Ignacio Flores (Mexican footballer)

Ignacio Flores
	Flores playing for Cruz Azul
Personal information
Full name	Ignacio Flores Ocaranza
Date of birth	31 July 1953
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death	11 August 2011 (aged 58)
Place of death	Cuernavaca, Mexico
Position(s)	Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1990	Cruz Azul
International career
1975–1981	Mexico
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ignacio Flores Ocaranza (31 July 1953 – 11 August 2011) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Club career

Born in Mexico City, Flores spent his entire professional career with Cruz Azul.^[2]

He also represented Mexico at international level, and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

Flores was killed when a truck carrying his family was attacked by gunmen in August 2011.^[4]

His brother, Luis Flores, also was a Mexico international footballer.^[5]

^ ^a ^b "Mexico's all-time World Cup XI: create your own". The Guardian. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ "Ignacio Flores". National-Football-Teams.com.
^ Ignacio Flores – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Muere en atentado ex campeón del futbol mexicano" [Former Mexican football league champion dies in attack] (in Spanish). El Sol de Cuernavaca. 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
^ "World Cup Trivia - Fathers, Sons and Brothers, Uncles and Nephews". RSSSF. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.

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