Rainer Torres

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Rainer Torres
Personal information

Full name	Rainer Torres Salas
Date of birth	(1980-01-12) January 12, 1980
Place of birth	Callao, Peru
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Central Midfielder Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Universitario de Deportes
Number	6
Youth career
1988–1990	Academia Cantolao
1991–1993	Sport Boys
1993–1999	MSV Duisburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1999–2001	MSV Duisburg	5	(0)
2002	DSV Leoben	26	(2)
2003	Universitario de Deportes	7	(0)
2004–2007	Sporting Cristal	120	(3)
2008–	Universitario de Deportes	184	(10)
National team
2005–	Peru	23	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Rainer Torres (born 12 January 1980) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Universitario de Deportes in the Torneo Descentralizado.

Playing style

Torres can operate as a defensive midfielder or higher up in the field as a central midfielder. His quickness along with his great defensive abilities make of him a player with sagacious attacking movements. Torres is an expert in slipping between what he calls the "cracks of the adversaries's defensive lines" to create scoring opportunities for himself and his teammates.

Career

Rainer Torres began in Academia Cantolao and Sport Boys. He then moved to Europe to play for the German club MSV Duisburg and Austrian club DSV Leoben. He then returned to Peru to play for Universitario. However, problems between Torres and the directors of the club caused him to sign with Sporting Cristal where he would play for four seasons and win one national championship. He returned to Universitario in 2008 but was unable to play in the first 7 games of the season because of an injury in the preseason.

Torres has made 19 appearances for the Peru national football team.^[1]

Honors

Club

Sporting Cristal

Torneo Descentralizado (1): 2005

Universitario de Deportes

Torneo Descentralizado (2): 2009, 2013

References

↑ Pierrend, José Luis (2009-05-28). "Peru - Record International Players". RSSSF.

External links

Official website
Rainer Torres at National-Football-Teams.com
Rainer Torres at footballdatabase.eu
Rainer Torres at transfermarkt

v t e Universitario de Deportes – current squad

1 Cáceda 2 Galliquio (c) 3 Schuler 4 Alloco 5 A. Gonzáles 6 R. Torres 7 M. Torres 8 C. Gonzáles 10 Gómez 11 Olascuaga 12 Llontop 14 Duarte 15 Vargas 16 Siucho 17 Fernández 18 Ximénez 19 Chávez 20 López 21 Carvallo 22 Balbi 23 La Rosa 24 Saco Vértiz 25 Romero 26 Guarderas 27 Chirinos 28 Guastavino 30 Ruidíaz 31 Dávila Manager: Comizzo

Persondata
Name	Torres, Rainer
Alternative names
Short description	Peruvian footballer
Date of birth	January 12, 1980
Place of birth	Callao, Peru
Date of death
Place of death

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