Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sheyla Guadalupe Flores Rivas | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 15 May 1998||
Place of birth | Villa Fraternidad, Managua, Nicaragua [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward [3] | ||
Youth career | |||
2006 | Falcons de Managua [4] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2016 | UNAN Managua | 19 | (72) |
2016–2018 | Águilas de León | ||
2018–2019 | Alianza | 9 | (26) |
2019 | UNAN Managua | ||
2020 | Saprissa | ||
2020–2022 | Real Estelí | ||
2022–2023 | Saprissa | 24 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | Nicaragua U17 | 2 | (1) |
2018 | Nicaragua U20 | 3 | (0) |
2014– | Nicaragua | 8 | (2) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 February 2022 |
Sheyla Guadalupe Flores Rivas (born 15 May 1998) is a Nicaraguan footballer who plays as a forward [3] for Deportivo Saprissa and the Nicaragua women's national team.
In 2015, the 17-year-old Flores set a Nicaraguan women's football record, scoring a total of 72 goals for UNAN Managua across the 2014 Apertura and 2015 Clausura, surpassing Ninoska Solís's previous record of 66 goals. [4] [2]
In 2016, Flores signed with FC Águilas de León. [4]
In October 2018, Flores signed with Salvadoran team Alianza F.C., becoming the first foreign footballer to play in Liga Mayor de Fútbol Femenina. [5] [6] She ended the regular season with 20 goals from 7 games. [7]
In 2019, Flores rejoined UNAN Managua. [8]
In January 2020, Flores signed with Costa Rican team Deportivo Saprissa. [9] In July the same year, she returned to Nicaragua to join Real Estelí. [10]
In April 2022, she rejoined Saprissa, signing alongside her younger sister Yessenia. [11] She left the club in August 2023. [12]
In 2011, a 13-year-old Flores played twice for the Nicaragua women's national under-17 football team, scoring in a 2–1 home loss to Panama. [4]
Scores and results list Nicaragua's goal tally first
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 6 October 2019 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica | 2–1 | 2–1 | ![]() | 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification | [13] |
Flores' sister Yessenia also plays for the Nicaragua women's national football team.
La delantera de la UNAN Managua...