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Ignacio Flores (Mexican footballer)

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Mexican footballer (1953-2011) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Ocaranza.
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
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1990 Cruz Azul 522 (13)
International career
1975–1981 Mexico 14 (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.

He also represented Mexico at international level, and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

Flores was killed when a truck carrying his family was attacked by gunmen in August 2011.

His brother, Luis Flores, also was a Mexico international footballer.

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.
Mexico squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup
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