Torres was part of the Argentina U-20 team, along with such players as Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero and Pablo Zabaleta, that won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

In summer 2005, the management of Dynamo Kyiv attempted to buy the young and promising FIFA World Youth Champion Juan Manuel Torres Racing Club.

However, the Racing Club management were not as eager to release one of their key players, although the Torres was expressing a desire for leaving.

In January 2017, Torres signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Aktobe,[2] leaving the club by mutual consent on 15 June 2017.

[3] Argentina U-20 Torres has two children: a daughter with his first wife Ailyn Lobato, and a son with the actress Catalina Artusi.