José Torres Cadena Explained

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. He officiated two group stage matches: the first one between Belgium and Morocco[4] and the second one between the Republic of Ireland and Norway, as well as the quarter-final match between Germany and Bulgaria and the semi-final match between Brazil and Sweden.

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  1. [FIFA]
  2. [FIFA]
  3. Morrison, Neil. "International Matches 1993 - South America". RSSSF, February 2, 2005. Retrieved on April 16, 2013.
  4. [Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]