Marcelo Flores

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Marcelo Flores
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Flores Dorrell
Date of birth (2003-10-01) 1 October 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 UANL
Number 24
Youth career
Guelph SC
2016–2019 Ipswich Town
2019–2022 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Arsenal 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Real Oviedo (loan) 13 (0)
2023– Tigres UANL 22 (6)
International career‡
2019 Mexico U16 5 (1)
2021 Mexico U20 6 (2)
2023– Mexico U23 5 (0)
2021– Mexico 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2023

Marcelo Flores Dorrell (born 1 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. Born in Canada, he plays for the Mexico national team.

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Early life

Flores was born in Canada to a Canadian mother of English descent and Mexican former footballer, Rubén Flores. He was raised in Georgetown, Ontario. [1] As his father was the manager of the Cayman Islands women's national football team, Flores spent some time on the islands, where he was invited to a training camp by Ipswich Town youth development coach Steve Foley. [2] He impressed during the week long camp, and joined the Ipswich Town academy. [3]

In 2019, Flores joined the Arsenal academy on a free transfer. [3] He made a bright start to the 2020–21 campaign with Arsenal's under-18s, scoring three goals in two games. [4]

Club career

Arsenal

After training with the first team, he signed his first professional contract in October 2020. [5] [6] [7] Shortly after, he was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2020", highlighting the best young players in the world. [8] He was called up to the Arsenal first team for the first time on April 4, 2022, making the bench for their match against Crystal Palace, although he did not appear in the match as a substitute. [9] [10] [11]

Loan to Real Oviedo

On 20 July 2022, Flores joined Segunda División club Real Oviedo on a season-long loan. [12] On 15 August 2022, he made his professional debut in a league match against FC Andorra in a 1–0 loss, coming on as a substitute. [13]

Tigres UANL

On 10 September 2023, UANL reached an agreement with Arsenal to sign Flores. [14]

International career

Flores was eligible to play for either Canada, England or Mexico. He was first called up to the England under-16 side in 2019, [15] but decided to join up with the Mexico under-16 team that same year, playing every game at the Montaigu Tournament. [16]

In December 2020, Flores accepted a call up to a Canada camp that would take place in January 2021, [17] but later pulled out to remain with Arsenal. [18] On 18 June 2021, Flores was named to Canada's provisional 60-man squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [19]

In September 2021, Flores featured for Mexico's under-20 side in a double-header against Spain. [20] In November, Flores was called up by Luis Ernesto Pérez to participate at the 2021 Revelations Cup, scoring two goals in three appearances, where Mexico won the competition. [21] Later that month, senior national team manager Gerardo Martino expressed the possibility of calling up Flores for the friendly match against Chile on 8 December. [22] On 29 November, Arsenal confirmed that Flores had received his first senior call up. [23]

Flores eventually made his senior national team debut in a friendly match against Chile, making his debut as an 83rd-minute substitute in the 2–2 draw. [24] In May 2022, Flores committed to representing Mexico internationally, as he was still eligible to switch to representing Canada or England, having only participated in friendlies. [25] On June 11, he appeared in a 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League match against Suriname, officially cap tying him to Mexico. [26]

Personal life

His two sisters, Silvana and Tatiana, are also footballers, and both moved from Arsenal to Chelsea in the summer of 2020. [5] [27] [28]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 April 2024 [29]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal U21 2021–22 ————1 [lower-alpha 1] 111
2023–24 ————1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Total––––2121
Real Oviedo (loan) 2022–23 Segunda División 13020–—–150
Tigres UANL 2023–24 Liga MX 226––3 [lower-alpha 2] 11 [lower-alpha 3] 0267
Career total35620003131438
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in CONCACAF Champions Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in Campeones Cup

International

As of match played 11 June 2022 [30]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mexico 202110
202220
Total30

Honours

Mexico U20

Tigres UANL

Individual

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