[3][4] After being captain of the Chivas U-17 team, taking them to the championship game of the Bicentenario 2010,[5][6] He made his official debut in the Mexican Primera División in November 2010 against C.F.

Erick Torres was loaned to sister club Chivas USA from Guadalajara on 10 July 2013,[7] and was signed as a designated player.

[15] 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.

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

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.

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

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.

[18] 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.

[20] On 3 February 2021, it was announced that Torres had re-signed with Atlanta United, occupying a supplemental roster spot for the season, as well as also taking on an undefined role in the club's academy.

Erick Torres was included in the squad that represented Mexico at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, he was listed as the youngest player in the team at the age of 18, And wore the number 10.

[30][31] On 12 October 2014, Torres scored his first goal with the national team in a friendly versus Panama in Queretaro on a mistake from the Panamanian goalkeeper.

He has been compared to Javier Hernández due to their similarity in their style of playing and his rapid success months after his debut, but he has mentioned that it is only the beginning of his career and he has to make his own path in football.

"[34] Erick Torres was nominated as La nueva Promesa' (The New Pledge) for the year 2012 during the 2012 Premios Juventud but lost to Boxer Saúl Álvarez.