Milton Flores

Milton Flores
Personal information
Full name	Milton Javier Flores Miranda
Date of birth	(1974-12-05)5 December 1974
Place of birth	La Lima, Honduras
Date of death	19 January 2003(2003-01-19) (aged 28)
Place of death	San Pedro Sula
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992-2002	Real España	231	(0)
National team^‡
1995-2001	Honduras	22	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 January 2013

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Miranda.

Milton Javier Flores Miranda (5 December 1974 – 19 January 2003) was a Honduran football player.

Early years

Flores was born to Pedro Alfredo Flores and Janneth Miranda in La Lima, Honduras, near sports recreation park named Polideportivo Chulavista. He started playing baseball, but later was discovered as a goalkeeper talent. He attended elementary school Manuel Bonilla, where he became best friends with Carlos Pavón. He also played in La Mosquito.

Club career

Nicknamed el Chocolate, the goalkeeper played 231 games for Real España from 1992 to 2002.^[1] Real Españas fans idolized Chocolate for his excellent performances with the team.

International career

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. He has represented his country in 8 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[2] and played at the 1996^[3] and 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cups.^[4] He also was part of the Honduras national football team at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup.

His final international was a July 2001 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica.

One of the most famous games Chocolate ever played was against Brazil for the Panamericanos Of Mar del Plata, Argentina, where he stopped 3 penalties and scored the goal that passed Honduras to the next stage.^[5] After that goal, Chocolate danced punta, the national Honduran dance, as a celebration. He was the goalkeeper of the Honduras national soccer team, on the game they won Mexico for the first time in history on qualifiers, at the end of the game, in an interview by Salvador Nasralla, crying he dedicated the win to his mother, who had died years before.

Death and legacy

He was killed by automatic weapons fire^[6] as he was allegedly engaged in a sexual act in his parked car in La 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.^[7] It 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 La 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, TV reporters from national and international channels and family gathered to say farewell. He was famous by his imitations of TV 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. He was survived by his wife Roxana Flores.

Honours and awards

Club

C.D. Real Espana

Liga Profesional de Honduras (4): 1993–94, 2003–04 A, 2006–07 C, 2010–11 A
Honduran Cup: (1): 1992

Country

Honduras

Copa Centroamericana (1): 1995

References

↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
↑ Milton Flores – FIFA competition record
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF
↑ Panamerican Games 1995 (Mar del Plata, Mar 10-24) - RSSSF
↑ Portero selecciónado hondureño Milton Flores asesinado - CONCACAF
↑ "Honduran goalkeeper shot dead". www.iol.co.za. 20 January 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2010.

External links

Milton Flores at National-Football-Teams.com
Miles de hondureños en sepelio de Milton "Chocolate" Flores - Terra (Spanish)
Milton Flores at Find a Grave

Honduran Liga Nacional awards

Top goalscorers	1965–66: Grey 1966–67: Caballero 1967–68: Garden 1968–69: Abrussezze 1969–70: Ortega 1970–71: Alvarado 1971–72: Alvarado 1972–73: none 1973–74: Blandón & Plummer 1974–75: Rodríguez 1975–76: López 1976–77: O. Hernández 1977–78: Carreño 1978–79: Bernárdez 1979–80: Norales 1980–81: Altamirano 1981–82: Altamirano 1982–83: Altamirano 1983–84: Gamboa 1984–85: Altamirano 1985–86: Flores 1986–87: Dueñas 1987–88: Machado 1988–89: Matthews, Alonso, Lobo & Gamboa 1989–90: Ávila 1990–91: Vallejo 1991–92: Bennett 1992–93: Arriola 1993–94: Chacón 1994–95: Ávila 1995–96: Castro 1996–97: Costa 1997–98 A: Velásquez 1997–98 C: Guevara & Velásquez 1998–99: de Lima 1999–00 A: Velásquez 1999–00 C: Cárcamo 2000–01 A: Verón 2000–01 C: Cacho 2001–02 A: Reneau 2001–02 C: M. Ferreira 2002–03 A: M. Ferreira 2002–03 C: Costa, Cacho & Emílio 2003–04 A: Tosello 2003–04 C: Emílio 2004–05 A: Emílio 2004–05 C: Ramírez 2005–06 A: Ramírez 2005–06 C: Emílio 2006–07 A: Costly 2006–07 C: Pavón 2007–08 A: E. Martínez 2007–08 C: Velásquez 2008–09 A: E. Ferreira 2008–09 C: Diduch 2009–10 A: Palacios 2009–10 C: Bengtson 2010–11 A: Bengtson 2010–11 C: Bengtson 2011–12 A: Cardozo 2011–12 C: Torlacoff & Copete 2012–13 A: Rojas 2012–13 C: R. Martínez 2013–14 A: Castillo 2013–14 C: R. Martínez 2014–15 A: E. Hernández 2014–15 C: Castillo 2015–16 A: Vega 2015–16 C: Elis & Vega

Best goalkeepers	1965–66: Chesman 1966–67: Norales 1967–68: Norales 1968–69: Norales 1969–70: Norales 1970–71: Dubois 1971–72: Santini 1972–73: none 1973–74: Mayorga 1974–75: Mayorga 1975–76: Santini 1976–77: Rivera 1977–78: Rivera 1978–79: Morales 1979–80: Mayorga 1980–81: Stewart 1981–82: Morales 1982–83: Rivera 1983–84: Solís 1984–85: Guerrero 1985–86: Banegas 1986–87: Herrera 1987–88: Rivera 1988–89: Banegas 1989–90: Tejeda 1990–91: Bautista 1991–92: Henríquez 1992–93: Cubillo 1993–94: Palacios 1994–95: Banegas 1995–96: Flores 1996–97: Prono 1997–98 A: Vásquez 1997–98 C: Vásquez 1998–99: Prono 1999–00 A: Prono 1999–00 C: Prono 2000–01 A: González 2000–01 C: González 2001–02 A: González 2001–02 C: Flores 2002–03 A: James 2002–03 C: Medina 2003–04 A: Escober 2003–04 C: Coello 2004–05 A: Morales 2004–05 C: Vásquez 2005–06 A: Valladares 2005–06 C: James 2006–07 A: Valladares 2006–07 C: Vallecillo 2007–08 A: Bodden 2007–08 C: Valladares 2008–09 A: Canales 2008–09 C: Escober 2009–10 A: Morales 2009–10 C: de León 2010–11 A: Bodden 2010–11 C: Orio 2011–12 A: Escober 2011–12 C: Orio 2012–13 A: Morales 2012–13 C: Cárcamo 2013–14 A: Bodden 2013–14 C: Portigliatti 2014–15 A: Cárcamo 2014–15 C: Morales 2015–16 A: Zúniga 2015–16 C: Morales

Honduras squads

Honduras squad – 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Flores 2 Peri 3 A. Cruz 4 N. Martínez 5 R. Martínez Sambulá 6 Bonilla 7 Dolmo Flores 8 J. Pineda 9 A. Pineda Chacón 10 Santamaría 11 Núñez 12 W. Cruz 13 Carson 14 Lagos 15 J.L. Pineda 16 Aguilera 17 Reneau 18 Fernández 19 Bennett 20 Bustillo Coach: Guedes

Honduras squad – 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Flores 2 Membreño 3 Cruz 4 Arzú 5 Clother 6 Zúñiga 7 Bernárdez 8 Pineda Chacón 9 Pavón 10 Santamaría 11 Velásquez 13 Zapata 14 Hernández 15 Caballero 16 Álvarez 17 Bonilla 18 Martínez 19 Carson 20 Guevara 28 Valladares Coach: Company

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