Gerardo Torrado

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Gerardo Torrado
Personal information
Full name Gerardo Torrado Diez de Bonilla
Date of birth April 30, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth    Mexico City, Mexico
Height 172 cm (5 ft 7.5 in)
Nickname El Borrego (The Bighorn Sheep)
Playing position Central Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club Cruz Azul
Number 6
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2004
2004-2005
2005-		 UNAM Pumas
CD Tenerife
Polideportivo Ejido
Sevilla FC
Racing de Santander
Cruz Azul		 44 (1)
36 (1)
12 (0)
40 (1)
19 (0)
47 (5)   
National team2
1999- Flag of Mexico Mexico 59 (2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 23 June, 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23 June, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gerardo Torrado Diez de Bonilla (born 30 April 1979 in Mexico City) is a Mexican football player, currently playing for Cruz Azul.

Playing mostly as a defensive midfielder, Torrado is known for his hard tackling and solid defensive abilities. He made is professional debut in the Primera División de Mexico on September, 1997, playing for UNAM Pumas against UANL Tigres, winning 4-2 against their opponent.

Torrado is one of only a handful of Mexican players to play a number of years outside of Mexico, playing for six years in various teams in the Spanish La Liga. He is an important part of the Mexican national team and has amassed 59 caps for his country. Torrado has represented Mexico in both youth and senior level. He was part of the Mexican youth team, that played in the FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in 1999, held in Nigeria, where his side reached the quarter-finals. Since then, he has been a regular starter for the senior Mexican national team and has played in the FIFA Confederations Cup both in 1999, 2005 and the FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan in 2002, where he scored the winning goal in their 2-1 defeat of Ecuador.

Torrado was selected by national team coach Ricardo Lavolpe to be part of the 23 man Mexican squad which will play in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Torrado played in all of Mexico's matches in the World Cup.


Flag of Mexico Mexico squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Flag of Mexico

1 Pérez | 2 de Anda | 3 García | 4 Márquez | 5 Vidrio | 6 Torrado | 7 Morales | 8 García Aspe | 9 Borgetti | 10 Blanco | 11 Luna | 12 Sánchez | 13 Mercado | 14 Villa | 15 Hernández | 16 Carmona | 17 Palencia | 18 J. Rodríguez | 19 Caballero | 20 Brown | 21 Arellano | 22 A. Rodríguez | 23 Campos | Coach: Aguirre
Flag of Mexico Mexico squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Flag of Mexico

1 Sánchez | 2 Suárez | 3 Salcido | 4 Márquez | 5 Osorio | 6 Torrado | 7 Naelson | 8 Pardo | 9 Borgetti | 10 Franco | 11 Morales | 12 Corona | 13 Ochoa | 14 Pineda | 15 Castro | 16 Méndez | 17 Fonseca | 18 Guardado | 19 Bravo | 20 García | 21 Arellano | 22 Rodríguez | 23 Pérez | Coach: Lavolpe
Cruz Azul - Current Squad

1 Pérez | 2 A. Rodríguez| | 3 Huiqui | 4 Domínguez | 5 López | 6 Torrado | 7 Carmona | 8 Hernández | 9 Núñez | 10 Pereyra | 11 Sabah | 12 Valdivia | 14 Sánchez | 15 J.D. Rodríguez | 16 Chávez | 17 López Ulloa | 18 Andrade | 19 Delgado | 20 Vílchez | 21 Rubio | 22 Cortes | 24 Orozco | 25 Y. Gutíerrez | 26 Velasco | 27 Ramírez | 28 H. Gutíerrez | 30 Campos | 31 Ceja | 58 Borgetti | Manager: Mizrahi
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