The youngest player to represent club side Atletico Madrid and a mainstay in the international side despite only being 22 years of age. Torres made his debut for Spain as a precocious teenager in 2003 and scored his first goal in a friendly against Italy six months later. Scored eight times in Spain's qualification programme including a hat-trick against San Marino. Lived up to his billing as one of the deadliest marksmen in La Liga by finishing the 2004-05 season as the highest goalscorer - a feat which attracted the attention of a host of top English and Italian sides not to mention cross-city rivals Real Madrid and Catalan giants Barcelona.