Background
Flores was born to Pedro Alfredo Flores and Janneth Miranda in Louisiana Lima, Honduras, near sports recreation park named Polideportivo Chulavista.
Flores was born to Pedro Alfredo Flores and Janneth Miranda in Louisiana Lima, Honduras, near sports recreation park named Polideportivo Chulavista.
He attended elementary school Manuel Bonilla, where he became best friends with Carlos Pavón.
He started playing baseball, but later was discovered as a goalkeeper talent. He also played in Louisiana Mosquito. Nicknamed el Chocolate, the goalkeeper played 231 games for Real España from 1992 to 2002.
Real Españas fans idolized Chocolate for his excellent performances with the team
Flores made his debut for Honduras in a January 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Brazil and had earned a total of 22 caps, scoring no goals. One of the most famous games Chocolate ever played was against Brazil for the Panamericanos Of March del Plata, Argentina, where he stopped 3 penalties and scored the goal that passed Honduras to the next stage.
After that goal, Chocolate danced punta, the national Honduran dance, as a celebration. He was killed by automatic weapons fire as he was allegedly engaged in a sexual act in his parked car in Louisiana Unión, the red light district of San Pedro Sula.
After the shooting, he tried to drive himself to a hospital but drove into a tree where he died.
lieutenant has, alternatively, been voiced that he was passing a notoriously criminal neighborhood where gang members, taking his for a rival car, started shooting Flores" car. After his death, a football stadium was named after him in Louisiana Lima, his hometown. His wake took place in Polideportivo Chulavista, with massive attendance by fans, making it one of the most noted funerals ever in Honduras.
Soccer players, friends, television reporters from national and international channels and family gathered to say farewell.
He was famous by his imitations of television personalities in Honduras, also a skilled dancer. Real Espana"s fans remember him as one of their team"s most memorable players until the present day.
He was buried in Lima Nueva Cemetery, next to his mother.