Ramón Ulises Flores Aguirre (born August 21, 1982) is a

Salvadoran Salvadorans (), also known as Salvadorians, are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvadoran diaspora, particularly in the United States, with smalle ...

former

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who played as a

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. He was banned for life in 2013, for match-fixing while playing for the

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Club career

Flores was born in Santa Ana. After having spent well over a decade with the FAS institution, he left in 2010 to join

Once Municipal Club Deportivo Once Municipal was a Salvadoran football team from Ahuachapán that last competed in the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, Primera División, the premier division of Football in El Salvador, in 2018. It was nicknamed "' ...

, a club that had just been promoted before he signed a one-year contract. He rejoined FAS however for the 2011 Clausura.

International career

Flores received his first call up to the senior national team in January 2008. He received his first cap on January 22, 2008, in a friendly match against

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. Flores represented his country in 6 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying games, in which he played a few games under Mexican coach Carlos de los Cobos. On September 20, 2013, Flores was one of 14 Salvadoran players banned for life by El Salvador's football federation for

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* 1982 births Living people Footballers from Santa Ana, El Salvador Men's association football defenders Salvadoran men's footballers 21st-century Salvadoran sportsmen El Salvador men's international footballers C.D. FAS footballers C.D. Once Municipal footballers C.D. Juventud Independiente players Match fixers Sportspeople banned for life Association football controversies {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub