Nelson Torres
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nelson Rubén Torres Flores | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Juventud Atacama | |||
| 1961–1962 | Green Cross | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962 | Green Cross | 2 | (0) |
| 1962–1972 | Palestino | 197 | (24) |
| 1964 | → Green Cross (loan) | 33 | (4) |
| 1972–1973 | Toluca | ||
| 1974 | Unión Española | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1966–1968 | Chile | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nelson Rubén Torres Flores (born 19 June 1944) is a Chilean former football player and manager who played as a winger for clubs in Chile and Mexico.
Torres came to the Green Cross youth system after a trial in front of the coach Dante Pesce in 1961.[1] After joining the team, he won the 1962 national youth championship alongside players such as Leopoldo Vallejos, Juan Rodríguez Vega, Juan Carlos Gangas, among others.[2]
He signed his first professional contract the same year and made his professional debut in a match against Universidad de Chile, facing his cousin Alfonso Sepúlveda, who helped him inside the field.[vague][1]
After making two appearances for Green Cross in 1962,[3] he switched to Palestino the same year.[4] He stayed with them until 1971[5][6][7] with a season on loan to Green Cross in 1964.[8][9]
After Palestino was relegated to the 1971 Segunda División de Chile,[10] he moved to Mexico in the middle of 1971 and signed with Toluca,[citation needed] where he coincided with his teammate in Palestino, Carlos Valenzuela.[11][12][13]
Back in Chile, he joined Unión Española in 1974.[14]
International career
As a youth player, he was a member of a preliminary squad for the preparations of the 1964 South American U20 Championship.[15]
At senior level, he made four appearances for the Chile national team between 1966 and 1968.[16]