Thanks for the memories, Fernando Torres. You are the forever El Niño in my mind!

At 11:01 pm on June 20, 2019, Fernando Torres announced retirement by Twitter. He said:" I have something very important to announce. After 18 exciting years, the time has come to put an end to my football career. ". The 35 years old striker has a fantastic soccer career, he played for a lot of famous clubs like Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea, AC Milan, Torres has scored 260 goals in 756 matches career appearances, he has won a lot of honors and champions, (one world cup(2010) and two UEFA European Championships(2008,2012) with Spain, UEFA Champions league winner(Chelsea), and many top scorers and other champions.

Like every hero story all has a happy ending, Torres decided to retire on this day, bringing an end to his successful career. But for many of his fans, the day seems to have come quite suddenly . For me, Torres is not just a player, he is Spain's el Niño, Liverpool's darling, Atletico Madrid's eternal child, Chelsea's "mascot", my favorite Fernando Torres. At this moment, we still remember the handsome blond boy. Our memories are awakened little by little.

1. Torres joined Atletico's first team as a main striker in 2000 and he became Atletico's youngest captain, when Raul's departure (he joined real Madrid) seemed to make the hearts of all Atletico fans sad. However, with the emergence of Torres, this has made millions of Atletico fans see hope. This blond boy is like a flash of lightning piercing the sky, tender face on the sunny smile, become calderon's most beautiful scenery. At just 19, torres is already the sheets' top scorer.This child is destined not to be ordinary, so he started his own legend. In the six years since making his Atletico debut at the age of 17, Torres has scored 91 goals in 244 appearances. while he was so young, he has become one of the brightest stars in European football.His success at Atletico has put Torres at the top of the world's soccer.

2, Torres moved to Liverpool in 2007 and scored 65 goals in 102 games. he quickly won the hearts of Liverpool fans. He has a handsome face, but also some people impressive talent. Wearing the red shirt, Torres has been a key force in Liverpool's revival, and his partnership with Gerrard has brought Liverpool's 21st century attack, providing the fans with some memorable games.These include the 4-goal thrashing of Real Madrid in the European champions league, the humiliation of vidic at old trafford and other stories that set Liverpool fans on fire.

3, Torres joined Chelsea in January 2011 during the winter transfer window (£50m) despite losing his spell at Liverpool, scoring just one goal in the second half of the season.He scored 20 goals in 110 games in three seasons.He joined AC Milan in 2014, but his performance at Milan was mediocre. To be fair, neither Chelsea nor AC Milan were the best choices for Torres, but at Chelsea he won the most important title of his career - the champions league. In 2012, in the second leg of the champions league semi-final between Chelsea and Barcelona, only has ten players 's Chelsea were given a last-minute counter-attack. Fernando Torres sent the ball into the bottom of Barcelona's net after swinging past victor Valdes to send Chelsea through to the champions league final. Having won the European title on penalties against bayern Munich in the final, torres repaid his club's loyalty, strength and luck with a clear conscience.

4， Torres was also a winner for Spain national team, he winning almost everything, overtaking Lahm and winning the golden boot as a substitute at Euro cup 2012, the last of Spain's golden generation and one of Europe's few grand slam winners. One of the highlights was the Euro 2008 final.The opponents in the final of Spain is a powerful Germany, when the game to 33 minutes, Harvey midfielder passing, movement of Fernando Torres from outside force beyond ram, the box right rear, 15 yards into the goal keeper Lehman has no idea for that goal. This goal of 44 years later again to Spain won the European championship, also let torres got the euro 2008 finals MVP.

5， In 2016, Torres returned to Atletico Madrid on loan, Like a wandering wanderer for many years, going round and round, finally returned to his hometown , and the Atletico Madrid kid kissed the grass on his first appearance in Calderon .

Torres loves Atletico Madrid and dreams of winning a trophy for Atletico Madrid, finally winning the Europa league in the summer of 2018 at the age of 34. In the interview, he said: "I am very lucky to have won many championships and played for many strong teams.But emotionally, this championship means the most because I have achieved my childhood dream.When I left Atletico, I thought it was impossible.But as Atletico taught me, if you work hard you can achieve your dream and I will always be grateful to Atletico.

Looking back on Torres's career, he has had his moments of glory, struggles and pain."At parting, you say, what have I done to deserve your love. But those who love him say, "what have we done to deserve you like this?"

.Goodbye Torres, you are like a meteor, lighting up our tired dreams. Even if we leave, we will deeply appreciate the good memories you bring to us.