Antonio J. Flores Flores (born 7 March 1972) is a Spanish football manager who serves as a

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at Hogar hispano valencia fc of the liga estadal venezuela.

Playing career

He played for La Mojonera FC in youth stage as well featured for the senior team of La Mojonera in 1989–1994.

Managerial career

He has worked in the

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competition such as Uganda Super League,

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, Futve Liga Venezuela,

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in South Africa. He managed clubs in Spain (youth), (2 andaluza),

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, Nyamityobora fc in Uganda, Sandawana FC,

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both in

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and lately Super Eagles FC in South Africa

, and Yaracuyanos FC in Venezuela.

Villa SC

On 13 July 2015 was unveiled as the

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by Villa SC boss Ben Misagga and penned a two-year contract but in November 2015 he parted ways with Villa SC and was linked to

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but the deal failed on the eleventh hour.

Sarl Star Football Algérie (U-17)

In September 2016 he was signed as the coach for the U-17 to develop players for

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in Algeria.

Sandawana FC

In January 2017 he was a head coach in

club Sandawana FC and agreed a one-year deal with the club management. He worked with American coach Eric Sarno as his assistant. In his first match, he registered a 2–1 win over

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on 12 February at Maputsoe DiFA Stadium. He saved it from the relegation successfully and in June 2017 he parted ways from it.

Lioli FC

In July 2017 he was appointed as the

coach for

where he guided them through 23 games and making the best record of winning with 78%. In November 2017 he left the club leading the table of the

to join

club in South Africa.

Super Eagles FC

In November 2017, he was appointed as the head coach in the

Super Eagles Football club in South Africa replacing Tshegofatso Mashego, who was demoted following a poor start to the season that saw the team winning just two of their first 10 league matches. He guided them through 17 games where won 2 games of Nedbank Cup games, winning to

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3-0 and losing in extra time 2–1 against

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. In March 2018, he parted ways amicably.

Nyamityobora FC

He signed a contract on 28 August 2018 as the technical director at

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CD Roquetas (U-17)

He signed contract as head coach with

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(U-17) on 7 March 2019 till 30 June 2019.

CD Dofer Dalias

On 13 July 2019 he signed as head coach for the Spanish club CD Dofer Dalias.

Yaracuyanos F.C.

In March 2020, Flores was appointed as the technical director for Yaracuyanos F.C. in Venezuela Premier League.

Personal life

Flores is a UEFA Pro Licence Coaching license holder. He holds a Spanish level 3 coaching football license, CAF B License. He speaks English, Spanish, German and Russian. Flores is a cousin to former Watford and now Espanyol manager

Quique Sánchez Flores Enrique "Quique" Sánchez Flores (; born 5 February 1965) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of Getafe. He began his professional career with Valencia in 1984, going on to amass La Liga totals of 304 ga ...

References

External links

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Antonio Flores Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flores, Antonio 1972 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Spanish football managers Expatriate football managers in Uganda Expatriate football managers in Lesotho Expatriate football managers in Algeria Men's association football midfielders People from Bendorf Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Uganda Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Lesotho Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Algeria