José Torres Cadena

José Joaquín Torres Cadena (born July 15, 1952), also known as J.J. Torres, is a former association football referee from Colombia.

Torres served as a FIFA referee for several international tournaments, including the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship[1] and the 1992 Summer Olympics.

[2] He also worked as a referee for the 1994 World Cup's South American qualifiers.

[3] Torres is mostly known for supervising four matches in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.

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Lothar Matthäus taking a penalty in the quarter-final match against Bulgaria at the 1994 FIFA World Cup . The match was refereed by Torres.