Román Torres

Román Torres
Personal information
Full name	Román Aureliano Torres Morcillo
Date of birth	March 20, 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Panama City, Panama
Height	Script error: No such module "person height".
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Seattle Sounders FC
Number	29
Youth career
	Chepo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004	Chepo
2005	San Francisco
2006	Cortuluá
2007–2015	La Equidad
2010	→ Atlético Junior (loan)
2011	→ Atlético Nacional (loan)
2012–2015	→ Millonarios (loan)
2015–	Seattle Sounders FC
International career‡
2005–	Panama
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:58, 29 October 2015 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:57, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Román Aureliano Torres Morcillo (born 20 March 1986) is a Panamanian footballer who plays as a defender for Seattle Sounders FC of MLS.

Club career

Torres started his career at Chepo and played alongside compatriot Anthony Basile at Colombian side Cortuluá from January 2006.^[2] In January 2007 he moved to La Equidad, where he was joined by compatriot Orlando Rodríguez.^[3]

His performances gained him notice with several clubs, particularly with English Championship sides Blackpool and Swansea City during the winter transfer market in 2010.^[4] However, a move to England never materialised. He was also on trial for the Championship team Nottingham Forest in December/January 2011/12, impressing then manager, Steve Cotterill. However, this move also failed to materialize.^[5]

Millonarios FC

More recently, his continued good form at Millonarios FC caused the Roman to be linked with a move to Brazilian side Palmeiras, though this too failed to materialize.^[6]

He was a champion of the Colombian national football tournament Liga Postobón II 2012 with Millonarios,^[7] for whom he played over 100 matches.^[8]

Seattle Sounders FC

On 12 August 2015, Torres signed with Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.^[9]

International career

Torres was a member of the Panama U-20 squad that took part in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Cup in the Netherlands.^[10]

Torres has made 95 appearances for the full Panama national football team, including qualifying matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[10] He made his debut at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup against South Africa on July 17, 2005.^[11] He also made three appearances at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[12]

While captaining the Panamanian squad in the semifinal match of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup^[13] Torres scored the first goal of the match on a header. His team, down a man based on a red card awarded by American referee Mark Geiger,^[14] went on to lose the match in extra time after Torres was called for a handball late in regulation.^[15]

International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 March 2010	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Venezuela	1–0	2–1	Friendly
2.	6 February 2013	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Costa Rica	2–0	2–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	24 July 2013	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, United States	Mexico	2–1	2–1	2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4.	10 September 2014	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States	Nicaragua	2-0	2-0	2014 Copa Centroamericana
5.	13 September 2014	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	El Salvador	1-0	1-0	2014 Copa Centroamericana
6.	27 March 2015	Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad & Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	1–0	Friendly
7.	3 June 2015	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Ecuador	1–1	1–1	Friendly
8.	22 July 2015	Georgia Dome, Atlanta, United States	Mexico	1–0	1–2	2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Semifinal