Top 9 moments from the legendary Torres

27 May 2001: Debut and first goal at the age of 17

In 2001, Torres made his professional debut with Atletico Madrid in the 65th minute of the game agaisnt Leganes. He quickly built up a relationship with the fans, who supported him from day one."It was the beginning of everything that came later. I was 17 years old. "A lot of things came true at that time. It was a dream that I had had since I was a child," said the player, who the following week, on June 3, 2001, at Carlos Belmonte de Albacete, scored his first goal with an unstoppable header. He soon became the captain of Atletico and became top goalscorer for them for 5 years in a row.

4th July 2007: "I hope this is a see you later and not goodbye" 

"I am proud and I will always be athletic. Wherever I am, my heart will always be athletic. I hope this is a see you later, not goodbye". "It was July 4, 2007. Fernando Torres, was leaving Atletico and heading for Liverpool. He said that he needed to leave Atleti so that the club could grow and that he could grow. First he played in Liverpool, between 2007 and 2011, with 142 games and 81 goals; then at Chelsea, with 172 crashes and 45 points, from 2011 to 2014, with the conquest of the Champions League in 2012 included; and then at Milan, where he played half a year with ten duels and one goal ... until he returned to Atlético.

26th June 2008: The goal that changed the history of Spain

In the 33rd minute, a pass from Xavi was transformed by Fernando Torres, unstoppable in the race for Philip Lahm and indecipherable in his subtle but resounding definition for Jens Lehmann, with the chopped ball that ended up in the goal net of the Ernst Happel stadium of Vienna, in the goal that changed the history of the Spanish team forever. It was 0-1 against Germany, but it was really much more for Spain.

11th July 2010: The conquest of the top of the world

Fernando Torres was part of the most glorious era of the Spanish National Team. After the 2008 European Championship, Spain took on the challenge of the challenges: the World Cup. He was also present in the call of Vicente del Bosque for that appointment, which concluded with the title in his hands, in the final against Holland. Torres has scored 38 goals in 110 games with the national team, the last one on June 23, 2014 against Australia in the World Cup in Brazil. He made his debut with the 'Reds' in a friendly against Portugal in Guimaraes, on September 6, 2003, when he played at Atlético.

4th January 2015: Torres returns to Atletico

There was no reason to approach Calderón that morning, it's like a son leaves home and returns at age seven and his family is there to say 'hello'. That's how I felt and it was the most special moment I've lived as a footballer. And it was neither a match nor a goal. " It looked like a game day at the Calderón, cars on the sidewalks, floods of people, endless queues ... It was the time expected for years by the fans of Atlético, the return home of Fernando Torres, who overflowed all the forecasts, with 50,000 spectators in the stands to praise their 'Child', back. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are always above what one can expect, "he said that day to the fans of his life team.

28th May 2016: Tears of Milan

Torres had said this was the "most important game of his life". It was a Champions League final. Although he had already won everything, a World Cup, a European Championship and a Champions League, he had not done so with the Atletico team. Atletico lost in the penalty shootout. The image of Fernando Torres crying, looking at the sky of Milan, recently defeated, was one of the snapshots of that meeting, of that frustrated opportunity, again cruelly."It was a sad, hard moment, to see my broken companions. A sincere sadness, together with the support of the people, the applause and the feeling of pride for each other. It was a hard moment that will be difficult to forget." , 

21st May 2017:

It was an undoubtedly emotional game: the last ever in the Vincente Calderon stadium, which was the home of Atletico Madrid for 50 years. Torres scored two of the three goals for his team in this last match here. Torres said "we will always remember this. It has been an honour to be here with Jose Eulogio". After this, Madrid moved stadiums and said goodbye to their beloved Calderon home.

16th May 2018: Torres' best title.

Torres was champion with Atletico in the Europa League final against Marseille. He had dreamed about this moment since he was a child and winning it with his childhood team made it even more special for him. Atletico beat Marseille 3-0, Torres ran onto the field replacing Griezmann for the final moments of the duel. And he raised the cup with Gabi Fernández, the captain, with emotion and enormous happiness.

20th May 2018: 'From child to legend'

As captain, along with his children on the way out to the field, with the Europa League trophy to offer to his fans, with the whole stadium singing his name, he started his last game in Atletico shirt. As if that were not enough, he scored 1-1, at the pass of Ángel Correa, in the 42nd minute, to level the crash, to make the stadium 'explode' again, as he did later with 2-1 at the time the game, a pass from Diego Costa, insufficient for victory - then Eibar equalised. Fernando Torres cried in the emotional subsequent farewell,  not one of the 68,000 spectators moved from their seats even if the game was over. It was the goodbye of one of their own. 

23rd August 2019: Goodbye

Torres finished his career at Japanese team Sagan Tosu japones. The goodbye was bittersweet for Torres as his team lost 6-1 to Vissel Kobe, as he tried not to cry and hugged David Villa once the game had ended. A Spanish legend who will live on in many people's memories.