Jorge Emmanuel Torres Nilo (born 16 January 1988), also known as Pechu, is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a left-back.[2]
Club career
Atlas
Torres Nilo started his football career at Atlas, where he was used in the club's youth team Academicos in the second division. Shortly after he made his professional debut under coach Daniel Guzmán on 25 February 2006 against Tecos UAG, coming in as a substitute for Rafael García Torres in the 85th minute of the match, which ended in a 4–0 victory for Atlas.[3] Torres Nilo participated in the 2008 Copa Libertadores tournament with Atlas, where he played in their six group matches and scored one goal, against Boca Juniors in the first leg of the quarter-finals.[4]
In 2010 it was announced Jorge Torres Nilo would be sold to Tigres UANL for the Apertura 2010 tournament.
UANL
On 27 May 2010, Torres Nilo was sold to Tigres UANL.[5] He made his debut with Tigres on 21 August 2010 in a home game against Santos Laguna the match ended in a 1–0 victory.[6] He did not debut until the 5th week of the Apertura 2010 season. Torres Nilo was named best defender of the Apertura 2011 season alongside teammate Hugo Ayala and has captured the eyes of many European teams, among them CSKA Moscow,[7] and the Olympique de Marseille.[8]
In 2007 Coach René Isidoro García selected Jorge Torres Nilo to participate in the 2007 Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro. Mexico won Bronze after defeating Bolivia in the 3rd place match.[10] Jorge Torres Nilo also participated in the 2007 Digicel Shield with Mexico U-23, he only played in the final against Trinidad and Tobago in which Mexico would receive second place after losing 2–1 in the final.[11]
Torres Nilo made his senior national team debut 24 September 2008 under coach Sven-Göran Eriksson in a friendly game against Chile in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the game ended in a 0–1 defeat for Mexico. after an own goal from Juan Carlos Valenzuela. After a year of inactivity with Mexico Torres Nilo was called by coach Javier Aguirre in 2010 to play in friendly games in preparation for the World Cup, Torres Nilo would make the final cut for those participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Jorge Torres Nilo did not appear in any world cup matches. He scored his first goal for Mexico on 28 May 2011 in a friendly game against Ecuador in Seattle, he gave Mexico a 1–0 lead. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Torres Nilo participated in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup in which Mexico won the title after defeating United States in the final. Torres Nilo participated in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup held in Brazil and played 2 matches.
"Jorge Torres at Esmas.com" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 January 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
