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Macnelly Torres

Macnelly Torres

Colombian footballer (born 1984)

Macnelly Torres Berrío (born 1 November 1984) is a former Colombian footballer former professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Berrío.
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A playmaker and known for his technical abilities with the ball he was able to win 16 titles during his 18 years of career.

Torres made his debut for Colombia in 2007 and has scored 4 goals in 48 appearances for the country.

Club career

Early career

Torres joined Atlético Junior's youth system at age 10 until he made his debut as a professional in 2002. In the 2004 season Junior won the Finalización Tournament, which was his first professional title in his career. Macnelly was part of a "golden generation" for Junior, also including players like Martín Arzuaga and Omar Sebastián Pérez.

In 2005, he moved to Cúcuta Deportivo, where he won the 2006 Finalización. He also participated in the 2007 Copa Libertadores, where he scored a goal against Uruguay's Nacional to help Cúcuta qualify for the semifinals, which they lost to the eventual champions Boca Juniors.

Colo-Colo

After Jesús Dátolo of Boca Juniors failed to sign for Chilean club Colo-Colo, Torres became the new target of the Santiago-based club. He completed his move after long negotiations of the Chilean club with Cúcuta, and both clubs reached an agreement for a fee of US$2.4 million. This fee was the most expensive in Chilean football history at the time. The previous record was the $1.2 million transfer of Néstor Gorosito from San Lorenzo de Almagro to Universidad Católica. On 7 February 2008, Torres was presented as new player of the club during a press conference alongside the club's coach Claudio Borghi.

He arrived as a replacement for his compatriot Giovanni Hernández, who had problems with the club's board and then signed for Atlético Junior. Colo-Colo later confirmed that Torres would join in June, because he had to finish playing the 2008 Copa Libertadores with Cúcuta. Torres won two league titles with the club: the 2008 Clausura and the 2009 Clausura.[2]

In January 2011, Torres requested to leave the club.[3]

Atlético Nacional

In 2011, he moved back to his home country and signed for Atlético Nacional. With the club, he won the 2011 and 2013 Apertura, as well as the 2012 Copa Colombia. He also a brief loan spell after the 2011 Apertura to San Luis of the Liga MX.

Al Shabab

Shortly after winning the 2013 Apertura title with Nacional, Torres moved to the Middle East and signed with Saudi Arabian club Al Shabab for a fee of $4.5 million.[4] He played one season with the Saudi club, where he scored once in 22 league appearances. He left the club in a controversial way, after sending a complaint to FIFA because he was denied his salary payment for five months.[5]

Return to Junior

Torres returned to Junior in 2015, which was the club where he made his professional debut in 2001.[6] He played the Apertura season with the club, which runs from January to June, while making 19 appearances and scoring 2 goals.

Return to Atletico Nacional

In June 2015, Torres returned to Nacional and signed a three-year contract with the club.[7] In December 2015, he won his first title with the club, the 2015 Finalizacion. He won the 2016 Copa Libertadores with Nacional, and scored an important goal against Rosario Central in the quarter-finals, while being named in the squad of the tournament.[8] He added two more titles in 2017: the Recopa Sudamericana in April, and the 2017 Apertura title in June.

Deportivo Cali

In July 2018, Torres signed for Deportivo Cali, and played the 2018 Finalización season with them.[9]

Libertad

In December 2018, a Club Libertad director commented that the club's coach, Leonel Alvarez, who is also Colombian just like Torres, wanted to bring the player to the club.[10] A few days later, the transfer was confirmed and Torres signed for the Paraguayan club on a two-year contract. In addition, a release clause of $500,000 was set.[11] He joined fellow Colombian Alexander Mejía at the club, who was his former teammate at Atlético Nacional. He won the 2019 Copa Paraguay with the club.[12] In January 2020, the club decided to terminate his contract, mainly due to the number of injuries he had and performing below the expectations.[13]

Alianza Petrolera

In February 2020, the Colombian player returned to his home country, this time to Alianza Petrolera.[14] In December 2020 he left the club, citing injuries and COVID-19 as the reasons.[15]

International career

Torres was part of the Colombia U-20 squad that reached the semi-finals of the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He played 5 games.

