Erick Torres Padilla

Torres came in off the bench for Obafemi Martins in the 60th minute.

The match resulted in 2–1 win.

Erick Estéfano Torres Padilla (born 19 January 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker.

He is nicknamed "El Cubo" (The Cube) due to his large, cubical shaped head.

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Torres came into the Guadalajara first team in 2010 and was a promising young player at the club.

After being captain of the Chivas U-17 team, taking them to the championship game of the Bicentenario 2010, He made his official debut in the Mexican Primera División in November 2010 against C.F. Monterrey, where he scored 21 minutes into the second half.

Chivas would go on to tie the game 1–1.

He scored a brace against Pachuca, where Chivas would win the match 4–1.

He scored in his first "Super Clasico" on 10 April 2011 against arch-rivals América in a shock 3–0 victory.

After the Clausura 2011 season, he finished with 6 goals in 19 appearances, and the club's second top goal scorer, behind Marco Fabián.

Erick Torres was loaned to sister club Chivas USA from Guadalajara on 10 July 2013, and was signed as a designated player.

Torres made his debut with Chivas in July 2013 against Toronto FC scoring the winning goal during the 79th minute.

He played all 90 minutes.

On 29 June 2014 Torres scored his 17th career goal with Chivas USA and became Major League Soccer's all-time Mexican-born scoring leader.

On 20 July 2014, Torres tied Ante Razov's club record of 14 goals in a single season while being in a 6 match goal streak.

On 5 August 2014, Torres was chosen for the MLS All Star team facing against Bayern München.

Torres finished the 2014 MLS season with 15 goals scored in 29 games.

During his time with Chivas he scored a total of 22 goals in 45 games before the club was dissolved in 2014.

On 18 December 2014, Guadalajara announced that MLS made the purchase clause effective to move Torres permanently to the MLS under the condition that Guadalajara acquire Torres on loan for six months.

On 23 December 2014, Houston Dynamo announced that they had signed Torres to a Designated Player contract.

The contract is for five years.

Torres was loaned back to Guadalajara for six months as part of the agreement made with MLS.

He made his return debut for the club at home against Pumas UNAM coming in as a substitute for Ángel Reyna.

Guadalajara won the match by a score of 2–1.

On 14 March 2015, Torres scored his first two and only league goals of the season coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute for Israel Castro against Puebla.

Torres played mostly in the Copa MX where he scored three goals and helped Guadalajara reach the final where they lost 4–2 to Puebla.

He made his debut for Dynamo in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on 21 July 2015, when he came off the bench as a sub in the 63rd minute in a 3–1 loss to Sporting Kansas City.

He made his official league debut as a sub once again for Will Bruin in the 69th minute on 25 July 2015, against LA Galaxy in a 3–0 win.

After going 22 games without scoring a single goal, Houston Dynamo decided to loan Cubo to Cruz Azul for the remainder of the year.

On 3 September 2016, Cruz Azul announced that Torres would join the club on loan for the remaining season of the Liga MX with an option to buy.

After spending six months on loan with Guadalajara, Torres returned to Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer to make his debut with the team.

After returning from Cruz Azul, Torres made his appearance back with Houston Dynamo in their first game of the 2017 Major League Soccer season on 5 March 2017.

He turned out to score his first goal with the Houston Dynamo in their 2–1 away win against Seattle Sounders FC.

On 1 April 2017, Torres scored a hat-trick against New York Red Bulls on their 4–1 home win.

The hat-trick was his first of his career and it made him the second ever Mexican player to score a hat-trick in the MLS.

On August 23, 2017, in a match against rivals FC Dallas, Torres set a club record for most goals in a season, 14, beating Brian Ching's previous record of 13.

On 24 January 2018, Torres joined Mexican club Pumas UNAM in a reported $2 million deal.

On 5 June 2018, Torres was sold to Club Tijuana.

On 31 July 2020, Torres returned to Major League Soccer, joining Atlanta United FC as a Season-Ending Injury Replacement Player for the injured Josef Martínez.

On August 22, 2020, Torres made his debut against Nashville SC, which resulted in a 2–0 win for Atlanta.