1. In summer 2007 he moved from Madrid Atletico Madrid to Liverpool and a few months became the new hero of the English Premier League. Successful game at Euro 2008 may help the 24-year-old Torres to climb yet another ladder of his stellar career.

2. Striker began his professional career in Madrid Atletico Madrid, football school whose pupil he is. Debut Torres in the adult team (sezon-2000/01) coincided with the period when Atletico Madrid while experiencing decline and played in the "Segundo" - the second largest Spanish league championship.

3. In summer 2002, Atletico Madrid returned to the elite division, and Torres this time was the player the basic composition. In order to adapt to a new level of football for him, the assailant had the one season (2002/03), when he scored relatively few goals (14).

4. The next two years the number killed more than 20 goals Torres but Atletico Madrid are not helped much: the team is not claimed (and still does not claim) to the Spanish championship. Journalists have often asked forward, not whether he plans to move to another team, but Torres has always been is diplomatic and tactful towards their club.

5. Despite this, in 2005 there was talk that the player will soon pass into one of the clubs in the English Premier League - Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United or Arsenal. "Soon" come until the summer of 2007, when Torres signed a contract with Liverpool.

6. According to British media, which was "Liverpool" is not refuted, the Spaniard treated the club at 26 million pounds (about 52 million dollars). Torres did not disappoint his new employers: by April the number of slaughtered them for the season to 30 goals exceeded.

7. Despite the personal success of the attacker, the last third of the season, Liverpool lost the chance to win in all competitions except the Champions League. Most fans of team experience on the situation in the championship of England, where Liverpool once again proved to be untenable in the fight against Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

8. Career Fernando Torres in Spain's national team also do without big victories. International football debut in September 2003 and the following year he took part in the European Championship in 2004. At Euro 2004 Torres played in all matches of his team, but because the Spaniards did not come from a group, such matches were only three.

9. At the 2006 World Cup, Fernando Torres was the main forward the Spanish team and scored three goals in the tournament. As is known, Spain's national team reached only up to 1 / 8 finals, where she was defeated by France led by Zinedine Zidane.

10. In that, at the Euro 2008 Torres will become the main player of the Spanish national team, no doubt, no one, including coach Luis Aragones, regularly publishes it in the first team in the qualifier. The first striker of the national team of Spain will try to stop Russia's defenders.