World Cup-winning former Spain striker Fernando Torres has been named head coach of Atlético Madrid’s B workforce, the LaLiga membership stated in an announcement on Tuesday.
“I settle for it as a fantastic problem with loads of ambition and the tranquility of understanding that we’re prepared,” Torres, who beforehand coached Atlético’s under-19s, stated, including that he understood that the target of the B workforce is to develop gamers for the membership’s first workforce.
Throughout his time as coach of the U19s, Torres received two league titles, one Copa de Campeones and reached the semifinals of the UEFA Youth League.
Torres replaces Luis García Tevenet, who earned back-to-back promotions in his first two years and completed ninth in Spain’s third tier. Tevenet is about to affix Diego Simeone’s first-team teaching workers.
Torres, 40, scored greater than 100 objectives in two spells at his boyhood membership Atlético. He helped Spain win the European Championship in 2008 and 2012 and their first World Cup in 2010.
The ahead additionally performed for Liverpool, Chelsea and AC Milan, successful the Champions League and Europa League with the London membership. He additionally lifted the Europa League with Atlético in 2018.