Mantorras

Pedro Juan Manuel Torres, called Mantorras, ( born March 18, 1982 in Huambo ) is an Angolan football player.

Career

Shortly after Pedro Manuel Torres ' birth, his father died and he grew up in the civil war in Angola as an orphan. When he was 15 years old, his mother died, at the same time discovered him, the young Scouts of FC Barcelona. So he went to Spain and tried his hand at Barça B, in which, however, he could not prevail. So he moved to Portugal to FC Alverca. In just two years there he made ​​his breakthrough in the super league team and 2000/ 01 he had a very successful season with ten goals in 31 games.

Then he spent five million euros for top club Benfica Lisbon, where he tying in seamlessly and in the first year has been a regular player. 2002 to a serious knee injury threw back very far and he did not two years for use. The impending End of career he could turn away. He returned in 2004/05 back into the team and helped Benfica at winning the championship. Even though he has not yet reached the form of time before his injury and often comes only as a substitute is used, which demonstrated his famed speed striker is a man for the important goals and a specialist for hits in the last minute. In February 2011 he announced end of his career. On 8 June 2011 announced the President of CD Primeiro de Agosto, that talks with former National player running, on June 11, he announced his comeback.

In Angola Mantorras belongs together with Akwá the most prominent football players. In 2000 he was voted the best young player in Africa. And in the U -21 in his home country, he was one of the team that in 2001 the African Youth Championship, the first major title for the country won. After health reasons forced break, he worked for the Angolan national team in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany in action and contributed to the historical first qualification of the country at. Likewise, he is in the World Cup squad of Angola.

Mantorras has the Angolan and Portuguese citizenship. Known and loved he is in his native country because of its social commitment.

Achievements

In clubs

  • SL Benfica Taça de Portugal: 2004
  • Portuguese champions: 2005, 2010
  • Portuguese Super Cup: 2005
  • Taça da Liga: 2009, 2010

National

  • African junior champion in 2001 with the Angolan national U21 team
  • Best young player of Africa 2000
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