Leonidas Flores
Costa Rican footballer (born 1965)
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Leonidas Flores Reyes (born 24 January 1965) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonidas Flores Reyes | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | La Palma de Abangares, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1988 | Puntarenas | (93) | |
| 1989 | Saprissa | ||
| 1992 | Montreal Supra | 18 | (1) |
| 1992–1994 | San Carlos | ||
| 1995 | Limonense | ||
| 1995–1996 | Guanacasteca | (10) | |
| 1996 | San Carlos | ||
| Total | (118) | ||
| International career | |||
| 1984 | Costa Rica U23 | 2 | |
| 1984–1996 | Costa Rica | 30 | (6) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played for Puntarenas, Saprissa, Guanacasteca and San Carlos.[1]
Club career
Born in La Palma de Abangares, Guanacaste, Flores started his career at Puntarenas in 1983[2] 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[3] and scored a total of 118 career goals,[4] placed in position 17th all time Costa Rican strikers. He was the league's top goalscorer in 1986 with 19 goals.[5]
He had a three-year spell abroad, at Canadian Soccer League side Montreal Supra.[6]
International career
Flores made 30 appearances for the Costa Rica national football team from 1984 to 1996.[7] 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
Personal life
He is married to Iris Ocampos.[15]