Marcelo Flores

Marcelo Flores (born 1 October 2003) is a Mexican-Canadian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Arsenal. Born in Canada, he has represented Mexico at youth international level. He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2020".[1]

Marcelo Flores
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-10-01) 1 October 2003
Place of birth Canada
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 82
Youth career
Years Team
00002019 Ipswich Town
2019– Arsenal
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Mexico U16 5 (1)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Flores was born in Canada to a Canadian mother of English descent, and Mexican former footballer, Ruben Flores. He was raised in Georgetown, Ontario.[2] As his father was the manager of the Cayman Islands women's national football team, Flores spent some time on the islands, where he was invited to a training camp by Ipswich Town youth development coach Steve Foley.[3] He impressed during the week long camp, and joined the Ipswich Town academy.[4]

In 2019, Flores joined the Arsenal academy on a free transfer.[4] He made a bright start to the 2020–21 campaign with Arsenal's under-18s, scoring three goals in two games.[5] After training with the first team, he signed his first professional contract in October 2020.[6][7][8]

International career

Flores is eligible to represent Canada, England and Mexico. He was called up to the England under-16 side in 2019,[9] but decided to join up with the Mexico under-16 team in the same year, playing every game at the Montaigu Tournament.[10]

Personal life

His two sisters, Silvana and Tatiana, are also footballers, and both moved from Arsenal to Chelsea in the summer of 2020.[6][11][12]

References
  1. "Next Generation 2020: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. "Four 'Caps called up to Canada's men's national team camp". December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  3. Brammer, Chris (25 January 2017). "Chance meeting in Cayman Islands resulted in Ipswich Town signing Canadian wonderkid, Marcelo Flores". eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. Hurley, Lee (1 October 2020). "Arsenal's rising star Marcelo Flores: Described as the Canadian Craig Bellamy by man who discovered him". dailycannon.com. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. "Marcelo Flores, otra apuesta mexicana del Arsenal" [Marcelo Flores, another Mexican prospect from Arsenal]. marca.com (in Spanish). 1 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  6. "El mexicano Marcelo Flores entrenó con el primer equipo del Arsenal" [Mexican Marcelo Flores trains with the Arsenal first team]. foxsports.com.mx (in Spanish). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  7. "Arsenal prospect Flores trains with first team, leaning towards Mexico". espn.com. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  8. "El Arsenal hace oficial el contrato profesional de Marcelo Flores" [Arsenal make Marcelo Flores' professional contract official]. marca.com (in Spanish). 6 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  9. "¡Se quieren llevar a Marcelo Flores! Inglaterra y Canadá tientan a la joya mexicana" [They want to take Marcelo Flores! England and Canada tempt the Mexican jewel]. mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  10. Critchlow, Dan (27 April 2019). "Exclusive: Marcelo Flores on joining Arsenal's academy, the Montaigu Tournament and his international future". dailycannon.com. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  11. Guest, Rob (13 June 2020). "Who is Marcelo Flores? The Arsenal wonderkid who could become part of Arteta's future plans". football.london. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  12. "Who are Silvana and Tatiana Flores the Mexicans who will play for Chelsea". en24.news. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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