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, [4] as well as the quarter-final match between Germany and Bulgaria [4] and the semi-final match between Brazil and Sweden. [4]