Manuel 'Manu' Torres Caturla (; born 14 August 1989) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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Club career

A product of local

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. They won the UEFA Intert ...

, Manu made his senior debut for the club at only 17, playing one match (one minute) for the reserves in 2006–07, in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Fo ...

. After the final relegation, he subsequently spent a further two full seasons with the B side. Torres was promoted to the main squad for the 2009–10 campaign, making his

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debut on 30 August 2009 in a game against

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and scoring in a 3–0 home win. He went on to appear in 17 league games in his first year, as the

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ns narrowly avoided relegation. On 20 June 2011, Torres signed with

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 spe ...

of Segunda División. He scored his only goal as a professional on 31 March 2012 in a 2–1 away loss to

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, in an eventual relegation as third-bottom. In the following years, safe for a brief spell in the Romanian

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with

ACS Poli Timișoara Asociația Club Sportiv Poli Timișoara (), commonly known as ACS Poli Timișoara, Poli Timișoara or simply ACS Poli, was a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Timișoara, Timiș County. The team was founded in 2012, the y ...

(February-June 2016), Torres continued competing in his country's third tier, representing a host of teams.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Manu 1989 births Living people People from Torremolinos Footballers from the Province of Málaga Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Atlético Malagueño players Málaga CF players FC Cartagena footballers Getafe CF B players Burgos CF footballers FC Jumilla players CE Sabadell FC footballers CD Badajoz players UE Cornellà players Liga I players ACS Poli Timișoara players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania