Facundo Torres – Skills and Goals – Highlights
Facundo Daniel Torres Pérez (born 13 April 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Orlando City and the Uruguay national team.
Torres has previously played for Peñarol where he won 2021 Uruguayan Primera División title.
Torres was named in a senior matchday squad for the first time on 7 June 2018, as an unused substitute against Defensor Sporting. Moving between the first team and reserves under both Leonardo Ramos and Diego López without ever debuting, Torres was handed his senior debut by Diego Forlán on 16 August 2020 in a 2–0 Primera División win against Boston River. He came on as a 46th minute substitute for Matías de los Santos and scored his team’s opening goal five minutes later. He made his continental debut in the delayed 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage, starting all four of the remaining games and scoring once in a 3–0 victory over Chilean side Colo-Colo. In his debut season, Torres made 38 appearances including 34 starts in all competitions and scored six goals.
In 2021, Torres was part of the squad that won the 2021 Uruguayan Primera División title. He made 19 appearances, scoring five goals during the league campaign. In his final competitive appearance for the club, Torres scored the equalizer in the Championship playoff as Peñarol drew 1–1 with Apertura winners Plaza Colonia, clinching the title with a penalty shoot-out victory. He also scored four goals during Peñarol’s run to the 2021 Copa Sudamericana semi-finals before being eliminated by eventual winners Athletico Paranaense.
Orlando City
On 24 January 2022, Torres signed for Orlando City of Major League Soccer on a four-year Young Designated Player contract with the option for a fifth. He joined for a reported club record $9 million fee.
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