question: Which Professional soccer player played for the Spain national football team and left La Liga for Liverpool after failing to qualify for the UEFA cup? A. Fernando Torres
answer: Fernando Torres
context: Title: Lionel Messi
  Passage: Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (] ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team.  Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only player in history to win five FIFA Ballon d'Or awards, four of which he won consecutively, and a record-tying four European Golden Shoes.  He has won 29 trophies with Barcelona, including eight La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles, and five Copas del Rey.  Both a prolific goalscorer and a creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most official goals scored in La Liga (358), a La Liga season (50) and a club football season in Europe (73), a calendar year (91), as well as those for most assists made in La Liga (138) and the Copa América (11).  He has scored over 600 senior career goals for club and country.
  Title: 2006–07 Atlético Madrid season
  Passage: Atlético Madrid opened a new chapter in its history with the appointment of Mexican coach Javier Aguirre, who had been successful managing Osasuna.  With the club-record signing of superstarlet Sergio Agüero as well as Mariano Pernía and Raúl García, Atlético emulated at repeating Aguirre's recent feat of taking Osasuna to UEFA Champions League.  The end result was 60 points, the best points haul in its five-season La Liga return, although this was not enough even for UEFA Cup qualification, which resulted in captain Fernando Torres departing for Liverpool, the transfer causing fury among the support.  It was the sole season that he and Sergio Agüero played together.
  Title: Fernando Torres
  Passage: Fernando José Torres Sanz (] ; born 20 March 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team.
  Title: Rory Jones
  Passage: Rory Jones (born 1955) is a former South African Soccer player.  He was a professional soccer player for Berea Park 1973 and 1974, and Highlands Park 1975 and 1976 in the National Football League.  In 1977, he joined Pretoria (Bantu) Callies in the newly formed Multiracial National Professional Soccer League and one of the first "White" players to sign for and play for a "Black" team at The Super Stadium, ( now named after his team mate, Macro "Masterpieces" Moripe ) in Attridgeville Township, west of Pretoria.  He was also known as "Sikiza", someone with exceptional talent who could dribble the ball past all his opponents.  He spent 6 weeks training and playing in the United Kingdom with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal and Chelsea in 1971.  Described by Highlands Park Manager, Joe Frickleton, as the best left wing in South Africa.  He was named in the South African National Team in 1978 vs Rhodesia, by Joe Frickleton.
  Title: Valencia CF
  Passage: Valencia Club de Fútbol (] , ] ; also known as Valencia CF, Valencia or Los Che) is a Spanish football club based in Valencia.  They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish football and European football.  Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles, two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups (the predecessor to the UEFA Cup), one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and two UEFA Super Cups.  They also reached two UEFA Champions League finals in a row, losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and Bayern Munich on penalties after a 1–1 draw in 2001.  Valencia were also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.  In total, Valencia have reached seven major European finals, winning four of them.
citations: 2006–07 Atlético Madrid season Fernando Torres