Fernando Torres – Interesting Facts And Trivia

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Here are some interesting facts about the Spanish golden boy of football- Fernando Torres.

• His full name is Fernando José Torres Sanz.

• He was born on 20th March 1984.

• He started playing football at the age of seven. His debut position was that of a goal keeper.

• As a kid, he was largely inspired by the popular football anime- Captain Tsubasa.

• His father’s name is Jose and his mom’s- Flori. He has a brother who goes by the name Israel and a sister, Mari Paz.

• He has a very unusual nickname- El Nino, which means “the Kid” in Spanish.

• His football idol has always been Kiko, a former player for the football club- Atletico Madrid.

• Fernando Torres is the youngest football player to be given the Captaincy position of the main team at the age of nineteen.

• His very first goal while playing for the national team was the one he scored against Italy on 28th April, 2004.

• He married his girlfriend- Olalla Domínguez Liste, whom he has known since he was seventeen years of age, on 27 May 2009 in El Escorial, Madrid.

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... Later on, he started playing as a striker and stuck with the position up to his current club Chelsea.

• Their wedding took place in a very private ceremony held in a town hall in front of just two guests.

• Just like how their ceremony was special and different from the opulent affairs of other football players, his wife is also not your typical ‘WAG’ (Wife and Girlfriend) of a footballer. She is not a show – off and is known to be a shy and private person.

• The couple has two kids- a daughter, Nora and a son, Leo.

• He is the fastest known Liverpool player to have secured a tally of fifty league goals since scoring debut against Aston Villa in December 2009.

• Torres is a foodie. He likes to pig out on sea food, home cooked delicacies, chicken curry and all kind s of candy.

• He has three tattoos on his body; each tattoo comes with its own unique story.

• He once appeared in a music video produced by the band ‘El Canto del Loco’.

• He also had a small cameo appearance in the Spanish movie Torrente 3: El Protector.

• In 2009, a book - Torres: El Nino- My Story, based on Fernando Torres profile, was released.