Personal information | |||
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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(s) | 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 |
Leonidas Flores Reyes (born 24 January 1965) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He played for Puntarenas, Saprissa, Guanacasteca and San Carlos. [1]
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]
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.
After his football career he became a traffic policeman in Guanacaste. [13] In September 2012, Flores was arrested on suspicion of charging "bribes" to drivers in exchange for not fining them for violating the traffic law. [14]
He is married to Iris Ocampos. [15]