The record Torres beat Messi and Ronaldo to

Fernando Torres recenty announced that he'll be giving up the red and white stripes of Spain's capital at the end of the season, ending his love story with his boyhood club Atletico Madrid. 

From the start of his career, Torres showed his attacking prowess and ability to break records. He'll go down in history as one of the game's most clinical strikers. 

Coming through the ranks at Atleti, the Spaniard already had 47 goals under his belt on his 21st birthday - 16 more than Lionel Messi and 33 more than Cristiano Ronaldo according to statistics 'ProFootBall.'

Torres also has the most braces in the 21st century of any striker in Europe's top five leagues: 11. This statistic is almost double that of Barcelona's star man (6) and four times that of Real's legendary No. 7 (3). 

Outside of Europe, there's one name that was able to better 'El Nino': Neymar. Back in his native Brazil, the PSG forward had 54 goals to his name at the age of 21, but 'only' seven braces before making the move to Barcelona.