Erick Flores

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Flores and the second or paternal family name is Bonfim.

Erick Flores

Personal information
Full name	Erick Flores Bonfim
Date of birth	(1989-04-30) April 30, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Flamurtari
Number	13
Youth career
2003–2009	Flamengo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2013	Flamengo	28	(0)
2010	→ Ceará (loan)	16	(1)
2010	→ Náutico (loan)	20	(3)
2011	→ Boavista (loan)	14	(2)
2011	→ Duque de Caxias (loan)	21	(2)
2012	→ Itumbiara (loan)	16	(1)
2012	→ Avaí (loan)	6	(0)
2013	→ Boavista (loan)	13	(0)
2013	→ ABC (loan)	22	(2)
2014	São Bernardo	9	(1)
2014	Fortaleza	10	(0)
2015	Boavista	16	(2)
2015–2016	FK Kukësi	30	(7)
2017	Boavista	10	(1)
2017	Criciúma	0	(0)
2017–2018	Boavista	10	(2)
2017	→ Criciúma (loan)	7	(0)
2018	→ Brasiliense (loan)	8	(0)
2019	Brasiliense	11	(0)
2019–2022	Boavista	26	(1)
2021	→ Remo (loan)	17	(1)
2022	Remo	13	(1)
2022–	Flamurtari	19	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2023

Erick Flores Bonfim or simply Erick Flores (born April 30, 1989 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian attacking midfielder who plays for Flamurtari in Albanian Kategoria e Parë.^[1]

Career

Flamengo

Erick is considered one of the most talented young players of Flamengo. After catching everyone attention inside the club, he got promoted to the first-team in the first half of 2008 and signed his first professional contract until December 31, 2012. His first official match was on Mineirão coming from the bench in the 1-1 draw against Atlético Mineiro on July 9, 2008.^[2]

Ceará

For the 2010 season Flamengo loaned out Erick to the recently Brazilian Série A promoted club Ceará expecting him to get more first team experience.^[3]

FK Kukësi

He left Boavista and Brazil for the first time in his professional career to join Albanian Superliga side FK Kukësi ahead of the Europa League first qualifying round. He made his FK Kukësi and European debut on 2 July 2015 against Belarusian side FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, where he played the full 90 minutes in the 2–0 win.^[4]

In the second match of second qualifying round, Flores scored the third goal of the team in the 32nd minute of the match, in an eventual 4–2 away win, helping Kukësi to qualify in the next round with the aggregate 4–3.^[5]

In the 2015-2016 season, he established himself as a regular starter for the club since his arrival from Brazil. He scored 6 league goals in 30 league appearances in which he started in every game he played in the league, along with 2 goals in the Albanian Cup. On 25 April 2016, his season ended early with a knee injury which is likely to keep him out for in between 4–6 months.

Career statistics

As of 5 December 2011^[6]

Club	Season	State League		National League		Cup		Continental		Copa Sudamericana		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	2008	-	-	8	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	0
	2009	7	0	8	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	18	0
	2010	2	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	2	0
Ceará (loan)	2010	12	5	10	1	2	0	-	-	-	-	24	6
Náutico (loan)	2010
Boavista (loan)	2011	14	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	2
Duque de Caxias (loan)	2011
FK Kukësi	2015–16	3	2	–	–	–	–	6	1	–	–	9	3
Total		38	9	60	3	5	0	6	1	-	-	109	13

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website^[7] and Flaestatística.^[8][9]

• In 2010 Erick played for Náutico in the Brazilian Série B.
• In 2011 Erick played for Duque de Caxias in the Brazilian Série B.

Honours

Flamengo

• Campeonato Carioca: 2009
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2009

Remo

• Copa Verde: 2021
• Campeonato Paraense: 2022

References

1. Erick Flores at Soccerway
2. Erick Flores Bonfim é relacionado pela primeira vez para a partida contra o Galo (in Portuguese)
3. Ceará anuncia acerto com Erick Flores (in Portuguese) globoesporte.com. March 11, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
4. "FK Kukësi 2–0 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino". UEFA. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
5. "Një Kukës i madh, përmbys malazezët, "fluturon" në turin tjetër të E.League". Golalb.com. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. "Brazil - Erick Flores - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
7. Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)
8. Flaestatística (in Portuguese)
9. Erick Flores stats at Flestatística Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)

External links

• Player Profile @ Flapedia (in Portuguese)
• Erick Flores at Soccerway