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Leonidas Flores Reyes (born 24 January 1965[1]) is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer.

Leony Flores
Personal information
Full name Leonidas Flores Reyes
Date of birth (1965-01-24) January 24, 1965 (age 57)
Place of birth La Palma de Abangares, Costa Rica
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1988 Puntarenas (93)
1989 Saprissa
1992 Montreal Supra 8 (1)
1992–1994 San Carlos
1995 Limonense
1995–1996 Guanacasteca
1996 San Carlos
Total - (118)
National team
1984 Costa Rica U23 2
1984–1996 Costa Rica 30 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Reyes.

He played for Puntarenas, Saprissa, Guanacasteca and San Carlos.[2]


Club career


Born in La Palma de Abangares, Guanacaste, Flores started his career at Puntarenas in 1983[3] 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[4] and scored a total of 118 career goals,[5] placed in position 17th all time Costa Rican strikers. He was the league's top goalscorer in 1986 with 19 goals.[6]

He had a three-year spell abroad, at Canadian Soccer League side Montreal Supra.[7]


International career


Flores made 30 appearances for the Costa Rica national football team from 1984 to 1996.[1] 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]


References


  1. "Figuras del ayer: Leonidas Flores". UNAFUT. 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  2. Leoni corazón - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. Regreso a un viejo amor Sorpresivo llamado de Leoni Flores a Selección - Nación (in Spanish)
  4. Feliz cumpleaños al gran Municipal Puntarenas Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  5. Minor Díaz se integra a la lista - UNAFUT
  6. Puntarenas en breve - Nación (in Spanish)
  7. Figuras del ayer: Leoni Flores - Nación (in Spanish)
  8. "Leonidas Flores". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  9. Leonidas Flores – FIFA competition record (archived)
  10. "International Matches 1989: North and Central America and Caribbean". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  11. Leonidas Flores: ‘Quiero saber por qué’ - Al Día (in Spanish)
  12. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details Archived 2013-10-16 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)



На других языках

- [en] Leonidas Flores

[es] Leonidas Flores

Leonidas Flores Reyes (La Palma, Abangares, 24 de enero de 1965)[1] es un jugador de fútbol retirado. Jugó para A.D. Municipal Puntarenas, Deportivo Saprissa, A.D. Guanacaste y A.D. San Carlos como delantero.

[fr] Leonidas Flores

Leonidas Flores Reyes (né le 24 janvier 1965 à La Palma de Abangares au Costa Rica) est un joueur de football international costaricien, qui évoluait au poste d'attaquant, avant de devenir entraîneur.

[it] Leonidas Flores

Leonidas Flores Reyes (Tilaran, 24 gennaio 1965) è un ex calciatore costaricano, di ruolo attaccante.


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