Hernán Torres Oliveros (born 31 May 1961) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper.[1] He is the current manager of Colombian club Deportivo Cali.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hernán Torres Oliveros | ||
| Date of birth | 31 May 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Ibagué, Colombia | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Cali (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1987 | Deportes Tolima | 113 | (0) |
| 1988 | Deportes Quindío | ||
| 1989 | Deportivo Pereira | ||
| 1989 | Atlético Nacional | ||
| 1990–1992 | Independiente Medellín | 73 | (0) |
| 1993 | Millonarios | 3 | (0) |
| 1994 | Lanceros Boyacá | ||
| 1995 | Bello | ||
| 1996 | Once Caldas | ||
| 1997–1998 | Cooperamos Tolima | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Deportes Tolima (assistant) | ||
| 2001–2003 | Deportivo Cali (assistant) | ||
| 2003 | Atlético Huila (assistant) | ||
| 2004 | Deportivo Pasto (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Deportes Tolima (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Millonarios (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Deportes Tolima (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2011 | Deportes Tolima | ||
| 2012 | Itagüí | ||
| 2012–2013 | Millonarios | ||
| 2014–2015 | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 2015 | Alajuelense | ||
| 2016–2017 | América de Cali | ||
| 2018 | Rionegro Águilas | ||
| 2018 | Melgar | ||
| 2019 | Alajuelense | ||
| 2019 | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
| 2020–2023 | Deportes Tolima | ||
| 2023–2024 | Emelec | ||
| 2024– | Deportivo Cali | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Torres started his career with Deportes Tolima, being involved in the first team squad in 1979. He only made his debut in 1981 in a match against Atlético Nacional, replacing injured Óscar Quintabani.
In 1988, Torres signed for Deportes Quindío. He spent the 1989 season with Deportivo Pereira and Atlético Nacional, before moving to Independiente Medellín in 1990.
Torres joined Millonarios in 1993, but was only a backup option, and moved to Categoría Primera B side Lanceros Boyacá in the following year. He subsequently represented Bello, Once Caldas and Cooperamos Tolima, retiring with the latter in 1998 at the age of 37.
Managerial career
After retiring, Torres became an assistant and goalkeeping coach of his first club Deportes Tolima. He subsequently worked under the same roles at Deportivo Cali, Atlético Huila, Deportivo Pasto, another stint at Tolima and Millonarios before returning to Tolima in January 2007, as an assistant of Jaime de la Pava.
On 11 April 2007, Torres was named manager of Tolima, replacing de la Pava who had resigned the day before; initially an interim, he was later confirmed as permanent manager of the club. He led the club to impressive campaigns in the 2009 and 2010 seasons, but resigned on 28 November 2011.[2]
On 4 January 2012, Torres was appointed Itagüí manager.[3] He left the club on 8 July,[4] and took over Millonarios the following day.[5]
With Millonarios, Torres won the 2012 Finalización tournament and reached the semifinals of the 2012 Copa Sudamericana. On 3 December 2013, after failing to win any accolades during the campaign, he was sacked.[6]
On 22 February 2014, Torres was named manager of another club he represented as a player, Independiente Medellín.[7] He left on 4 May 2015,[8] and moved abroad for the first time in his career on 5 June, taking over Alajuelense in Costa Rica.[9]
On 28 December 2015, after reaching the finals of the 2015 Campeonato de Invierno but losing to Saprissa, Torres was dismissed by LDA.[10] He returned to Colombia the following 4 May, after being named in charge of América de Cali.[11]
After winning the 2016 Categoría Primera B, Torres resigned from América on 2 September 2017,[12] and returned to Itagüí (now named Águilas Doradas) on 13 December.[13] He resigned from the latter on 17 May 2018,[14] and was appointed manager of Peruvian side FBC Melgar seven days later.[15]
Torres left Melgar on 7 November 2018,[16] and returned to Alajuelense the following 29 January.[17] He again left the club on 3 May 2019,[18] and was appointed Atlético Bucaramanga manager six days layer.[19]
Torres resigned from Bucaramanga on 8 September 2019,[20] and returned to Deportes Tolima on 6 December.[21] With the club, he won the 2021 Apertura tournament and the 2022 Superliga Colombiana, the latter being the club's first-ever title in the competition.
On 24 April 2023, Torres left Tolima on a mutual agreement.[22] On 8 June, he took over Emelec of the Ecuadorian Serie A.[23] Although Torres helped Emelec avoid relegation in 2023, the club failed to be in contention for international berths and was also unable to win the first stage of the following Serie A season. Consequently, Torres left Emelec by mutual agreement on 1 June 2024.[24] Seven days later, he returned to his home country, being confirmed as manager of Deportivo Cali.[25]
Honours
- Millonarios
- América de Cali
- Deportes Tolima