Mario Eugenio Dolmo Flores (born 31 July 1965 in

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) is a retired Honduran

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Club career

Born in Puerto Cortés, Flores began his footballing career at local side Platense. He soon arrived to renowned Olimpia, where he would make his name later leaving for

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. In November 2012 he was nominated to become a "Guerrero de Honor" (Warrior of Honour) of Santos. He also had a season in Peru with

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, where he played alongside compatriot César Obando, and in Costa Rica with

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. After a few seasons back in Honduras he retired after playing on 26 May 2001 for

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then moved abroad again to play in

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with Isidro Metapán in the 2002 Clausura. He was later dismissed by Nicaraguans

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in October 2003 and duly finished his career. He played with

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, Danilo Galindo, Juan Carlos Espinoza, Nahúm Espinoza and Belarmino Rivera in the Olimpia and they won the

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International career

A left-sided forward, Flores made his debut for

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in the late 1980s and has earned a total of 42 caps, scoring 6 goals. He has represented his country in 12

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matches and played at the

1993 UNCAF Nations Cup The 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup was the second edition of the UNCAF Nations Cup, the football championship of Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF). Preliminary round Squads :For a complete list of all participating squads see '' 1993 UNCAF N ...

as well as at the

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and

1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the second edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 1991: eight teams were broken up into ...

International goals

:''Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.''

Personal life

Dolmo Flores is married to Brenda. In March 2013, his daughter Melania Yazareth Dolmo Gutiérrez and her husband were killed in Puerto Cortés.Matan a hija del exfutbolista Dolmo Flores y a su marido
- La Prensa

Honours and awards

Club

;C.D. Olimpia *

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(5): 1987–88, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97 *

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Honduran Supercup The Honduran Supercup is a Honduran football competition held yearly as a preseason match between the reigning champions of the Liga Nacional and the Honduran Cup. The competition started unofficially in 1997, but it was discontinued after jus ...

: (1):

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Country

;Honduras *

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(1):

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References

External links

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Dolmo Flores: Olimpia selló el título nacional (Interview and profile)
- La Tribuna * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolmo Flores, Eugenio 1965 births Living people People from Puerto Cortés Association football forwards Honduran footballers Honduras international footballers 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Platense F.C. players C.D. Suchitepéquez players C.D. Olimpia players Santos Laguna footballers L.D. Alajuelense footballers Club Universitario de Deportes footballers C.D. Victoria players A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers Real Estelí F.C. players Honduran expatriate footballers Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Nicaragua Expatriate footballers in Guatemala Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Costa Rica Expatriate footballers in Peru Expatriate footballers in El Salvador Expatriate footballers in Nicaragua Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Liga FPD players Liga MX players 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players