Ruben Flores
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ruben Flores Gomez | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cayman Islands women | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1988-1990 | Atlante | 11 | (1) |
| 2003 | Brampton Hitmen | 7 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012 | Hamilton Rage (assistant coach) | ||
| 2013 | K-W United | ||
| 2014- | Cayman Islands women | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Ruben Flores (born October 3, 1968) is a former Mexican footballer and is currently the head coach of the Cayman Islands women's national football team.
Football career
Flores had a stint in the Mexican Primera División with Atlante where he appeared in a total of 11 matches and recorded one goal.[1] In 2003, he was signed by the Brampton Hitmen of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.[2] He scored his first goal for the organization on July 4, 2003 in a 2-0 victory over Toronto Croatia.[3] He helped Brampton by finishing second in the Western Conference and thus securing a postseason berth. In the quarterfinals the Hitmen faced Toronto Croatia, and Flores scored the equalizing goal to conclude the match to a 1-1 draw. The game went into penalties with Toronto winning 4-3 in the shootout.[4] After Toronto Croatia was caught fielding a illegal player the league reversed the result and Brampton advanced to the next round.[5]
Brampton's next opponents would end up being London City, where once again the match went into penalties with Flores contributing a successful penalty kick, and the match concluding in a 5-3 victory.[6] He featured in CPSL Championship match against Vaughan Sun Devils coming on as a substitute for team captain Phil Ionadi. Brampton would end up winning the match by a score of 1-0, thus marking the franchise's first Championship.[7] Flores retired from competitive soccer after the 2003 season and served as a Ontario Soccer Association Provincial and Regional Head Coach from 2005 till 2011. In 2011, he was appointed Technical Director Guelph Soccer. In 2012 he served as assistant coach under Brett Mosen for Hamilton Rage of the Premier Development League.
On February 26, 2013 he was appointed the first head coach for K-W United for the USL W-League.[8] After a controversy regarding his professional soccer resume, Flores was dismissed from his post of head coach.[9] On May 22, 2014, he was named the head coach for the Cayman Islands women's national football team.[10]
Honors
Brampton Hitmen
- CPSL Championship (1): 2003
References
- ↑ "Rubén Flores - Atlante - mediotiempo.com". www.mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ INSCOE, Robin. "June 6, 2003 CPSL Brampton vs Ottawa pregame from the Guardian". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ "July 4, 2003 CPSL summary of night's action (from CPSL web site)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ Glover, Robin. "September 30, 2003 CPSL Playoffs Brampton Hitmen vs Toronto Croatia". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ "October 1, 2003 CPSL Toronto Croatia vs Brampton (League decision)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ "October 3, 2003 CPSL Rogers Cup Wild Card game London vs Brampton from CPSL website". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ Glover, Robin. "October 5th, 2003 CPSL Rogers Cup Playoffs Final Vaughan Sun Devils vs Brampton Hitmen". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ "Former pro to coach K-W United women". Your online newspaper for Kitchener, Ontario. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ "KW United FC dismisses coach for unproven resume | Metro News". Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ Bekavac, Ned. "Sports Stuff: Cayman coaching gig for Flores". Retrieved 2015-09-06.