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Revision as of 04:59, 17 November 2021
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcelo Flores Dorrell | ||
Date of birth | 1 October 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Georgetown, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
Number | 82 | ||
Youth career | |||
2016–2019 | Ipswich Town | ||
2019– | Arsenal | ||
International career‡ | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019 | Mexico U16 | 5 | (1) |
2021–2021 | Mexico U20 | 5 | (2) |
2021– | Canada | ||
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2021 |
Marcelo Flores Dorrell (born 1 October 2003) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Arsenal. Born in Canada, he represents the Mexico under-20 national team.
Club career
Flores was born in Canada to a Canadian mother of English descent, and Mexican former footballer, Rubén Flores. He was raised in Georgetown, Ontario.[1] As his father was the manager of the Cayman Islands women's national football team, Flores spent some time on the islands, where he was invited to a training camp by Ipswich Town youth development coach Steve Foley.[2] He impressed during the week long camp, and joined the Ipswich Town academy.[3]
In 2019, Flores joined the Arsenal academy on a free transfer.[3] He made a bright start to the 2020–21 campaign with Arsenal's under-18s, scoring three goals in two games.[4] After training with the first team, he signed his first professional contract in October 2020.[5][6][7] Shortly after, he was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2020", highlighting the best young players in the world.[8]
International career
Flores is eligible to represent Canada, England and Mexico. He was called up to the England under-16 side in 2019,[9] but decided to join up with the Mexico under-16 team in the same year, playing every game at the Montaigu Tournament.[10] In December 2020 Flores accepted a call up to a Canada camp that would take place in January 2021,[11] but later pulled out to remain with Arsenal.[12] On June 18, 2021 Flores was named to Canada's provisional 60-man squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[13]
In September 2021, Flores featured for Mexico's under-20 side in a double-header against Spain.[14]
Personal life
His two sisters, Silvana and Tatiana, are also footballers, and both moved from Arsenal to Chelsea in the summer of 2020.[5][15][16]
References
- ^ "Four 'Caps called up to Canada's men's national team camp". 23 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Brammer, Chris (25 January 2017). "Chance meeting in Cayman Islands resulted in Ipswich Town signing Canadian wonderkid, Marcelo Flores". eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ a b Hurley, Lee (1 October 2020). "Arsenal's rising star Marcelo Flores: Described as the Canadian Craig Bellamy by man who discovered him". dailycannon.com. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Marcelo Flores, otra apuesta mexicana del Arsenal" [Marcelo Flores, another Mexican prospect from Arsenal]. marca.com (in Spanish). 1 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ a b "El mexicano Marcelo Flores entrenó con el primer equipo del Arsenal" [Mexican Marcelo Flores trains with the Arsenal first team]. foxsports.com.mx (in Spanish). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Arsenal prospect Flores trains with first team, leaning towards Mexico". espn.com. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "El Arsenal hace oficial el contrato profesional de Marcelo Flores" [Arsenal make Marcelo Flores' professional contract official]. marca.com (in Spanish). 6 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Next Generation 2020: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "¡Se quieren llevar a Marcelo Flores! Inglaterra y Canadá tientan a la joya mexicana" [They want to take Marcelo Flores! England and Canada tempt the Mexican jewel]. mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ Critchlow, Dan (27 April 2019). "Exclusive: Marcelo Flores on joining Arsenal's academy, the Montaigu Tournament and his international future". dailycannon.com. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Canada men's national has invited Arsenal youngster Marcelo Flores". 24 December 2020.
- ^ Galindo, Peter (12 January 2021). "U.K.-based players won't travel to Canadian men's camp".
- ^ "CONCACAF GOLD CUP PROVISIONAL ROSTERS CONFIRMED". 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Mexico sub-20 with Marcelo Flores Falls Again to Spain". actionpush.com. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Guest, Rob (13 June 2020). "Who is Marcelo Flores? The Arsenal wonderkid who could become part of Arteta's future plans". football.london. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Who are Silvana and Tatiana Flores the Mexicans who will play for Chelsea". en24.news. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
External links
- Marcelo Flores at Soccerway
- 2003 births
- Living people
- People from Halton Hills
- Mexican footballers
- Mexico youth international footballers
- Canadian soccer players
- Mexican people of Canadian descent
- Mexican people of English descent
- Canadian people of Mexican descent
- Canadian people of English descent
- Citizens of Mexico through descent
- Association football midfielders
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Mexican expatriate footballers
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the Cayman Islands
- Expatriate footballers in the Cayman Islands
- Soccer people from Ontario