Leonidas Flores Reyes (born 24 January 1965) is a retired

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n professional

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. He played for

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, Guanacasteca and San Carlos.

Club career

Born in La Palma de Abangares, Guanacaste, Flores started his career at

in 1983 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 and scored a total of 118 career goals, placed in position 17th all time Costa Rican strikers. He was the league's top goalscorer in 1986 with 19 goals. He had a three-year spell abroad, at

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side

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International career

Flores made 30 appearances for the

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from 1984 to 1996. He also played at the 1984 Olympic Games in two games as sub. Flores scored two goals as Costa Rica won the

1989 CONCACAF Championship The 1989 CONCACAF Championship was the tenth and final edition of the CONCACAF Championship held under the format of serving as qualification to the 1990 FIFA World Cup and having no host nation for the final round. The tournament would be succee ...

, besides having his best performance, was left out from the Italy 1990 World Cup roster. According to Flores, he has never been explained why. Finally was able to return for the

1991 UNCAF Nations Cup The 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup was the inaugural UNCAF Nations Cup, the Central American championship for men's national association football teams. It was organized by the ''Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol'' or UNCAF, and it took place in Costa Ri ...

and

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and the eleventh overall CONCACAF tournament. The last time the CONCACAF Championship was he ...

. His final international was a September 1996

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against

Retirement

After his football career he became a traffic policeman in Guanacaste. In September 2012, Flores was arrested on suspicion of charging "bribes" to drivers in exchange for not fining them for violating the traffic law.

Personal life

He is married to Iris Ocampos.Leonny Flores rechaza cargos por los que fue detenido. “Hay que tener valor para estar solo en una celda de esas, porque es impresionante
- Al Día

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flores, Leonidas 1965 births Living people People from Guanacaste Province Association football forwards Costa Rican footballers Costa Rica international footballers Olympic footballers of Costa Rica Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Puntarenas F.C. players Deportivo Saprissa players Montreal Supra players A.D. San Carlos footballers Costa Rican expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in Canada Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Canada Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players Costa Rican police officers 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Copa Centroamericana-winning players CONCACAF Championship-winning players