Ignacio Flores (Mexican footballer)

Ignacio Flores

Flores playing for Cruz Azul
Personal information
Full name	Ignacio Flores Ocaranza
Date of birth	(1953-07-31)31 July 1953
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death	11 August 2011(2011-08-11) (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

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

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

1. "Mexico's all-time World Cup XI: create your own". The Guardian. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
2. "Ignacio Flores". National-Football-Teams.com.
3. Ignacio Flores – FIFA competition record (archived)
4. "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.
5. "World Cup Trivia - Fathers, Sons and Brothers, Uncles and Nephews". RSSSF. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.