Madrid. He ended the campaign with five, as they finished sixth and qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the first time ever. Getafe On 31 May 2012, Levante activated the €300.000 buying option it had on Torres, offering the player a four-year contract which he refused. On 1 August, after lengthy negotiations, he signed a four-year deal with fellow top-flight Getafe CF for a fee of approximately €500,000. Torres started in most of his league appearances for the Madrid outskirts club (37 official matches during the season), his first being on 26 August 2012 in the 2–1 home victory over Real Madrid where he featured 90 minutes. Betis On 7 August 2013, Torres signed for four seasons with Real Betis. He scored his first competitive goal 22 days later, the last in a 6–0 home rout of FK Baumit Jablonec in the Europa League playoff round. In December, however, he suffered an Achilles tendon injury in a game against HNK Rijeka in the same competition and was sidelined for the rest of the campaign, which ended with relegation to the second tier. Later career Torres terminated his contract with Betis on 15 August 2016, and joined Sporting de Gijón on a one-year deal shortly after. One year and ten days later, after suffering relegation, the 30-year-old moved abroad for the first time in his career, on a one-year contract at Australian club Perth Glory FC. On 31 July 2018, Torres returned to Spain and its second division after agreeing to a contract with Elche CF. In August 2019, he went back overseas to sign for Al-Arabi SC of the Kuwaiti Premier League, under his former Levante manager Juan Ignacio Martínez. On 14 September 2020, free agent Torres moved to second-tier CD Lugo on a one-year deal. Career statistics Honours Barcelona La Liga: 2008–09 Betis Segunda División: 2014–15 Al-Arabi Kuwait Emir Cup: 2019–20 References External links LaLiga profile 1986 births Living people People from Xàbia Sportspeople from the Province of Alicante Spanish footballers Footballers from the Valencian Community Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Villarreal CF B players Alicante CF footballers FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players Málaga CF players Levante UD footballers Getafe CF footballers Real Betis players Sporting de Gijón players Elche CF players CD Lugo players A-League Men players Perth Glory FC players Kuwait Premier League