Ruben Flores

Rubén Flores Gómez (born October 3, 1968) is a Mexican former footballer and is currently the head coach of the Cayman Islands women's national football team.

Rubén Flores
Personal information
Full name Rubén Flores Gómez
Date of birth (1968-10-03) 3 October 1968
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Playing position(s) 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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

Playing 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] In the first round of the postseason 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 an 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]

Coaching career

Flores retired from competitive soccer after the 2003 season and served as an Ontario Soccer Association Provincial and Regional Head Coach from 2005 till 2011. In 2011, he was appointed Technical Director for Guelph Soccer.[8] 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.[9] After controversy regarding his professional soccer resume, Flores was dismissed from his post of head coach.[10][11] On May 22, 2014, he was named the head coach for the Cayman Islands women's national football team.[12][13]

Personal life

Flores is married to a Canadian woman of English descent and they have three children, who are also footballers: Silvana, who was runner-up of the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with Mexico; Marcelo, who was called up to the Mexico national under–16 team, and Tatiana, who was called up to the Mexico women's national under–15 team.[14][15]

Honors

Brampton Hitmen
  • CPSL Championship (1): 2003

References
  1. "Rubén Flores - Atlante - mediotiempo.com". www.mediotiempo.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  2. Inscoe, Robin (June 6, 2003). "Hitmen Gunning for Rivals". Brampton Guardian.
  3. "LONDON CITY, SUPRA, HITMEN AND VAUGHAN SUN DEVILS REGISTER FRIDAY WINS". web.archive.org. 2003-08-21. Archived from the original on August 21, 2003. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  4. "TORONTO CROATIA ADVANCES ADVANCES IN PLAYOFF OPENER". web.archive.org. 2003-11-01. Archived from the original on November 1, 2003. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  5. "TORONTO CROATIA SHOCKER". web.archive.org. 2003-11-22. Archived from the original on November 22, 2003. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  6. "HITMEN ADVANCE ON PENALTY KICKS". web.archive.org. 2003-11-22. Archived from the original on November 22, 2003. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  7. "BRAMPTON HITMEN CPSL CHAMPS". web.archive.org. 2003-12-07. Archived from the original on December 7, 2003. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  8. Nason, Jason (2012-05-12). "Hamilton FC announces affiliation arrangement with Guelph Soccer Club". Hamilton Today. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  9. "Former pro to coach K-W United women". WaterlooChronicle.ca. Waterloo Chronicle. 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  10. "KW United coach dismissed over inconsistencies in resumé". GuelphMercury.com. Guelph Mercury. 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  11. "Guelph Soccer defends its prized coach". therecord.com. The Record. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  12. Bekavac, Ned. "Sports Stuff: Cayman coaching gig for Flores". Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  13. Shillingford, Ron (2014-07-11). "Girls set for CONCACAF action". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  14. "Canada Soccer". www.canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  15. Brammer, Chris (January 25, 2017). "Chance meeting in Cayman Islands resulted in Ipswich Town signing Canadian wonderkid, Marcelo Flores". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
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