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Leonidas Flores
Leonidas Flores Reyes (born 24 January 1965) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for Puntarenas, Saprissa, Guanacasteca and San Carlos.[1] Club careerBorn in La Palma de Abangares, Guanacaste, Flores started his career at Puntarenas in 1983[2] and won the 1986 Primera Division de Costa Rica title with them. He is also the club's all-time leading scorer with 93 goals[3] and scored a total of 118 career goals,[4] placed in position 17th all time Costa Rican strikers. He was the league's top goalscorer in 1986 with 19 goals.[5] He had a three-year spell abroad, at Canadian Soccer League side Montreal Supra.[6] International careerFlores made 30 appearances for the Costa Rica national football team from 1984 to 1996.[7] He also played at the 1984 Olympic Games in two games as sub.[8][9] Flores scored two goals as Costa Rica won the 1989 CONCACAF Championship, besides having his best performance, was left out from the Italy 1990 World Cup roster.[10] According to Flores, he has never been explained why.[11] Finally was able to return for the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup and 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[12] His final international was a September 1996 friendly match against Costa Rica. RetirementAfter his football career he became a traffic policeman in Guanacaste.[13] In September 2012, Flores was arrested on suspicion of charging "bribes" to drivers in exchange for not fining them for violating the traffic law.[14] Personal lifeHe is married to Iris Ocampos.[15] References
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