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Here are some interesting facts about the Spanish golden boy of football- Fernando Torres. • His full name is Fernando José Torres Sanz. • He was born on 20th March 1984. • He started playing football at the age of seven. His debut position was that of a goal keeper. • As a kid, he was largely inspired by the popular football anime- Captain Tsubasa. • His father’s name is Jose and his mom’s- Flori. He has a brother who goes by the name Israel and a sister, Mari Paz. • He has a very unusual nickname- El Nino, which means “the Kid” in Spanish. • His football idol has always been Kiko, a former player for the football club- Atletico Madrid. • Fernando Torres is the youngest football player to be given the Captaincy position of the main team at the age of nineteen. • His very first goal while playing for the national team was the one he scored against Italy on 28th April, 2004. • He married his girlfriend- Olalla Domínguez Liste, whom he has known since he was seventeen years of age, on 27 May 2009 in El Escorial, Madrid. • Later on, he started playing as a striker and stuck with the position up to his current club Chelsea. • Their wedding took place in a very private ceremony held in a town hall in front of just two guests. • Just like how their ceremony was special and different from the opulent affairs of other football players, his wife is also not your typical ‘WAG’ (Wife and Girlfriend) of a footballer. She is not a show – off and is known to be a shy and private person. • The couple has two kids- a daughter, Nora and a son, Leo. • He is the fastest known Liverpool player to have secured a tally of fifty league goals since scoring debut against Aston Villa in December 2009. • Torres is a foodie. He likes to pig out on sea food, home cooked delicacies, chicken curry and all kind s of candy. • He has three tattoos on his body; each tattoo comes with its own unique story. • He once appeared in a music video produced by the band ‘El Canto del Loco’. • He also had a small cameo appearance in the Spanish movie Torrente 3: El Protector. • In 2009, a book - Torres: El Nino- My Story, based on Fernando Torres profile, was released.
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