Pau Torres

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For the footballer born 1987, see Pau Torres (footballer, born 1987).

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Not to be confused with Paul Torres.

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Pau Torres
File:Pau Torres 2023.jpg
Torres playing for Aston Villa in 2023
Personal information
Full name Pau Francisco Torres[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-16) 16 January 1997 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth Villarreal, Spain
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Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 14
Youth career
2002–2016 Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Villarreal B 59 (2)
2016–2023 Villarreal 136 (10)
2018–2019 → Málaga (loan) 38 (1)
2023– Aston Villa 29 (2)
International career‡
2018 Spain U21 1 (0)
2021 Spain U23 7 (0)
2019– Spain 24 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:03, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:15, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Pau Francisco Torres (born 16 January 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Spain national team.

He began his career with Villarreal, making 173 competitive appearances and winning the 2021 Europa League; he was also loaned to Málaga. In July 2023, he signed with Aston Villa.[3]

Torres made his full debut for Spain in 2019, scoring in his first game. He was part of the squads at Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup.

Club career

Villarreal

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Torres with Villarreal in 2021

Born in Villarreal, Province of Castellón, Valencian Community,[4] Torres played youth football with Villarreal. He made his league debut with the reserves on 21 August 2016, starting in a 1–0 Segunda División B away loss against Cornellà.[5]

Torres scored his first senior goal on 8 October 2016, the first in a 2–2 home draw with Badalona.[6] His maiden competitive appearance for the first team took place on 20 December, when he came on as a late substitute for Víctor Ruiz in the 1–1 home draw against Toledo in the round of 32 of Copa del Rey;[7] by doing so, he became the first player born in Villarreal to debut for the club in 13 years.[8]

Torres played his first match in La Liga on 26 November 2017, replacing fellow youth graduate Manu Trigueros late into a 2–3 home loss to Sevilla.[9] He made his UEFA Europa League debut ten days later, starting and finishing the 0–1 group stage defeat against Maccabi Tel Aviv also at the Estadio de la Cerámica.[10]

On 6 August 2018, Torres was loaned to Málaga for one year.[11] He only missed four Segunda División games during his spell as the side reached the promotion play-offs and, subsequently, was recalled by his parent club.[12]

Torres subsequently cemented his place in Villarreal's starting XI, playing every minute in the league.[13] In October 2019, he was rewarded with a contract extension until 2024,[14] and the same month scored his first goal in the Spanish top tier, opening a 2–1 loss at Osasuna.[15]

Torres contributed nine appearances in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League as the tournament ended in a first-ever European victory for the team, under manager Unai Emery.[16] This included the final, a penalty shootout win over Manchester United after a 1–1 draw.[17]

Aston Villa

On 12 July 2023, Torres signed for Aston Villa for a reported fee of £31.5 million,[18] rejoining coach Emery.[19] He made his Premier League debut on 12 August, replacing the injured Tyrone Mings during the first half of an eventual 5–1 loss at Newcastle United.[20] He scored his first goal on 8 October, in a 1–1 away draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers.[21]

International career

File:2022-11-17 Pau Torres Encuentro Jordania 1 - 3 España.jpg
Torres in action for Spain in November 2022

Torres got his first call up for the Spain national team by Robert Moreno on 4 October 2019, for UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Norway and Sweden.[22] He did not debut until 15 November when he scored in a 7–0 rout of Malta for the already qualified hosts, within a minute of replacing Sergio Ramos; Dani Olmo also scored on his first cap in that game, the first time that two Spaniards did so in exactly 30 years.[23]

Torres was included in Luis Enrique's 24-man squad for the finals.[24] He was also selected for the Olympic team that won a silver medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 May 2024[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Villarreal B 2016–17 Segunda División B 34 2 — — — — 34 2
2017–18 Segunda División B 25 0 — — — 6[lower-alpha 3] 0 31 0
Total 59 2 — — — 6 0 65 2
Villarreal 2016–17 La Liga 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
2017–18 La Liga 2 0 3 0 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 — 6 0
2019–20 La Liga 34 2 2 0 — — — 36 2
2020–21 La Liga 33 2 2 0 — 9[lower-alpha 4] 1 — 44 3
2021–22 La Liga 33 5 1 0 — 12[lower-alpha 5] 1 1[lower-alpha 6] 0 47 6
2022–23 La Liga 34 1 2 0 — 3[lower-alpha 7] 0 — 39 1
Total 136 10 11 0 — 25 2 1 0 173 12
Málaga (loan) 2018–19 Segunda División 38 1 0 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 8] 0 40 1
Aston Villa 2023–24 Premier League 29 2 0 0 1 0 9[lower-alpha 7] 0 — 39 2
Career total 262 15 11 0 1 0 34 2 9 0 317 17
  1. ↑ Includes Copa del Rey, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Segunda División B promotion play-offs
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  8. ↑ Appearances in Segunda División play-offs

International

As of match played 16 November 2023[27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2019 1 1
2020 6 0
2021 9 0
2022 7 0
2023 1 0
Total 24 1
As of match played 15 November 2019.
Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Torres goal.[27]
List of international goals scored by Pau Torres
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 November 2019 Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain  Malta 3–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Honours

Villarreal

Spain U23

Spain

Individual

References

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  26. ↑ Pau Torres at Soccerway
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External links

  • Pau Torres profile at BDFutbol
  • Pau Torres at LaPreferente.com Script error: No such module "In lang".
  • Pau Torres at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

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