Roberto Torres (footballer, born 1972)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Ismael Torres Báez | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Guaraní de Fram (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cerro Porteño | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1998 | Cerro Porteño | ||
| 1999 | O'Higgins | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Júbilo Iwata | ||
| 2001–2002 | Sportivo Luqueño | ||
| 2003–2005 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | ||
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Paraguay | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013 | Cerro Porteño (caretaker) | ||
| 2014 | Cerro Porteño (caretaker) | ||
| 2015 | Cerro Porteño | ||
| 2016 | Libertad | ||
| 2017 | Nacional Asunción | ||
| 2019 | Sportivo Luqueño | ||
| 2020 | Nacional Asunción | ||
| 2020–2021 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | ||
| 2022 | Resistencia | ||
| 2023 | Guaireña | ||
| 2024 | Sol de América | ||
| 2025 | Boyacá Chicó | ||
| 2025– | Guaraní de Fram | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Roberto Ismael Torres Báez (born 6 April 1972) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently in charge of Guaraní de Fram.
Torres has played for the Paraguay national team.
Playing career
Torres played for Cerro Porteño, Sportivo Luqueño and Sportivo San Lorenzo in his homeland. Abroad, he has stints with Chilean club O'Higgins[1] and the Japanese club Júbilo Iwata.[2]
Coaching career
Torres began his coaching career as an interim manager for Cerro Porteño for two matches in 2013. In 2015 he became permanent manager, winning the 2015 Apertura and ending as runner-up in the Clausura tournament that same year. Torres left the club immediately afterwards and took over Libertad, winning the 2016 Apertura with the Gumarelo side.[3] On 19 February 2019, Torres was appointed as manager of Sportivo Luqueño.[4] Aside from Cerro Porteño, Libertad, and Sportivo Luqueño, Torres also coached Paraguayan clubs Nacional, San Lorenzo, Resistencia, Guaireña, and Sol de América. On 23 February 2025, he was announced as the new manager of Colombian club Boyacá Chicó,[5] where he worked for two months until resigning on 21 April after going winless in 10 matches.[6]
In July 2025, he was appointed as the manager of Guaraní de Fram.[7]
Career statistics
Club
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1999 | Júbilo Iwata | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
International
- Source:[8]
| Paraguay national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
References
- ^ "O'Higgins 1999 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Roberto "Tiburón" Torres: "Un entrenador es lo que es gracias a sus jugadores"". Crónica (in Spanish). 24 May 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Los asombrosos números de Roberto Torres" [Roberto Torres' amazing numbers] (in Spanish). Última Hora. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ Roberto Torres, nuevo entrenador de Sportivo Luqueño, d10.ultimahora.com, 19 February 2019
- ^ "Cero y van dos: Boyacá Chicó también cambió de técnico, llegó un paraguayo" [Two down and counting: Boyacá Chicó also changed manager, a Paraguayan arrived] (in Spanish). Noticias Caracol. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Boyacá Chicó se quedó otra vez sin director técnico: es el segundo que sale este semestre" [Boyacá Chicó ended up without a manager again: he's the second to leave this semester] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ Martínez, Carlos (16 July 2025). "Roberto "Tiburón" Torres tiene nuevo equipo en el fútbol paraguayo". Versus (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ Roberto Torres at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Roberto Torres at WorldFootball.net
- Roberto Torres at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)