Marcos Flores

Marcos Flores

Personal information
Full name	Marcos Abel Flores Benard
Date of birth	(1985-10-23) 23 October 1985
Place of birth	Reconquista, Argentina
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder / Striker
Club information
Current club	Central Coast Mariners
Number	10
Youth career
2001–2003	Unión de Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2006	Unión de Santa Fe	24	(9)
2006–2008	Newell's Old Boys	16	(0)
2007–2008	→ Unión de Santa Fe (loan)	26	(2)
2009	Curicó Unido	25	(4)
2010–2011	Adelaide United	31	(9)
2011–2012	Henan Jianye	15	(2)
2012–2013	Melbourne Victory	24	(4)
2013–	Central Coast Mariners	12	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

Marcos Abel Flores Benard (born 23 October 1985) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.

Biography

Unión de Santa Fe

On 17 April 2004, Flores made his senior debut for Argentine club Unión de Santa Fe as a 67th minute substitute for Miguel Sebastián Garcia and scored his first goal in the 89th minute of the same match.

Newell's Old Boys

In 2006, Flores was transferred to Newell's Old Boys but was loaned back to Unión de Santa Fe for a one-year period.

Curicó Unido

After returning to Newell's Old Boys, Flores was finally transferred to the Chilean Primera División club Curicó Unido.

Adelaide United

It was revealed in June 2009, that Australian A-League club Adelaide United had approached Flores for the 2009–10 A-League season, but the negotiations collapsed, citing Flores' desire to remain in South America.^[1] On 8 December 2009, Flores signed with Adelaide United and was named as part of the club's squad for the 2010 AFC Champions League.^[2] Flores was officially revealed by the club on 11 January 2010.^[3]

Flores was then registered as an injury replacement player for fellow import Cristiano^[4] and made his debut as a 60th minute substitute for Adelaide United in their 2–0 win against Brisbane Roar on 6 February 2010.^[5] Flores impressed at Adelaide and gained instant legendary status by the Adelaide United fans.^[6] Flores provided the team with the playmaker position, and showcased skills and technique rarely seen in the A-League.^[7] Flores added aggression and stamina to his game since coming to the A-League.^[8]

Flores scored four A-League goal of the season contenders in the 2010–11 season.^[9][10] Flores' form at Adelaide attracted overseas attention, with J-League club Urawa Red Diamonds and aspiring MLS club New York Cosmos.^[11] On 21 January 2011, Flores scored his first A-league hat-trick for Adelaide in their record 8–1 win over North Queensland Fury. Flores won the Johnny Warren player of the year award for the 2010–11 season.^[12] Adelaide offered Flores a three-year deal worth $320,000 a season, which would have made him the highest paid player in the club's history.^[13]

Henan Jianye

Flores announced his transfer to Chinese Super League club Henan Jianye on 26 June 2011, where he was set to earn $2.4 million over a three-year period. The transfer fee was said to be worth $500,000.^[14] Flores made his debut for Henan Jianye as a second half substitute on 10 July 2011 in an away 0–0 draw against Changchun Yatai in the Chinese Super League. His contract was terminated by mutual consent at 21 June 2012.^[15] Flores stated that he was interested in coming back to Australia, preferably Adelaide United, but a move was halted due to salary cap reasons.^[16]

Melbourne Victory

On 4 July 2012, it was announced that Marcos Flores had signed with A-League club Melbourne Victory on a two-year deal worth around $1 million.^[17]

He made his debut in round 1 of the A-League against cross town rivals Melbourne Heart on 5 October 2012.^[18] Flores scored his first ever Melbourne Victory goal on 5 November 2012, in a game against Wellington Phoenix.^[19] Flores was released by Melbourne Victory on 5 July 2013, becoming a free agent.

Central Coast Mariners

Shortly after his release, he was signed by the Central Coast Mariners on a one year contract.^[20]

Career statistics

(Current as of 19 July 2013)

Club	Season	League			Cup			Continental			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Adelaide United	2009–10	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	9	0	1
	2010–11	29	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	9	8
Henan Jianye	2011	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	3
	2012	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
Melbourne Victory	2012–13	24	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	4	2
Total		70	15	14	0	0	0	7	0	1	77	15	15

Honours

• Johnny Warren Medal: 2010–11
• A-League Foreign Player of the Year: 2010–11
• Adelaide United Player's Player of the Year: 2010–11

References

External links

• Central Coast Mariners profile
• Transfer Market profile
• Soccerway profile
• Footballzz profile
• Ultimate A-League profile

v t e Central Coast Mariners FC – current squad 1 Pasfield 3 Rose 4 Seip 5 Anderson 6 Griffiths 7 Hutchinson 8 Montgomery 9 Duke 10 Flores 11 Fitzgerald 12 Reddy 13 Morton 14 McGlinchey 15 Roux 17 Cáceres 18 Neill 19 Simon 20 Ibini-Isei 21 Sterjovski 22 Slater 23 Kwasnik 25 Bosnar 26 Kim 27 Cernak 28 Trifiro 29 Sim Coach: Moss

v t e A-League Foreign Player of the Year 2009: Miller 2010: Hernández 2011: Flores 2012: Broich

v t e Johnny Warren Medal 1990: Adžić 1991: Ivanović 1992: Biskic 1993: Trimboli 1994: Viduka 1995: Viduka 1996: Mori 1997: Marušić 1998: Trimboli 1999: Maloney 2000: Chipperfield 2001: Chipperfield 2002: Fernando 2003: Mori 2004: Milicic 2006: Despotovski 2007: Carle 2008: Griffiths 2009: Smeltz 2010: Hernández 2011: Flores 2012: Broich 2013: Rojas

Persondata
Name	Flores, Marcos
Alternative names
Short description	Argentine footballer
Date of birth	23 October 1985
Place of birth	Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death