Carlos Torres

Carlos Manuel Torres Núñez (born January 27, 1970) is retired Paraguayan football referee who was a listed international referee from 1998 to 2012. He is known for having officiated the football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Torres also refereed in the 2007 Copa America. Career Carlos Torres was an electromechanical engineer, and began his career as part of the Unión del Fútbol del Interior refereeing body. Under it leadership, he had his first experience conducting matches between clubs of the main category, during the extinct República 1990 tournament, a contest made up of teams from the interior and the capital of the country. In 1994 he was promoted to the APF referee team and since then he has been in charge of some 300 First Division matches, including more than 10 classics. In 1994 he was promoted to the APF referee team and since then he has been in charge of some 300 First Division matches, including more than 10 classics.