Jairo Torres

Ían Jairo Misael Torres Ramírez (born 5 July 2000) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Ramírez.
Jairo Torres
Personal information
Full name Ían Jairo Misael Torres Ramírez
Date of birth (2000-07-05) 5 July 2000
Place of birth Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Fire
Number 7
Youth career
2011–2017 Atlas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Atlas 106 (9)
2022– Chicago Fire 16 (0)
International career‡
2015 Mexico U15 4 (2)
2017 Mexico U17 10 (3)
2019–2021 Mexico U23 7 (1)
2019– Mexico 1 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
First place2017 PanamaTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2021

Club career

Youth

Torres joined Atlas youth academy in 2011. Which he then continued through Los Rojinegros Youth Academy successfully going through U-13, U-15, U-17 and U-20. He finally broke thorough to the first team, José Guadalupe Cruz being the coach promoting Torres to the first team.[3]

Senior

On November 19, 2016, Torres made his professional debut for Atlas in the Liga MX against Chiapas subbing in at the 45th minute ending in a 1–0 loss.[4]

On February 19, 2022, Torres signed a contract with Chicago Fire that will run through 2025, effective May 1, 2022.[5]

International career

Youth

On 7 May 2017, Torres won the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship with the under-17 squad. He was named the best player of the tournament.[6]

In May 2019, Torres was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament,[7] where Mexico finished third in the tournament.[8]

Senior

On 2 October 2019, Torres made his senior national team debut in a friendly match against Trinidad & Tobago, coming in as a substitute for Jesús Ricardo Angulo at half-time.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 May 2023[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlas 2016–17 Liga MX 10———10
2017–18 2010——30
2018–19 18280——262
2019–20 20040——240
2020–21 274———274
2021–22 383———383
Total 1069130——1199
Chicago Fire 2022 MLS 140———140
2023 20———20
Total 1600000—160
Career total 122913000001359

    International
    As of match played 2 October 2019[11]
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Mexico 201910
    Total10

    Honours

    Atlas

    Mexico U17

    Individual

    References
    1. "Jairo Torres". Chicago Fire FC. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
    2. "LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX". Ligamx.net. 1994-04-24. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
    3. "Conoce a Jairo Torres". Lapizarradeldt.com (in Spanish). Tony Gonzalez. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
    4. "Chiapas vs. Atlas - 19 November 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
    5. "Chicago Fire FC Acquire Mexican Winger Jairo Torres as Young Designated Player" (Press release). Chicago Fire. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
    6. "Mexico's Torres credits team for CU17 Golden Ball". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
    7. "Convocatoria Final de la SNM Sub 22 Para el Torneo Maurice Revello" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. 23 May 2019.
    8. "Con Jurado como figura en los penales, México se quedó con el Tercer Lugar en Toulon". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 15 June 2019.
    9. "Mexico v Trinidad & Tobago game report". ESPN. 2 October 2019.
    10. Jairo Torres at Soccerway
    11. Jairo Torres at National-Football-Teams.com
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