FERNANDO TORRES

Name: Fernando Torres
Nationality: Spain
Date of Birth: 20/03/1984
Height: 6 '0 "(183cm)
Weight: 11 pounds 0 (70.0kg)
SebelumnyaKlub: Liverpool, Atletico madr
Position: Striker
CHELSEA CAREER

On moving to Stamford Bridge, Fernando Torres became the first striker to wear the number 9 shirt since Hernan Crespo in the 2005/06 season, but it took 14 games before he found the net, attempts happily accepted in the field soggy Stamford Bridge against West Ham.He remains the only goal for the Blues that season but with a rare summer following the healing, high hopes that 2011/12 will see the Fernando Torres Chelsea were tortured so much when she's wearing a red shirt.Form the new campaign has been pushed, the display opening day at Stoke just lacked the goal, which came at Old Trafford in a 3-1 defeat against Manchester United, but the afternoon will be remembered not for the movie instinctive David De Gea's head but missed an open goal that followed in the closing stages.The Spaniard bounced back quickly to open the scoring against Swansea with a smart touch and finish though, and each Fernando game looks more and more dangerous.

PRE-CHELSEA

Aged 26 at the time of his move from Liverpool, he has netted 65 goals in 102 league appearances for the Reds and 81 in 142 games in all competitions.He first moved to the Premier League aged 23 having spent the previous 12 years at Atletico Madrid, the club based a few miles from his hometown on the outskirts of the capital.In his time at Atletico, 'El Nino' ​​(The Kid - his nickname in Spanish) is the club's youngest player and youngest captain. Debut came aged 17 and he took the ban two years later.The first full season there was quieter with just six goals in 36 league appearances, but it was a 13 out of 29 games next year and the 20-goal mark achieved in 2003/04, the most prolific Fernando in Spain, and in his debut for the national team.The emergence of the next player on the international stage and 75 goals in 174 Spanish top flight games meant many European clubs after his signature, and he chose to work under compatriot Rafael Benitez at Liverpool.Transfer in July 2007 for around £ 20 million, Luis Garcia in the other direction, and Fernando's first goal for the Merseysiders was against Chelsea at Anfield, opening the scoring in a 1-1 draw after getting the better of Tal Ben-Haim. This is the first of seven goals in seven games against Chelsea. This is the best return against any English club.He scored a hat-trick three on the way to 33 goals in his first season in England, becoming the first Liverpool player since a previous wearer of the number 9 shirt, Robbie Fowler, to break the 30 goals in a season.The second season returned 17 goals (injury reducing his number of appearances) as his team took second place, three points and one place above Chelsea in the league table. In the season 2009/10, despite Liverpool dropping down the table to seventh, Fernando accumulated a very healthy 22 goals in 32 games.Prior to joining the mid Blues through 2010/11, Fernando made 26 appearances for Liverpool, scoring 11 times, including two goals in Chelsea's November defeat at Anfield.International karirDia heading to the World Cup in South Africa in 2010 has a European Championship winners at senior international level.In his teenage years, Fernando has achieved top-scorer status in the country at both Under 16 and Under 19 European Championships and he scored his first goal for the senior side against Italy aged 20, seven months after his first cap.In the 2006 World Cup in Germany he scored three goals in the group stage but Spain were beaten by France in the first knockout round. But there was no stopping his nation two years later at Euro 2008, Fernando scored once on the way to the final and the only goal of the match in Vienna as Germany were defeated. It was Spain's first major piece of silverware since 1964.In South Africa, Fernando struggling for full fitness and form has undergone surgery in April. As a result, Barcelona Pedro to take place semifinal victory over Germany.Coach Vicente Del Bosque also left him out of the starting line-up for the final. Instead, he came in overtime in a 1-0 win over Holland although he tore the muscle before the end.No more automatic starter, he remains an important member of the squad for Spain, which conveniently tied their place at next summer's European Championships, to be played in Ukraine and Poland.