Marcelo Flores
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 October 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Canada | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
Number | 82 | ||
Youth career | |||
2019 | Ipswich Town | ||
2019– | Arsenal | ||
International career‡ | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019 | Mexico U16 | 5 | (1) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2020 (UTC) |
Marcelo Flores (born 1 October 2003) is a Mexican-Canadian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Arsenal. Born in Canada, he has represented Mexico at youth international level. He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2020".[1]
Club career
Flores was born in Canada to a Canadian mother of English descent, and Mexican former footballer, Ruben Flores. He was raised in Georgetown, Ontario.[2] 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.[3] He impressed during the week long camp, and joined the Ipswich Town academy.[4]
In 2019, Flores joined the Arsenal academy on a free transfer.[4] He made a bright start to the 2020–21 campaign with Arsenal's under-18s, scoring three goals in two games.[5] After training with the first team, he signed his first professional contract in October 2020.[6][7][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] He accepted an invite for the Canadian senior national team camp for January 2021.[11]
Personal life
His two sisters, Silvana and Tatiana, are also footballers, and both moved from Arsenal to Chelsea in the summer of 2020.[6][12][13]
References
- ^ "Next Generation 2020: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Four 'Caps called up to Canada's men's national team camp". December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 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.
- ^ "¡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.
- ^ Davidson, Neil (December 23, 2020). "TFC's Ayo Akinola accepts invite to Canadian national team camp". CBC.
- ^ 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
- Citizens of Mexico through descent
- Mexican footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Mexico youth international footballers
- Mexican people of Canadian descent
- Mexican people of English descent
- Mexican expatriate footballers
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the Cayman Islands
- Expatriate footballers in the Cayman Islands
- People from Halton Hills
- Soccer people from Ontario
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian people of Mexican descent
- Canadian people of English descent
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Citizens of the United Kingdom through descent
- English footballers
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- English people of Mexican descent
- English people of Canadian descent
- English expatriate footballers
- English expatriates in the Cayman Islands