Gerson Torres
Torres in 2017
Personal information
Full name Gerson Torres Barrantes[1]
Date of birth (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth Heredia, Costa Rica
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 C.S. Herediano
Number 28
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Belén 25 (2)
2016– Herediano 162 (22)
2017 → América (loan) 1 (0)
2018 → Necaxa (loan) 3 (0)
International career
2016–2017 Costa Rica U20 8 (0)
2021 Costa Rica U23 3 (0)
2017– Costa Rica 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:08, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Gerson Torres Barrantes (born 28 August 1997) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Liga FPD club Herediano and the Costa Rica national team.[2]

Career

Club career

Youth career

Torres joined Belen's youth academy in 2012. He continued through Belén Youth Academy successfully going through U-17. Until finally reaching the first team, Gerardo Ureña being the coach promoting torres to first team when he was just 17 years of age.[3]

Club America

Torres had slowly worked his way up from the U-20 team up to the first team where he made appearances in the Copa MX.[4] Torres was set to make his Liga MX debut on 19 March 2017 against UNAM however due to league regulation America was notified that Torres was ineligible to play for the first team due to being registered as a foreigner on the U-20 team.[5]

Necaxa

Following his year at America, Torres signed a 5-year extension with Herediano.[6] Torres is set to be on loan for the 2018 year at Necaxa.[7]

International career

He made his international debut on 15 January 2017, in a 3–0 friendly win over Belize. His first goal came as a stoppage-time header to defeat Honduras on 16 November 2021, as part of CONCACAF's third round of qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[8] Such a goal was highly crucial for Costa Rica, as it represented a watershed moment between a very difficult first half of the Octagonal for Costa Rica and a near-perfect second half that saw the team reaching the intercontinental play-off.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica' goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 November 2021 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica  Honduras 2–1 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Herediano

Necaxa

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Costa Rica (CRC)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 7. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Gerson Torres Barrantes". LigaMX.net. LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Conoce a… Gerson torres". Excelsior.com.mx. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Gerson Torres: la llave de un destino cercado para los futbolistas ticos". Nacion.com. JOSE PABLO ALFARO ROJAS. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  5. ^ "America Sub-20". MedioTiempo.com. Edgar Malagon & Juan Manuel Teran. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Herediano firma por cinco años a Gerson Torres y lo presta al Necaxa por el 2018".
  7. ^ "Necaxa anuncia a Torres después de Draft". 20 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Torres' last-gasp goal delivers dramatic win for Costa Rica". Concacaf. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  9. ^ Alvarado, Sergio (19 March 2022). "Luis Fernando Suárez recobra la sonrisa al cierre de la eliminatoria". La Teja (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2022.

External links


Costa Rica squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup
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