Paulo Torres
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Manuel Banha Torres | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Évora, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1985 | SL Évora | ||
| 1985–1989 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1995 | Sporting CP | 65 | (7) |
| 1991 | → Atlético (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| 1995–1996 | Campomaiorense | 23 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Salamanca | 29 | (1) |
| 1998 | Rayo Vallecano | 8 | (0) |
| 1999 | Chaves | 10 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Leganés | 8 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Torreense | 25 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Penafiel | 16 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Imortal | 20 | (3) |
| Total | 205 | (14) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1989 | Portugal U18 | 21 | (4) |
| 1990–1991 | Portugal U20 | 12 | (6) |
| 1992–1994 | Portugal U21 | 23 | (3) |
| 1992 | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2004 | Peniche | ||
| 2004–2006 | Fátima | ||
| 2006 | Barreirense | ||
| 2007 | Bombarralense | ||
| 2007–2009 | Rio Maior | ||
| 2009–2011 | Torreense | ||
| 2011–2012 | Atlético Reguengos | ||
| 2012–2013 | Torreense | ||
| 2013 | Sporting Bissau | ||
| 2014–2016 | Guinea-Bissau | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Paulo Manuel Banha Torres (born 25 November 1971 in Évora) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left back, and a current manager.
Playing career
During his career, which was spent entirely in his country and Spain, Torres, a free kick specialist, played for Sporting Clube de Portugal (this included a very brief loan at Lisbon neighbours Atlético Clube de Portugal), S.C. Campomaiorense, UD Salamanca – playing one season each in the country's two major divisions – Rayo Vallecano, G.D. Chaves, CD Leganés, S.C.U. Torreense, F.C. Penafiel and Imortal DC, retiring at 31.
Torres was part of the Portuguese national team, dubbed The Golden Generation, that won the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship on home soil, scoring two goals through long-distance free kicks and three in total during the tournament.[1] He also won two full caps, both in the following year.
Coaching career
Torres took up coaching immediately after retiring as a player, managing exclusively in the lower leagues in Portugal. In January 2014, he was appointed as head coach of the Guinea-Bissau national team.
In September 2015, Torres received a four-match ban from the Confederation of African Football for abusing a referee during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Zambia three months earlier.[2] He was sacked in March of the following year, after a 1–3 loss to Liberia.[3]
Honours
Club
- Taça de Portugal: 1994–95
Country
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1991
References
- ↑ "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "Caf hands Guinea-Bissau coach Paulo Torres four-match ban". BBC Sport. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "Governo da guineense ameaça retirar estatuto de utilidade pública à federação de futebol" [Guinean government threatens to strip football federation of its public utility status] (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
External links
- Paulo Torres at thefinalball.com
- Paulo Torres profile at ForaDeJogo
- Paulo Torres profile at BDFutbol
- Paulo Torres at National-Football-Teams.com
- Paulo Torres – FIFA competition record
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football