Leonidas Flores

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Personal information
Full name Leonidas Flores Reyes
Date of birth (1965-01-24) 24 January 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth La Palma de Abangares, Costa Rica
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1988 Puntarenas (93)
1989 Saprissa
1992 Montreal Supra 18 (1)
1992–1994 San Carlos
1995 Limonense
1995–1996 Guanacasteca (10)
1996 San Carlos
Total(118)
International career
1984 Costa Rica U23 2
1984–1996 Costa Rica 30 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonidas Flores Reyes (born 24 January 1965) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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He played for Puntarenas, Saprissa, Guanacasteca and San Carlos. [1]

Club career

Born in La Palma de Abangares, Guanacaste, Flores started his career at Puntarenas in 1983 [2] and won the 1986 Primera Division de Costa Rica title with them. He is also the club's all-time leading scorer with 93 goals [3] and scored a total of 118 career goals, [4] placed in position 17th all time Costa Rican strikers. He was the league's top goalscorer in 1986 with 19 goals. [5]

He had a three-year spell abroad, at Canadian Soccer League side Montreal Supra. [6]

International career

Flores made 30 appearances for the Costa Rica national football team from 1984 to 1996. [7] He also played at the 1984 Olympic Games in two games as sub. [8] [9]

Flores scored two goals as Costa Rica won the 1989 CONCACAF Championship, besides having his best performance, was left out from the Italy 1990 World Cup roster. [10] According to Flores, he has never been explained why. [11] Finally was able to return for the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup and 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [12]

His final international was a September 1996 friendly match against Costa Rica.

Retirement

After his football career he became a traffic policeman in Guanacaste. [13] In September 2012, Flores was arrested on suspicion of charging "bribes" to drivers in exchange for not fining them for violating the traffic law. [14]

Personal life

He is married to Iris Ocampos. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ Leoni corazón - Nación (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Regreso a un viejo amor Sorpresivo llamado de Leoni Flores a Selección - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Feliz cumpleaños al gran Municipal Puntarenas Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Minor Díaz se integra a la lista - UNAFUT
  5. ↑ Puntarenas en breve - Nación (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Figuras del ayer: Leoni Flores - Nación (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ "Figuras del ayer: Leonidas Flores". UNAFUT. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
  8. ↑ "Leonidas Flores". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
  9. ↑ Leonidas Flores – FIFA competition record (archived)
  10. ↑ "International Matches 1989: North and Central America and Caribbean". RSSSF . Retrieved 1 December 2008.
  11. ↑ Leonidas Flores: ‘Quiero saber por qué’ - Al Día (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details Archived 16 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  13. ↑ El exjugador Leonidas Flores tiene 48 años y vive en Guanacaste. Desde 1997 trabaja como Policía de Tránsito - Al Día (in Spanish)
  14. ↑ Exjugador de futbol y 12 agentes de Tránsito caen por ‘mordidas’ - Nación (in Spanish)
  15. ↑ Leonny Flores rechaza cargos por los que fue detenido. “Hay que tener valor para estar solo en una celda de esas, porque es impresionante - Al Día (in Spanish)
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