça complete the signing of Pablo Torres for 5 million plus variables] (in Spanish). Marca. 5 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "Pablo Torre is officially blaugrana". FC Barcelona. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Pablo Torres thrilled with Barcelona debut; grateful to Xavi and fans". OneFootball. 8 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "Dembele masterclass! Winners, losers and ratings as Barcelona crush Athletic Club 4-0 at Camp Nou". Goal.com. 23 October 2022.
  18. ↑ "Viktoria Plzen 2-4 FC Barcelona: Winning farewell to the Champions League". FC Barcelona. 1 November 2022.
  19. ↑ "Pablo Torre loaned to Girona". FC Barcelona. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  20. ↑ "WATCH: Pablo Torre restores Barcelona's two-goal lead over Villarreal". Yahoo Sports. 22 September 2024. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  21. ↑ "Lewandowski and Torre at the double as Barcelona thrash Sevilla 5-1". Reuters. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  22. ↑ "Barbastro 0-4 FC Barcelona: Comfortably through". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  23. ↑ "Pablo Torre generates a goal every 50 minutes he is on the field". FCBN. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  24. ↑ "El padre de Pablo Torre: "Lo que marcó la diferencia fue la llamada de Xavi"" [The father of Pablo Torre: "What made the difference was the call of Xavi"] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  25. ↑ "FC Barcelona, Liga champions 2022/23!". FC Barcelona. 14 May 2023.
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