| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erick Estéfano Torres Padilla[1] | ||
| Date of birth | January 19, 1993 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico[1] | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Striker[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Guadalajara | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Guadalajara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010- | Guadalajara | 25 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Mexico U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011- | Mexico U20 | 7 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 April 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Erick Estéfano Torres Padilla (born January 19, 1993 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican professional association football player who currently plays for Club Deportivo Guadalajara. He is best known as "El Cubo".[2][3]
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Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Torres came into the Guadalajara first team in 2010 and was a promising young player at the club.[4][5] After being captain of the Chivas U-17 team, taking them to the championship game of the Bicentenario 2010,[6][7]He made his official debut in the Mexican Primera Division in November 2010 against CF Monterrey, where he scored 21 minutes into the second half. Chivas would go on to tie the game 1-1. He scored a brace against Pachuca, where Chivas would win the match 4-1. He scored in his first "Super Clasico" on 10 April 2011 against arch-rivals America in a shock 3-0 victory. After the Clausura 2011 season, he finished with 6 goals in 19 appearances, and the club's second top goal scorer, behind Marco Fabian.
In the 2010 Milk Cup[8] he was the starting forward on the Mexico national under-17 football team.[9][10]
It was announced that Erick Torres was included in the squad that will represent Mexico at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, he is listed as the youngest player in the team and wears the number 10.
He was also part of the preliminary list of players for the 2011 Copa América in Argentina, and also listed as the youngest player on the list at only 18 years old, but didn't make it to the final cut. However he was selected to be part of Mexico squad for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | Continental2 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Guadalajara | 2010–11[11] | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11 |
| Career total | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11 | |
Statistics correct as of matches played 9 November 2011.
He has been compared to Javier Hernández due to their similarity in their style of playing and his rapid success months after his debut, but he has mentioned that it is only the beginning of his career and he has to make his own path in football.[12] On the Chivas official website, he was described as having a good presence in the area and an outstanding shot at goal.
An article written on Goal.com described Torres as "having quick feet, good positional sense and plenty of skill. He shares one trait particularly in common with Hernandez in that he likes to move the ball quickly, playing one and two touch football and then, like Chicharito, comes alive in the penalty area." [13]
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