Gerardo Torrado

Gerardo Torrado Díez de Bonilla ( born April 30, 1979 in Mexico City) is a Mexican football player who also has the Spanish citizenship.

Biography

Association

With 18 years Torrado made ​​his debut in the first Mexican League for the UNAM Pumas. After he had become in the season 1999/2000 there regular players, the defensive midfielder tried the following year in Europe. After stints at CD Tenerife and Poli Ejido Deportivo in the Spanish second division, he came to the Primera División for Sevilla FC. After he was still there in 2002 /03 regularly in use, he came in the following year only ten season games and then moved to Racing Santander. Since 2005 he plays in his home for the Cruz Azul. There he had a debut to measure, as he contributed two goals in the 2-0 victory of his team on his debut against Monarcas Morelia.

National

The national team was Gerardo Torrado already in the junior national teams and was captain of the 1999 team that reached the quarterfinals at the U- 20 World Cup. In the same year he made his debut on June 9 for the senior national team in a friendly against Argentina, which ended 2-2. Just one month later, he scored on July 10 in a match against Peru ( 3-3 ) at the Copa América in 1999 his first international goal.

In the victory of the Mexicans in the Confederations Cup 1999, he stood in the 20 - man squad, but only came in the semifinals against the United States more than 58 minutes to use. Meanwhile Torrado looks back on a thirteen- year-old National team career with 137 caps. He also belonged to the World Cup squad in Mexico at the FIFA World Cups in 2002 and 2006, where he came into use in almost all games. Only in the final group game against Portugal (1-2) at the 2006 World Cup, he was not. In the 2010 World Cup, he was captain of the Mexican team, but different as 2006 in the second round against Argentina. In 2011 he won the CONCACAF Gold Cup with Mexico by a 4-2 in the final against the United States.