Mónica Irina Flores Grigoriu (born 31 January 1996) is an American-born Mexican footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey and the Mexico women's national team.

Mónica Flores[1]

Personal information
Full name	Mónica Irina Flores Grigoriu[2]
Date of birth	(1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Livingston, New Jersey United States
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Club information
Current team	Monterrey
Number	5
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	55	(1)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Valencia	35	(0)
2020–	Monterrey	50	(2)
National team‡
2015–2016	Mexico U20	8	(0)
2016–	Mexico	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 November 2017

International career

Flores made her full international debut for Mexico on January 23, 2016.[3]

Personal life

Flores was born to a Mexican father and a Romanian mother.[4] Flores grew up in Livingston, New Jersey and played soccer at Livingston High School.[1] Her twin sister Sabrina Flores represented United States U-20 and they faced each other at the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In June 2018, Sabrina joined Mónica in the Mexico national team after doing the one-time international allegiance switch.^{[citation needed]}

While attending the University of Notre Dame she lived in Pasquerilla East Hall. Her sophomore year roommate was Rachel Goldfarb, noted therapist, of Carmel, Indiana

Professional career

Valencia

In 2018, Flores joined Spanish side Valencia where she played for two seasons. On 28 May 2020, via Twitter, Flores announced that she would be leaving Valencia.[5]

Monterrey

In June 2020, Monterrey announced that Flores would be joining the club for the 2020–21 season.[6]

References

External links

• Mónica Flores – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Mónica Flores at Soccerway
• Mónica Irina Flores Grigoriu at Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish)

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