Karla Torres (Colombian footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karla Dayana Torres García | ||
| Date of birth | 11 October 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenaventura, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Leicester City (on loan from Santa Fe) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Santa Fe | 27 | (12) |
| 2025– | → Leicester City (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2024 | Colombia U-20 | 26 | (3) |
| 2024– | Colombia | 5 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 April 2025 | |||
Karla Dayana Torres García (Spanish: [ˌkaɾla daˌʝana ˌtores ɡaɾˈsia]; born 11 October 2006) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for English Women's Super League club Leicester City, on loan from Santa Fe, and the Colombia national team.
Early life
[edit]Raised in Buenaventura, Torres began training in football seriously when she was eight or nine.[1]
Club career
[edit]On 31 January 2025, Torres joined English club Leicester City on loan from Santa Fe.[2]
International career
[edit]Torres represented Colombia at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. At the latter tournament, held on home soil, she scored both goals in a 2–2 draw against the Netherlands in the quarterfinals, losing on penalties.[3]
Torres made her senior debut on 29 October 2024, appearing in a 3–1 friendly defeat to Brazil.[3]
On 6 April 2025, she scored her first goal for national team against Japan in a friendly match.[4]
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 April 2025 | Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka, Japan |  Japan |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
References
[edit]- ^ Gómez, Sebastián (2 September 2024). "Karla Torres, de llorar por una dura lesión a brillar en Selección Colombia femenina Sub-20". Noticias Caracol. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Leicester sign teenage forward Torres on loan". BBC. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ a b Karla Torres at Soccerway
- ^ "Empate en Osaka: Colombia 1 Japón 1".
External links
[edit]- Karla Torres at Soccerway.com
- Karla Torres at kicker (in German)
- Living people
- 2006 births
- 21st-century Colombian sportswomen
- Colombian women's footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Women's association football forwards
- Colombia women's international footballers
- Independiente Santa Fe (women) players
- Leicester City W.F.C. players
- Expatriate sportspeople in England