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Casimiro Torres
Personal information
Full name	Casimiro Torres Ibáñez
Date of birth	18 June 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Torrevieja, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Full back
Youth career
	Torrevieja CF
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1983	Castilla
1982	Real Madrid
1983–1985	Cartagena
1985–1986	Celta Vigo
1986–1988	Logroñés
1988–1990	Elche
1990–1991	Torrevieja CF
Total
Managerial career
2000	Elche (caretaker)
2001–2002	Elche B
2003	Elche
2003	Yeclano
2005–2006	Eldense
2007–2008	Novelda
2009–2011	Cartagena La Unión
2012	FC Torrevieja
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Casimiro Torres Ibáñez (born 18 June 1959), sometimes known simply as Casimiro while a player, is a Spanish former football player and manager.

A full back, he played 61 La Liga games for Real Madrid, Celta Vigo, Logroñés and Elche. In the Segunda División, he played 259 matches and scored 5 goals, for Castilla, Cartagena, Logroñés and Elche.

As a manager, Torres had two brief spells in charge of Elche in the second tier in the early 2000s.

Playing career

Born in Torrevieja in the Province of Alicante, Torres began his career as a youth at his hometown club Torrevieja CF, before joining Real Madrid. He began his senior career with the reserve team, Castilla, in the Segunda División. He was part of the side that reached the final of the Copa del Rey in 1979–80, losing 6–1 to their parent club on 4 June.^[1]

As Real Madrid won La Liga as well as the cup, the reserves took part in the 1980–81 edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, with Torres playing both legs of their 6–4 elimination by England's West Ham United in the first round.^[2]^[3] He made his only first-team appearance on 11 April 1982, as Castilla filled in during a professionals' strike and won 2–1 away to CD Castellón.^[4]

In June 1983, Torres signed for fellow second-tier team Cartagena FC for the upcoming season.^[5] Two years later, he moved on a three-season contract to RC Celta de Vigo, as their first acquisition ahead of their return to La Liga.^[6]

After Celta's relegation, Torres signed for CD Logroñés in the second division in June 1986.^[7] He played 35 games and scored twice as the team from La Rioja reached the top flight for the first time.^[8] When his contract expired in June 1988, he moved to Elche CF of his home province, who had sought his signature when he left Cartagena.^[9]^[10]

Managerial career

After the dismissal of Tolo Plaza, Elche hired Torres as a temporary replacement in January 2000. He drew both of his games, at home to UD Salamanca and away to Albacete Balompié, before Jorge D'Alessandro was appointed.^[11]^[12]

In late May 2003, Torres returned to the dugout at the Estadio Martínez Valero when Julián Rubio was sacked with five games remaining and the team three points above relegation.^[13] His team confirmed their survival before the final game, away to UD Las Palmas.^[14]

Torres was hired at CD Eldense in the Tercera División in 2005. He achieved promotion in his first season, after a playoff final win over Girona FC.^[15] In July 2007 he was hired at Novelda CF, also in the fourth tier.^[16]

In 2009, Torres was hired as manager of FC Cartagena-La Unión, the new farm team of FC Cartagena in the Tercera División.^[17] He combined this job with a role as a sports coordinator for Torrevieja's city council. In June 2011 the team was dissolved; he said he then found it difficult to find a new club.^[18]

Torres then joined his hometown's new club FC Torrevieja as an assistant. He was briefly the manager before being dismissed at the end of 2012; his team were in 14th and four points from relegation at the halfway break in the season.^[19]

References

^ "Solo en los primeros minutos plantó cara el filial" [Only in the first minutes did the reserve team put up a fight]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 June 1980. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "3-1: ¡Caray con el Castilla!" [3-1: Wow for Castilla!]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 September 1980. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "5-1: La prórroga le sentó mal al filial blanco" [5-1: Extra time went badly for the white reserve team]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2 October 1980. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ Lara, Miguel Ángel (8 October 2022). "Butragueño 'debutó' con el Real Madrid en Getafe" [Butragueño 'debuted' with Real Madrid in Getafe]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "Se comenta" [It is commented]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 28 June 1983. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "Torres, primer fichaje del Celta" [Torres, Celta's first signing]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). EFE. 6 July 1985. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "Tres jugadores del Elche firmaron por el Logroñés" [Three Elche players signed for Logroñés]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). EFE. 14 June 1986. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "Cuando el Logroñés amaneció en la gloria" [When Logroñés dawned in glory]. La Rioja (in Spanish). 14 June 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "Casimiro Torres: probable tercer fichaje del Elche" [Casimiro Torres: probable third signing for Elche]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 June 1988. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "Purroy cierra el capítulo de renovaciones" [Purroy closes the chapter of renewals]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). EFE. 23 June 1988. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ Romero, J. C. (26 January 2000). "El Elche presenta a D'Alessandro" [Elche present D'Alessandro]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "El nuevo técnico: "Espero no defraudar al presidente"" [New manager: "I hope not to disappoint the president"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 27 May 2003. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "El Elche destituye a Julián Rubio" [Elche dismiss Julián Rubio]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 26 May 2003. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ Hernández, M. (28 June 2003). ""La motivación va a ser muy distinta ahora"" ["The motivation will be very different now"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "El Murcia visita al Eldense 50 años después" [Murcia visit Eldense after 50 years] (in Spanish). Valle de Elda. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ Martínez, Javier (12 July 2007). "Fútbol: El Novelda presenta a Casimiro Torres como entrenador para la próxima temporada" [Football: Novelda present Casimiro Torres as manager for next season] (in Spanish). Novelda Digital. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ "La ilusión de Casimiro" [Casimiro's excitement]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 7 July 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ "Casimiro Torres ve difícil encontrar club tras 'lo' del Cartagena B" [Casimiro Torres sees it as difficult to find a club after 'what happened' at Cartagena B] (in Spanish). Sport Cartagena. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ "El Torrevieja destituye a Casimiro Torres" [Torrevieja dismiss Casimiro Torres]. La Información (in Spanish). 20 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2024.