Monica Flores
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mónica Irina Flores Grigoriu[2] | ||
Date of birth | 31 January 1996 | ||
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 | 31 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2015–2016 | Mexico U20 | 8 | (0) |
2016– | Mexico | 11 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 November 2017 |
Mónica Irina Flores Grigoriu (born 31 January 1996) is a US-born Mexican footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey and the Mexico women's national team.
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]
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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Monica Flores – Notre Dame Women's Soccer". ND Athletic. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "La Selección Nacional de México Femenil Enfrentará a Venezuela" (in Spanish). 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Las defensas de la SNM Femenil que participan en el Preolímpico de la CONCACAF" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Sabrina, Monica Flores Keep Tight Bond Despite Being on Either Side of USA-Mexico Rivalry". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ @flrmonica5 (28 May 2020). "a special chapter coming to an end GRACIAS!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Refuerzo de Clase Mundial Para Rayadas". Liga MX Femenil. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
External links[]
- Monica Flores – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Monica Flores at Soccerway
- Mónica Irina Flores Grigoriu at Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Citizens of Mexico through descent
- Mexican women's footballers
- Women's association football fullbacks
- Mexico women's international footballers
- Mexican people of Romanian descent
- Primera División (women) players
- Valencia CF Femenino players
- Liga MX Femenil players
- C.F. Monterrey (women) players
- Twin sportspeople
- Twin people from Mexico
- Mexican expatriate women's footballers
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- American women's soccer players
- Livingston High School (New Jersey) alumni
- Soccer players from New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Essex County, New Jersey
- People from Livingston, New Jersey
- American sportspeople of Mexican descent
- American people of Romanian descent
- Twin people from the United States
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer players
- American expatriate women's soccer players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Mexican women's football biography stubs