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Paulo Torres
Personal information
Full name	Paulo Manuel Banha Torres
Date of birth	25 November 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Évora, Portugal
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Huíla (manager)
Youth career
1983–1985	SL Évora
1985–1989	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1995	Sporting CP
1991	→ Atlético (loan)
1995–1996	Campomaiorense
1996–1998	Salamanca
1998	Rayo Vallecano
1999	Chaves
1999–2000	Leganés
2000–2001	Torreense
2001–2002	Penafiel
2002–2003	Imortal
Total
International career
1988–1989	Portugal U18
1990–1991	Portugal U20
1992–1994	Portugal U21
1992	Portugal
Managerial career
2003–2004	Peniche
2004–2006	Fátima
2006	Barreirense
2007	Bombarralense
2007–2009	Rio Maior
2009–2011	Torreense
2011–2012	Atlético Reguengos
2012–2013	Torreense
2013	Sporting Bissau
2013–2016	Guinea-Bissau
2017–2018	Interclube
2018	Kabuscorp
2019–2020	Sagrada Esperança
2021–2022	Libolo
2022–	Huíla
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Portugal
FIFA U-20 World Cup
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Manuel Banha Torres (born 25 November 1971) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left-back, currently manager of Angolan club C.D. Huíla.

Playing career

Torres was born in Évora, Alentejo Region. During his career, which was spent entirely in his country and Spain, the free kick specialist^[1] played for Sporting CP (this included a very brief loan at Lisbon neighbours Atlético Clube de Portugal), S.C. Campomaiorense, UD Salamanca – spending one season each in the country's two major divisions – Rayo Vallecano, G.D. Chaves, CD Leganés, S.C.U. Torreense, F.C. Penafiel and Imortal DC, retiring at 31.^[2]^[3]

Torres was part of the Portugal national under-20 team, dubbed The Golden Generation, that won the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship on home soil, scoring two goals through long-distance free kicks and three in total during the tournament.^[4] He also won two full caps, both in the following year.^[5]

Coaching career

Torres took up coaching immediately after retiring as a player, managing exclusively in the lower leagues in Portugal. On 29 November 2013, he was appointed as head coach of the Guinea-Bissau national team.^[6]

In September 2015, Torres received a four-match ban from the Confederation of African Football for abusing a referee during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Zambia three months earlier.^[7] He was sacked in March of the following year, after a 3–1 loss to Liberia.^[8]

Torres worked in the Angolan Girabola the following seasons, successively being in charge of G.D. Interclube,^[9] Kabuscorp SCP,^[10] G.D. Sagrada Esperança^[11] and C.R.D. Libolo.^[12]

Honours

Sporting CP

Taça de Portugal: 1994–95

Portugal U20

FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1991^[4]

References

^ A. Lopes, Norberto (17 November 2001). "Penafiel-Gil Vicente, 3–1 (destaques)" [Penafiel-Gil Vicente, 3–1 (highlights)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Paulo Torres cobiçado pelo Sunderland" [Paulo Torres coveted by Sunderland]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 January 2000. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Paulo Torres: "Nunca esqueci o jogo dos 3–6"" [Paulo Torres: "I never forgot that 3–6 match"]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 December 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b Ribeiro, Ireneu (20 August 2011). "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ Silva Rodrigues, António (29 November 2013). "Paulo Torres é o novo selecionador da Guiné-Bissau" [Paulo Torres is the new Guinea-Bissau national team manager]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Caf hands Guinea-Bissau coach Paulo Torres four-match ban". BBC Sport. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ "Governo da guineense ameaça retirar estatuto de utilidade pública à federação de futebol" [Guinean government threatens to strip football federation of its public utility status] (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ "Futebol: Paulo Torres minimiza empate e valoriza atitude da equipa" [Football: Paulo Torres downplays draw and values attitude of team] (in Portuguese). Angola Press News Agency. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "Girabola 2018/19: Kabuscorp do Palanca – PLANTEL" [Girabola 2018/19: Kabuscorp do Palanca – SQUAD] (in Portuguese). Angola Press News Agency. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
^ "Futebol: Plantel do Sagrada Esperança para época 2019/20" [Football: Sagrada Esperança squad for 2019/20 season] (in Portuguese). Angola Press News Agency. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
^ "Paulo Torres substitui Filemon no comando do Libolo" [Paulo Torres replaces Filemon at the helm of Libolo] (in Portuguese). Angola Press News Agency. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

External links

Paulo Torres at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Paulo Torres manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Paulo Torres at BDFutbol
Paulo Torres national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Paulo Torres at National-Football-Teams.com
Paulo Torres – FIFA competition record (archived)
Paulo Torres at EU-Football.info