Euro 2012

Fernando José Torres Sanz (born 20 March 1984 in Madrid, Spain), nicknamed El Niño (”The Kid”), is a Spanish footballer, who plays for Liverpool.

Torres started his career with Atlético Madrid, with whom he progressed through the youth ranks. He made his professional debut in 2001 and finished his career with the club having scored 75 goals in 174 La Liga appearances. Prior to this, Torres played two seasons in the Segunda División, making 40 appearances and scoring seven goals. He joined Liverpool in 2007, after the club paid their record transfer fee to sign him and marked his first season with the club by being their first player to score more than 20 league goals for the club in a season since Robbie Fowler in 1995–96.

He is also a Spanish international and made his debut for the team against Portugal in 2003. He has since participated in three major tournaments; UEFA Euro 2004, 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008. He was unable to score for Spain during the 2004 tournament, but did so on three occasions in the 2006 World Cup. Torres scored the winning goal for Spain in their 1–0 win over Germany in the Euro 2008 final.
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Semih Şentürk (born April 29, 1983, in İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for the Turkcell Super League club Fenerbahçe SK in the striker position.
Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club information
Current club :Fenerbahçe
Number:23

Club career
He played 100 times for Fenerbahçe PAF and scored 63 goals. His goalscoring exploits increased hopes among the supporters that Semih could be the future of the Fenerbahçe attacking line. Indeed, he managed to become something of a regular fixture in the team during the 2007/08 campaign, in which he scored 17 goals and finished the season as top scorer. His more prominent role in the team was rewarded after he was named as the vice-captain of the team after the departure of the former captains Ümit Özat, now a 1. FC Köln player, and Tuncay Şanlı, now at Middlesbrough F.C..
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