Fernando Jos� Torres Sanz (born 20 March 1984), nicknamed El Ni�o (The Kid in Spanish),cite news first=Jimlast=Whiteurl=title=Fernando Torres: exclusive interview with Liverpool and Spains El Nino newspaper=The Daily Telegraph date=2009-11-23 accessdate=2010-06-20 is a Spanish (Spanish people) footballer (association football) who plays for Premier League club Liverpool (Liverpool F.C.) and the Spain national team (Spain national football team) as a striker (forward (association football)).

Torres started his career with Atl�tico Madrid, progressing through their youth system. He made his first team debut in 2001 and finished his career with the club having scored 75 goals in 174 La Liga appearances. Prior to his La Liga debut, Torres played two seasons in the Segunda Divisi�n, making 40 appearances and scoring seven goals. He joined Liverpool in 2007, after signing for a club record transfer fee. He marked his first season at Anfield by being Liverpools first player, since Robbie Fowler in 1995-96 (1995-96 in English football), to score more than 20 league goals in a season. Torres become the fastest player in Liverpool history to score 50 league goals after scoring against Aston Villa (Aston Villa F.C.) in December 2009.

He is also a Spanish international and made his debut for the country against Portugal (Portugal national football team) in 2003. He has since participated in four major tournaments, UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He did not score a goal at UEFA Euro 2004, but he scored three at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Torres scored the winning goal for Spain in their 1-0 win over Germany (Germany national football team) in the UEFA Euro 2008 Final.