2023-04-27 13:17:25
At 39, Fernando Torres will become the reserve team coach of Atlético de Madrid next season, following having been the Colchoneros under-19 coach.
Legend of Atlético from the height of his 128 goals in 390 games with the Colchoneros in his playing career, Fernando Torres will impregnate a little more his paw on the history of the Madrid club. There Cadena Cope indicates this Thursday that, next season, “El Niño” will take charge of the reserve team, since the current coach, Luis Garcia Tevenet, will join the staff of Diego Simeone from the start of the next exercise.
Youth League quarter-finalist with the U19s this season
Since 2021, Fernando Torres has been the coach of Atlético de Madrid’s under-19 team. This season, the former striker led the young Colchoneros to the quarter-finals of the Youth League, which were beaten by AC Milan (0-2). Under his leadership, Atlético even made it to the semi-finals in 2022, before being swept away by Salzburg (0-5).
The Spaniard (110 caps, 38 goals), world champion and double European champion with La Roja, retired as a player in 2019 following a final exile in Sagan Tosu, Japan. With Atlético, the striker also passed by Liverpool and Chelsea, won the second division championship in 2002 and the Europa League in 2018, following a final victory once morest Marseille (3-0) in Lyon.
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