![]() Flores playing for Cruz Azul | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ignacio Flores Ocaranza | ||
Date of birth | 31 July 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Date of death | 11 August 2011 | (aged 58)||
Place of death | Cuernavaca, Mexico | ||
Position(s) | Right-back[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1990 | Cruz Azul | 522 | (13) |
International career | |||
1975–1981 | Mexico | 14[1] | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ignacio Flores Ocaranza (31 July 1953 – 11 August 2011) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Club career
[edit]Born in Mexico City, Flores spent his entire professional career with Cruz Azul.[2]
He also represented Mexico at international level, and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Flores was killed when a truck carrying his family was attacked by gunmen in August 2011.[4]
His brother, Luis Flores, also was a Mexico international footballer.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mexico's all-time World Cup XI: create your own". The Guardian. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Ignacio Flores". National-Football-Teams.com.
- ^ Ignacio Flores – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Muere en atentado ex campeón del futbol mexicano" [Former Mexican football league champion dies in attack] (in Spanish). El Sol de Cuernavaca. 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "World Cup Trivia - Fathers, Sons and Brothers, Uncles and Nephews". RSSSF. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.