David de la Torre

David de la Torre
Personal information
Full name	David de la Torre García
Date of birth	16 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Cuernavaca, Mexico
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Atlas
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2002	Chapulineros de Oaxaca
2002–2003	Potros UAEM
2003	Guerreros Acapulco
2003	Jaguares de Tapachula
2004	Atlético Bucaramanga
2004–2005	Querétaro
2005	Colorado Rapids
2006	Águilas Riviera Maya
2006	Zacatepec
Managerial career
2009	Atlas U20 (assistant)
2011	Real América
2012	Real Mamoré
2012	Universitario de Sucre
2013	Sport Boys Warnes
2013–2014	Guabirá
2014–2015	Petrolero
2015	Nacional Potosí
2016	Real Santa Cruz
2016	Real Potosí
2017–2018	Royal Pari
2018–2019	Always Ready
2023–2024	Royal Pari
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David de la Torre García (born 16 March 1981) is a Mexican football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Playing career

Born in Cuernavaca, de la Torre began his professional career with Guerreros Acapulco making his debut in the 2003 Verano tournament. He subsequently played for Jaguares de Tapachula before moving to Colombian side Atlético Bucaramanga in 2004.

de la Torre returned to his home country with Querétaro in the same year, before representing Colorado Rapids in the 2005 season. In 2006, after playing for Águilas Riviera Maya and Zacatepec, he retired.

Coaching career

After retiring, de la Torre worked as an assistant coach of the under-20 team of his former side Atlas, before moving to Bolivia in 2011 as manager of Real América. On 25 December of that year, he replaced Sergio Apaza at the helm of Real Mamoré.^[1]

de la Torre left Real Mamoré on 4 May 2012, due to the club's financial problems.^[2] On 21 August, he took over Universitario de Sucre also in the top tier,^[3] but left in November.

On 28 March 2013, de la Torre was named Sport Boys Warnes manager.^[4] He led the club to a first-ever promotion to the first division, but was dismissed on 22 July.^[5] In October, he was named in charge of Guabirá, but was sacked on 25 March 2014.^[6]

de la Torre was appointed manager of Petrolero on 15 August 2014,^[7] but was relieved of his duties on 2 April of the following year.^[8] He agreed to become Nacional Potosí's manager on 1 September 2015,^[9] but left on 25 November.^[10]

On 1 June 2016, after a short period at Real Santa Cruz, de la Torre was appointed at Real Potosí.^[11] He resigned on 4 December,^[12] before taking over Royal Pari a day later.^[13]

On 4 April 2018, after also taking Royal Pari to a first-ever promotion, de la Torre left the club.^[14] He won his second Copa Simón Bolívar with Always Ready in the end of the year, but left on 30 January 2019.^[15]

de la Torre returned to Royal Pari in December 2022, as a sporting director, but was named interim manager the following 23 May.^[16] On 9 June 2023, he was permanently named manager of the side for the remainder of the season.^[17]

On 12 August 2024, de la Torre was sacked from Royal Pari after a poor run of results.^[18]

Personal life

He is the cousin of former Mexican international José Manuel de la Torre.^[19]

References

^ "David de la Torre asume como DT de Real Mamoré" [David de la Torre takes over as manager of Real Mamoré] (in Spanish). Opinión. 25 December 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "David de La Torre da por finalizada su vinculación a Real Mamoré" [David de La Torre ends his link with Real Mamoré] (in Spanish). La Patria. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "De la Torre es nuevo DT del Universitario de Sucre" [De la Torre is the new manager of Universitario de Sucre] (in Spanish). El Economista. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "David de la Torre asumió en Sport Boys" [David de la Torre took over at Sport Boys] (in Spanish). Late!. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "Sport Boys se queda sin DT" [Sport Boys is managerless] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "David de La Torre deja el cargo en Guabirá" [David de La Torre leaves his role at Guabirá] (in Spanish). Late!. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "David de la Torre asume en Petrolero" [David de la Torre takes over at Petrolero] (in Spanish). Late!. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "Petrolero despide a su DT" [Petrolero sack their manager] (in Spanish). Correo del Sur. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "David De la Torre llegó con algunas sugerencias" [David De la Torre arrived with some suggestions] (in Spanish). Late!. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "Argentino Chacior asume como técnico de Nacional Potosí" [Argentine Chacior takes over as manager of Nacional Potosí] (in Spanish). Correo del Sur. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "David de la Torre es el nuevo DT de Real Potosí" [David de la Torre is the new manager of Real Potosí] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "De la Torre deja su cargo en Real" [De la Torre leaves his role at Real] (in Spanish). Opinión. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "De la Torre asumirá en Royal Pari" [De la Torre will take over at Royal Pari] (in Spanish). Eju!. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "De la Torre deja el club con el que logró el ascenso" [De la Torre leaves the club with whom he achieved promotion] (in Spanish). Late!. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "Always Ready cesa a De la Torre; Baldivieso cerca de dirigir al 'millonario'" [Always Ready sack De la Torre; Baldivieso close to managing the 'millonario'] (in Spanish). La Razón. 30 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "David de la Torre toma el mando en Royal Pari de forma interina" [David de la Torre takes command at Royal Pari on an interim basis] (in Spanish). Unitel. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "David de la Torre es nuevo DT de Royal Pari" [David de la Torre is the new manager of Royal Pari] (in Spanish). El Deber. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "Royal Pari despide a David de la Torre ante los malos resultados" [Royal Pari sack David de la Torre given the poor results] (in Spanish). Diario Opinión. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
^ "El sobrino del 'Chepo' logra el ascenso en Bolivia" [The cousin of 'Chepo' achieves promotion in Bolivia] (in Spanish). Futbol Sapiens. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2023.