Ramón Flores (footballer)

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Ramón Flores
Personal information
Full name Ramón Ulises Flores Aguirre
Date of birth (1982-08-21) August 21, 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Santa Ana, El Salvador
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 FAS B
2001–2010 FAS
2010 Once Municipal 0 (0)
2011–2014 FAS 69 (4)
2015–2016 Juventud Independiente 6 (0)
International career
2008–2012 El Salvador 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramón Ulises Flores Aguirre (born August 21, 1982) is a Salvadoran former footballer who played as a right-back. He was banned for life in 2013, for match-fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team.

Club career[edit]

Flores was born in Santa Ana. After having spent well over a decade with the FAS institution, he left in 2010 to join Once Municipal, a club that had just been promoted before he signed a one-year contract.[1] He rejoined FAS however for the 2011 Clausura.[2]

International career[edit]

Flores received his first call up to the senior national team in January 2008. He officially received his first cap on January 22, 2008, in a friendly match against Belize. Flores represented his country in 6 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying games,[3] in which he played a few games under Mexican coach Carlos de los Cobos.

On September 20, 2013, Flores was one of 14 Salvadoran players banned for life due to their involvement with match fixing.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ramón Flores será un canario". El Salvador.com. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
  2. ^ El Grafico profile (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Ramón FloresFIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ "El Salvador match-fixing: 14 footballers banned for life". BBC News. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

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