Sergio Torres

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Sergio Torres
Personal information
Full name Sergio Raul Torres
Date of birth July 11, 1983 (1983-07-11) (age 24)
Place of birth    Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Wycombe Wanderers
Number 22
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002-2004
2004
2004-2005
2005-		 Banfield de Mar del Plata
Molesey
Basingstoke Town
Wycombe Wanderers

69 (10)
86 0(6)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 31 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Sergio Raúl Torres (born July 11, 1983 in Mar Del Plata) is an Argentine professional footballer, currently playing for Wycombe Wanderers in the English League Two. He holds an Italian passport, since his grandmother was Italian.[1]

He began his career at Argentine minnows Banfield de Mar del Plata, but after 2 seasons he decided to leave the club in order to become a professional footballer in England. He funded his own trip to England in 2004 with the aim of impressing Brighton and Hove Albion during a two week trial.[1] Although Albion showed no more interest, he signed for non-league Molesey before moving on to Basingstoke Town later that year.[1] While at Basingstoke, Torres worked at Boots, stacking shelves in order to earn a living, and cycled to work.[1][2]

In July 2005 Basingstoke Town played a pre-season friendly match against Wycombe Wanderers, during which Sergio impressed then manager John Gorman and was offered a two-year contract.[1]

Sergio made his debut for Wycombe Wanderers a few weeks into the 2005/2006 season and scored his first goal for the club in the 2-0 victory over Notts County in January 2006. However since then he has only been able to make 49 first team appearances due to injuries. This meant he missed all but two matches in Wycombe's run to the Carling Cup semi final.

Torres, who has now signed a contract lasting until 2010 at Adams Park, was voted the 76th best player outside the Premier League by FourFourTwo magazine.[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Barney Ronay. "The Buckinghamshire Maradona in a league of his own", The Guardian, 1 February 2008. 
  2. ^ Dave Peters. "'I just had an aeroplane ticket and a lot of hope'", Bucks Free Press, 25 January 2008. 

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