Javier Torres Gómez (born 9 January 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a right back.

Javier Torres Gómez
Personal information
Full name Javier Torres Gómez
Date of birth (1970-01-09) 9 January 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1986–1987 Getafe
1987–1989 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Real Madrid B 117 (9)
1993–2005 Valladolid 328 (3)
Total 445 (12)
International career
1988 Spain U18 3 (0)
1988–1989 Spain U19 6 (0)
1989 Spain U20 1 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Valladolid (assistant)
2010 Valladolid (interim)
2011–2014 Valladolid B
2014–2015 Villarreal C
2015–2016 Celta B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Most of his professional career was associated with Valladolid, as both a player and manager, coaching in several capacities and categories.[1]

Playing career

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Youth years comprised, Madrid-born Torres Gómez spent six years with Real Madrid, playing four seasons with the B-team, three of them in Segunda División. He scored a career-best five goals in 38 games in 1992–93 as the reserves finished in sixth position, and started his career as a midfielder.

In summer 1993, Gómez signed for Real Valladolid, where he would remain for the rest of his career. He made his La Liga debut on 5 September in a 0–1 home loss against Sporting de Gijón, but only appeared in two matches in his first year due to a serious injury.[2]

A regular first-team unit in the following decade, Gómez never played in less than 34 league games from 2000 to 2004, with the latter campaign ending in top-flight relegation. After one more season in the second level the 35-year-old retired from football, as the Castile and León club's second player with more top division appearances.[3]

Coaching career

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In the following years, Torres Gómez continued working with Valladolid: in 2008, he was named youth system coordinator[4] and, two years later, joined Antonio Gómez's coaching staff in the first team. On 29 November 2010, following the head coach's dismissal, he was named interim manager,[5] leading the team in the 0–0 away draw against FC Barcelona B.[6]

Subsequently, Gómez was appointed manager of the reserves in Tercera División,[7] accumulating with his work in the club's cantera.[8] On 8 July 2014, after achieving promotion via the play-offs, he moved to Villarreal CF C from Tercera División in the same capacity;[9] subsequently, he joined Celta de Vigo B,[10] but was sacked in February following ten games without a win and was replaced by Alejandro Menéndez.[11]

Managerial statistics

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As of 30 January 2016
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Valladolid (interim)[12]   29 November 2010 6 December 2010 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Valladolid B[13]   6 July 2011 8 July 2014 120 75 23 22 226 106 +120 062.50
Villarreal C[14]   8 July 2014 25 June 2015 40 17 11 12 60 51 +9 042.50
Celta B[15]   25 June 2015 1 February 2016 23 5 6 12 25 42 −17 021.74
Total 184 97 41 46 311 199 +112 052.72

References

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  1. ^ Recíbeme con orgullo, entrégame con honor (Receive me with pride, hand me with honour); Real Valladolid, 2 November 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Mejorando el fútbol" [Making football better] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Marcos cumplió 400 partidos oficiales con el Real Valladolid" [Marcos celebrated 400 official matches with Real Valladolid] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 20 January 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. ^ Torres Gómez, coordinador de las categorías inferiores del Valladolid (Torres Gómez, youth system coordinator at Valladolid) Archived 29 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Join Futbol, 24 June 2008 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El Valladolid destituye a Antonio Gómez (Valladolid sack Antonio Gómez); Marca, 29 November 2010 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Torres Gómez debuta en un Mini estancado (Torres Gómez makes debut at collapsed Mini); Diario AS, 4 December 2010 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Torres Gómez, nuevo técnico del Real Valladolid B y García Calvo se queda fuera (Torres Gómez, new Real Valladolid B coach and García Calvo ousted); El Norte de Castilla, 6 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Torres Gómez será el nuevo responsable de la cantera (Torres Gómez will be new man for the youth system); El Día de Valladolid, 9 November 2011 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ "Torres Gómez será el entrenador del Villarreal C" [Torres Gómez will be the coach of Villarreal C] (in Spanish). El Camp de Fútbol. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Javier Torres, nuevo entrenador del Celta B" [Javier Torres, new coach of Celta B] (in Spanish). Vigo É. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Alejandro Menéndez sustituye a Javier Torres Gómez al frente del Celta B" [Alejandro Menéndez replaces Javier Torres Gómez at the helm of Celta B] (in Spanish). Canteira Celeste. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Torres Gómez: Javier Torres Gómez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Tercera División (Grupo 8) 2011–12" [Tercera División (Group 8) 2011–12] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    "Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2011–12" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2011–12] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    "Tercera División (Grupo 8) 2012–13" [Tercera División (Group 8) 2012–13] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    "Tercera División (Grupo 8) 2013–14" [Tercera División (Group 8) 2013–14] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    "Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2013–14" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2013–14] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Tercera División (Grupo 6) 2014–15" [Tercera División (Group 6) 2014–15] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Torres Gómez: Javier Torres Gómez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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