Luis Flores (Mexican footballer)

Luis Flores

Personal information
Full name	Luis Enrique Flores Ocaranza
Date of birth	(1961-07-18) 18 July 1961 (age 60)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1986	UNAM	161	(61)
1986–1987	Sporting Gijón	32	(10)
1987–1988	UNAM	38	(24)
1988–1989	Valencia	36	(6)
1989–1991	Cruz Azul	50	(20)
1991–1993	Atlas	47	(12)
1993–1995	Guadalajara	7	(0)
Total		371	(133)
National team
1983–1993	Mexico	62	(29)
Teams managed
1996–1997	UNAM
2009	Veracruz
Honours Representing  Mexico Runner-up Copa América 1993
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Luis Enrique Flores Ocaranza (Spanish pronunciation: [lwiz ˈfloɾes]; born 18 July 1961) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker for the Mexico national team at the 1986 FIFA World Cup being held in Mexico. He played 62 times for Mexico from 1983–1993 being the seventh best goalscorer in Mexico's history with 29 goals being tied with Hugo Sánchez and Luis García.^[1]

Playing career[]

Club[]

Flores debuted with Club Universidad Nacional in the 79/80 season. In 1980-81 he was part of the squad that won the league championship. In 1985, he joined Spanish team Sporting Gijón. He made a total of 32 appearances and 10 goals with the Spanish team. The following season, he came back to Mexico with UNAM Pumas, but later was signed again by a new Spanish team Valencia CF. He had a successful season with Valencia appearing 36 times and scoring six goals. He later came back to Mexico with the European experience to play with clubs such as Cruz Azul, Atlas, and Guadalajara.

He was at Sporting while Luis Enrique was in its youth categories, and his nickname Lucho was also given to the player.^[2]

Coaching career[]

Flores has been the manager of Pumas, CD Veracruz, Atlético Celaya and Necaxa.

Honours[]

UNAM

• Mexican Primera División: 1980–81
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1980, 1982
• Copa Interamericana: 1981

Individual

• Mexican Primera División Top Scorer: 1987–88

Career statistics[]

International goals[]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	29 November 1983	Fort-de-France, Martinique	Martinique	4–4	4–4	Friendly
2.
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5.	6 December 1983	Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato, Mexico	Canada	1–0	5–0	Friendly
6.				2–0
7.	4 December 1984	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Ecuador	3–2	3–2	Friendly
8.	5 February 1985	Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico	Poland	4–0	5–0	Friendly
9.	9 June 1985	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	England	1–0	1–0	1985 Mexico City Cup
10.	15 June 1985	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	West Germany	2–0	2–0	1985 Mexico City Cup
11.	25 August 1985	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Chile	2–1	2–1	Friendly
12.	15 October 1985	Revolution 1962 Stadium, Sana'a, North Yemen	North Yemen	1–0	2–0	Friendly
13.	20 October 1985	Nasser Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Egypt	1–0	1–2	Friendly
14.	2 December 1985	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	South Korea	1–1	2–1	Friendly
15.				2–1
16.	15 February 1986	Spartan Stadium, San Jose, United States	East Germany	1–1	1–2	Friendly
17.	13 April 1986	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Uruguay	1–0	1–0	Friendly
18.	27 April 1986	Estadio Azulgrana, Mexico City, Mexico	Canada	2–0	3–0	Friendly
19.	7 June 1986	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Paraguay	1–0	1–1	1986 FIFA World Cup
20.	2 December 1987	Santa Ana Stadium, Santa Ana, United States	Guyana	1–0	9–0	Friendly
21.	13 January 1988	Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	1–0	1–0	Friendly
22.	3 February 1988	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico	Guatemala	2–0	2–1	Friendly
23.	14 February 1988	Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Guatemala	2–0	3–0	Friendly
24.	10 May 1990	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada	United States	1–0	1–0	1990 North American Nations Cup
25.	13 May 1990	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada	Canada	1–1	1–2	1990 North American Nations Cup
26.	11 April 1993	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Honduras	1–0	3–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
27.	25 April 1993	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Canada	3–0	4–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
28.	2 May 1993	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Honduras	3–0	4–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
29.	10 June 1993	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Paraguay	3–0	3–1	Friendly

References[]

External links[]

• Luis Flores at National-Football-Teams.com