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Hernán Torres

Hernán Torres

Colombian footballer and manager (born 1961)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Oliveros.

Hernán Torres Oliveros (born 31 May 1961) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian side Emelec.[1]

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Playing career

Torres started his career with Deportes Tolima, being involved in the first team squad in 1979. He only made his debut in 1981 in a match against Atlético Nacional, replacing injured Óscar Quintabani.

In 1988, Torres signed for Deportes Quindío. He spent the 1989 season with Deportivo Pereira and Atlético Nacional, before moving to Independiente Medellín in 1990.

Torres joined Millonarios in 1993, but was only a backup option, and moved to Categoría Primera B side Lanceros Boyacá in the following year. He subsequently represented Bello, Once Caldas and Cooperamos Tolima, retiring with the latter in 1998 at the age of 37.

Managerial career

After retiring, Torres became an assistant and goalkeeping coach of his first club Deportes Tolima. He subsequently worked under the same roles at Deportivo Cali, Atlético Huila, Deportivo Pasto, another stint at Tolima and Millonarios before returning to Tolima in January 2007, as an assistant of Jaime de la Pava.

On 11 April 2007, Torres was named manager of Tolima, replacing de la Pava who had resigned the day before; initially an interim, he was later confirmed as permanent manager of the club. He led the club to impressive campaigns in the 2009 and 2010 seasons, but resigned on 28 November 2011.[2]

On 4 January 2012, Torres was appointed Itagüí manager.[3] He left the club on 8 July,[4] and took over Millonarios the following day.[5]

With Millonarios, Torres won the 2012 Finalización tournament and reached the semifinals of the 2012 Copa Sudamericana. On 3 December 2013, after failing to win any accolades during the campaign, he was sacked.[6]

On 22 February 2014, Torres was named manager of another club he represented as a player, Independiente Medellín.[7] He left on 4 May 2015,[8] and moved abroad for the first time in his career on 5 June, taking over Alajuelense in Costa Rica.[9]

On 28 December 2015, after reaching the finals of the 2015 Campeonato de Invierno but losing to Saprissa, Torres was dismissed by LDA.[10] He returned to Colombia the following 4 May, after being named in charge of América de Cali.[11]

After winning the 2016 Categoría Primera B, Torres resigned from América on 2 September 2017,[12] and returned to Itagüí (now named Águilas Doradas) on 13 December.[13] He resigned from the latter on 17 May 2018,[14] and was appointed manager of Peruvian side FBC Melgar seven days later.[15]

Torres left Melgar on 7 November 2018,[16] and returned to Alajuelense the following 29 January.[17] He again left the club on 3 May 2019,[18] and was appointed Atlético Bucaramanga manager six days layer.[19]

Torres resigned from Bucaramanga on 8 September 2019,[20] and returned to Deportes Tolima on 6 December.[21] With the club, he won the 2021 Apertura tournament and the 2022 Superliga Colombiana, the latter being the club's first-ever title in the competition.

On 24 April 2023, Torres left Tolima on a mutual agreement.[22] On 8 June, he took over Emelec of the Ecuadorian Serie A.[23]

Honours

Millonarios
América de Cali
Deportes Tolima

References

  1. [1]
    Hernán Torres at Soccerway
  2. [2]
    El Espectador, ed. (28 November 2011). "Hernán Torres renunció a la dirección técnica del Tolima". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. [3]
    El Nuevo Día, ed. (4 January 2012). "Hernán Torres es el nuevo técnico del Itagüí".[dead link]
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    El Espectador, ed. (5 July 2012). "A partir del lunes explicaré mi proyecto con Millonarios: Hernán Torres".
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    "Confirmado: Hernán Torres, nuevo DT de Millonarios... En Itagüí están furiosos". Gol Caracol. 13 June 2012.
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    "Hernán Torres fue destituido de la dirección técnica de Millonarios". Caracol Radio. 3 December 2013.
  7. [7]
    "Hernán Torres es nuevo técnico del DIM". El país (in Spanish).
  8. [8]
    "La polémica salida de Hernán Torres del Independiente Medellín". Revista Semana (in Spanish).
  9. [9]
    "¡Bienvenido al más grande de Costa Rica!". Facebook (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  10. [10]
    "Hernán Torres fue despedido del Alajuelense, de Costa Rica". Futbolred (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  11. [11]
    Futbolete (ed.). "Hernán Torres es el nuevo DT de América". Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  12. [12]
    "Es oficial: Hernán Torres renunció al América". Futbolred (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  13. [13]
    "Bienvenido a casa". Twitter (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  14. [14]
    "Hernán Torres ya no es más entrenador de Rionegro Águilas". Antena 2 (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  15. [15]
    "Le damos la bienvenida a Hernán Torres Oliveros". Facebook (in Spanish).
  16. [16]
    "Hernán Torres renunció como entrenador de Melgar". onefotbool com (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2018.
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    "Alajuelense contrata a Hernán Torres como técnico y destituye a Luis Diego Arnáez | Teletica". www.teletica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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    "Alajuelense informo la salida de Hernán Torres". Onefootbool.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  19. [19]
    "Hernán Torres es el nuevo técnico del Atlético Bucaramanga". Futbolred. 9 May 2019.
  20. [20]
    "Atlético Bucaramanga: Hernán Torres renunció al club santandereano". RCN Radio. 8 September 2019.
  21. [21]
    "Día de anuncios en Tolima: nuevo DT y se llevan una joven figura". Futbolred. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  22. [22]
    "Hernán Torres no es más técnico de Deportes Tolima". Gol Caracol. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  23. [23]
    Loor, Víctor (8 June 2023). "Noticia Banco Guayaquil | OFICIAL: Hernán Torres, presentado como nuevo DT de Emelec". studiofutbol.com.ec. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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