el Nino, Fernando Torres. Torres was born in Madrid in March 1984. He signed as a professional for Atletico Madrid aged 15, made his first-team debut two years later, and became club captain at 19.
After 200 appearances for Atletico, Torres was signed for a club-record euro 20 million by Liverpool in July 2007, and in his inaugural season in the Premier League became the first Liverpool player since Robbie Fowler to score 20 league goals.
Torres made his debut for Spain in 2003 and has amassed over 70 caps to date. He scored the winning goal in the 2008 European Championship final.
On Anfield's Kop, there is only one Fernando Torres - but there's much more tp Liverpool's number nine than simply putting the ball into the back of the net. This story happened in San Sebastian, in northern Spainm When he was playing for Altetico Madrid against Real Sociedad. He was battling with a defender, and the captain;s armband he was wearing came loose and fell open. As it hung frin his arm, we could see the message written on the inside, in English, "You'll never walk alone".