Gerardo Torrado

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Gerardo Torrado
Personal information
Full name Gerardo Torrado Diez de Bonilla
Date of birth April 30, 1979 (1979-04-30) (age 29)
Place of birth    Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Central Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club Cruz Azul
Number 6
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2004
2004-2005
2005-		 UNAM Pumas
CD Tenerife
Poli Ejido
Sevilla
Racing Santander
Cruz Azul		 44 (1)
45 (2)
22 (0)
83 (5)
29 (2)
93 (6)   
National team2
1999-present Mexico 80 (4)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of October 23, 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of October 23, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gerardo Torrado Diez de Bonilla (born April 30, 1979 in Mexico City) is an international Mexican football player, currently playing as a defensive midfielder for Cruz Azul in the Primera División de México.

[edit] Biography

Playing mostly as a defensive midfielder, Torrado is known for his hard tackling and solid defensive abilities. He made his professional debut in the Primera División de México on September, 1997, playing for UNAM Pumas against UANL Tigres, winning 4-2 against their opponent.

Torrado is one of only a handful of Mexican players to play a number of years outside of Mexico, playing for six years in various teams in the Spanish La Liga. He is an important part of the Mexican national team and has amassed 70 caps for his country. Torrado has represented Mexico in both youth and senior level. He was part of the Mexican youth team, that played in the FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in 1999, held in Nigeria, where his side reached the quarter-finals. Since then, he has been a regular starter for the senior Mexican national team and has played in the FIFA Confederations Cup both in 1999, 2005 and the FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan in 2002, where he scored the winning goal in their 2-1 victory over Ecuador.

Torrado was selected by national team coach Ricardo Lavolpe to be part of the 23 man Mexican squad which played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Torrado played in all of Mexico's matches in the World Cup. He was part of the starting line-up that beat Brazil 2-0 in the 2007 Copa America.

[edit] References

  1. ^ FootbalDatabase.com

[edit] External links


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Mexico squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Pérez • 2 de Anda • 3 García • 4 Márquez • 5 Vidrio • 6 Torrado • 7 Morales • 8 García Aspe • 9 Borgetti • 10 Blanco • 11 Luna • 12 Sánchez • 13 Mercado • 14 Villa • 15 Hernández • 16 Carmona • 17 Palencia • 18 J. Rodríguez • 19 Caballero • 20 Brown • 21 Arellano • 22 A. Rodríguez • 23 Campos • Coach: Aguirre
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Mexico squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Sánchez • 2 Suárez • 3 Salcido • 4 Márquez • 5 Osorio • 6 Torrado • 7 Zinha • 8 Pardo • 9 Borgetti • 10 Franco • 11 Morales • 12 Corona • 13 Ochoa • 14 Pineda • 15 Castro • 16 Méndez • 17 Fonseca • 18 Guardado • 19 Bravo • 20 García • 21 Arellano • 22 Rodríguez • 23 Pérez • Coach: Lavolpe
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Mexico squad - Copa América 2007 Third Place
1 Sánchez • 2 Magallón • 3 Pinto • 4 Márquez • 5 I. Castro • 6 Torrado • 7 Medina • 8 Correa • 9 Landín • 10 Blanco • 11 Morales • 12 Cacho • 13 Ochoa • 14 Pineda • 15 J. Castro • 16 Lozano • 17 Bautista • 18 Guardado • 19 Bravo • 20 Arce • 21 Castillo • 22 Rodríguez • Coach: Sánchez
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Cruz Azul – current squad

1 Gutiérrez • 2 A. Rodríguez • 3 Huiqui • 4 Domínguez • 6 Torrado • 7 Riveros • 8 Bonet • 9 Zeballos • 10 Andrade • 11 Sabah • 12 Valdivia • 13 Lozano • 14 Beltrán • 15 Vigneri • 16 Chávez • 17 Juárez • 18 Villaluz • 20 Lopez • 21 Caniza • 22 Cortés • 23 Lugo • 26 Velasco • 27 Castro • 28 Gutiérrez • 29 Galván • 30 Márquez • 31 Ceja • Manager: Markarián


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