Torres made his international debut in a friendly against Guatemala on 17 June 2005.[16] Torres also played in all of Colombia's group games at the 2007 Copa America.

His decision to make the move to Saudi Arabia was publicly criticized by former Colombian midfielder Carlos Valderrama, as it was considered to be the reason why he wasn't selected for the 2014 World Cup squad. Despite not being selected, he was still called up to dispute the 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against Ecuador and Uruguay in September, as well as Colombia's last two matches against Chile and Paraguay, all while playing for Al-Shabab.[17][18][19][20]

Personal life

Torres' first name, Macnelly, was given to him by his father after a baseball star he admired.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 26 November 2016[22]
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1 Includes cup competitions such as Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

2 Includes Superliga Colombiana matches.

International goals

Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first.[23]

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Honours

Club

Atlético Junior

Cúcuta Deportivo

Colo-Colo

Atlético Nacional

Al-Shabab Riyadh

Club Libertad

References

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    "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Macnelly Torres es campeón con Colo Colo". Gol Caracol (in Spanish). 9 December 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Macnelly Torres pidió al Colo Colo que lo deje partir". Elcolombiano.com (in European Spanish). 6 January 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Macnelly Torres se va para el fútbol de Arabia Saudita". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 18 July 2013.
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    "Macnelly Torres demandó a su equipo en Arabia Saudita". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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    "Macnelly Torres vuelve a su casa: firmó con Junior para 2015". futbolred.com. 21 November 2014.
  7. [7]
    "El '10' regresa: Macnelly Torres es el segundo refuerzo de Nacional". Diario AS (in Spanish). 27 June 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  8. [8]
    "La Segunda Juventud de Macnelly". La Tercera. 7 November 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Macnelly Torres firmó este martes como nuevo jugador del Deportivo Cali". Gol Caracol (in Spanish). 10 July 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  10. [10]
    "Vuelve a insistir por Macnelly Torres". D10 (in Spanish). 8 December 2018.
  11. [11]
    "Macnelly Torres rumbo a Paraguay: será nuevo jugador de Libertad". Goal.com (in Spanish). 2 January 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Álex Mejía y Macnelly Torres, campeones de la Copa Paraguay con Libertad: victoria 3-0 sobre Guaraní". Gol Caracol (in Spanish). 4 December 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  13. [13]
    "Libertad rescindirá el contrato de Macnelly Torres". AS Colombia (in Spanish). 3 January 2020.
  14. [14]
    "Alianza Petrolera tiene a su fichaje estrella: Macnelly Torres jugará en el equipo de 'Barranca'". Gol Caracol (in Spanish). 21 February 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  15. [15]
    "Macnelly Torres no seguiría en Alianza Petrolera y empieza a definir su futuro en otro club". Gol Caracol (in Spanish). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  16. [16]
    "Guatemala vs. Colombia 1-1". world football.net. 17 January 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  17. [17]
    "Macnelly sigue con puesto en la seleccion". El Colombiano. 29 August 2013.
  18. [18]
    "Carlos Valderrama no apoya paso de Macnelly a Arabia Saudita". Goal.com. 26 July 2013.
  19. [19]
    ""Ni mi mamá va a ver a Macnelly en Arabia", aseguró 'El Pibe'". futbolred.com (in Spanish). 26 July 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  20. [20]
    "Macnelly Torres confirma que no irá a Brasil 2014". elpais.com (in Spanish). 16 May 2014.
  21. [21]
    Wilson, Jonathan (5 March 2014). "2014 World Cup: A Team of Unfamiliar and Underrated Players to Look Out For". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  22. [22]
    Macnelly Torres at Soccerway
  23. [23]
    "Macnelly Torres International Statistics"., Int.soccerway.com Retrieved on 6 August 2014
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