Facundo Torres

He came on as a 46th minute substitute for Matías de los Santos and scored his team's opening goal five minutes later.

Facundo Daniel Torres Pérez (born 13 April 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Major League Soccer club Orlando City and the Uruguay national team.

Torres previously played for Peñarol where he won the 2021 Uruguayan Primera División title.

Torres was born in the Colón Centro y Noroeste neighborhood of Montevideo, but grew up in La Paz, Canelones.

At the age of four, Torres attended his first football training session with his cousin Joaquín at Juventud River de La Paz but showed little interest and instead sat in the middle of the field and played with dirt.

His father later took him to La Paz Wanderers where he enjoyed playing with friends before spending a year with Defensor Sporting.

At the age of 10 he was selected to play in the National Championship final to represent the regional southern league in Melo where he was scouted by Peñarol and invited to join their academy.

With Peñarol, Torres traveled to Brazil to play in the Encontro de Futebol Infantil Pan-americano, a friendly international competition for academy teams.

Despite being two years younger than his teammates such as Federico Valverde, Diego Rossi and Santiago Bueno, Torres was a standout player at the tournament.

Coached by Robert Lima, Torres continued to be fast-tracked through the age groups and in 2014, helped Peñarol to an under-15 national title.

In February 2016, he was invited to train with the professional senior team for the first time, at the age of 15.

That same year, Italian Serie A club Juventus made an attempt to sign Torres via his agent Daniel Fonseca.

Torres' father opposed the move, thinking he was too young and describing it as "via the back door," parting ways with Fonseca as a result with Torres remaining at Peñarol to continue his development and earn playing time.

Torres was named in a senior match day squad for the first time on 7 June 2018, as an unused substitute against Defensor Sporting.

Moving between the first team and reserves under both Leonardo Ramos and Diego López without ever debuting, Torres was handed his senior debut by Diego Forlán on 16 August 2020 in a 2–0 Primera División win against Boston River.

He made his continental debut in the delayed 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage, starting all four of the remaining games and scoring once in a 3–0 victory over Chilean side Colo-Colo.

In his debut season, Torres made 34 appearances and scored 10 goals across all competitions.

Torres scored four goals during Peñarol's run to the 2021 Copa Sudamericana semi-finals before being eliminated by eventual winners Athletico Paranaense.

In his final competitive appearance for the club, Torres scored the equalizer in the semi-finals of the 2021 Uruguayan Primera División championship play-offs on 7 December, bringing Peńarol to a 1–1 draw with Torneo Apertura winners Plaza Colonia.

Peńarol won the shoot-out 8–7.

Because Peńarol had the most aggregate points of the regular season, they were crowned champions without a finals.

Torres made 33 appearances and scored 10 goals across all competitions during his final season at the club.

On 24 January, Torres signed for Orlando City of Major League Soccer on a four-year Young Designated Player contract with the option for a fifth.

He joined for a reported club record $9 million fee.

Torres debuted on 11 February for Orlando in a preseason friendly with Colorado Rapids, resulting in a 1–1 draw.

On 19 March, Torres scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win over LA Galaxy.

Torres scored his first brace for Orlando, his second goal being a penalty kick, in a 3–0 win over Sacramento Republic FC in the final of the 2022 U.S. Open Cup on 7 September 2022, thus securing the club's first trophy since becoming an MLS franchise in 2015.

With four goals, Torres was the joint-highest goalscorer in the competition.

In his first season with the club Orlando placed 7th in the Eastern Conference, securing the club entry into the play-offs.

Orlando was eliminated by CF Montréal in the first round in a 0–2 defeat.

Torres scored nine goals in the regular season and assisted 10 others, tying him second overall in goal contributions in a regular season for the club with Kevin Molino and Kaká and behind Nani.

Overall, Torres made 40 appearances for Orlando and scored 10 goals across all competitions.

In the following season due to Orlando City winning the U.S. Open Cup the previous year, the Lions qualified for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League, the team's first time in the competition.

Orlando made a first round exit on the away goals rules following a 1–1 draw over two legs against Tigres UANL.

In the 2023 U.S. Open Cup, Orlando were defending champions but were beaten 1–0 by Charlotte FC in the round of 32.

Torres scored his first ever regular season brace for the club in a 3–0 victory over New York Red Bulls on 3 June.

He made his debut Leagues Cup appearance with a start against Houston Dynamo in the first round of the group stage.

The Lions drew 1–1, followed up with a 5–4 penalty shoot-out victory in which Torres scored the winning penalty.

Orlando was eliminated in a 3–1 loss Inter Miami in the round of 32.

Torres achieved double digit regular season goals for the first time in his career with a brace in a 2–1 victory over St. Louis City SC on 26 August.