_26_(cropped).jpg) Flores withTigres UANL in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Marcelo Flores Dorrell | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2003-10-01)1 October 2003 (age 22) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Georgetown, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder,winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Tigres UANL | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Guelph SC | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Ipswich Town | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | →Real Oviedo (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Tigres UANL | 57 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Mexico U16 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Mexico U20 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Mexico U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Mexico | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 October 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Marcelo Flores Dorrell (born 1 October 2003) is a professionalfootballer who plays as anattacking midfielder orwinger forLiga MX clubTigres UANL. Born in Canada, he plays for theMexico national team.
Flores was born in Canada to a Canadian mother of English descent and Mexican former footballer,Rubén Flores. He was raised inGeorgetown,Ontario.[1] As his father was the manager of theCayman Islands women's national football team, Flores spent some time on the islands, where he was invited to a training camp byIpswich Town youth development coachSteve Foley.[2] He impressed during the week long camp, and joined the Ipswich Town academy.[3]
In 2019, Flores joined theArsenal academy on a free transfer.[3] He made a bright start to the 2020–21 campaign with Arsenal's under-18s, scoring three goals in two games.[4]
After training with the first team, he signed his first professional contract in October 2020.[5][6][7] Shortly after, he was included inThe Guardian's "Next Generation 2020", highlighting the best young players in the world.[8]He was called up to theArsenal first team for the first time on April 4, 2022, making the bench for their match againstCrystal Palace, although he did not appear in the match as a substitute.[9][10][11]
On 20 July 2022, Flores joinedSegunda División clubReal Oviedo on a season-long loan.[12] On 15 August, he made his professional debut in a league match againstFC Andorra in a 1–0 loss, coming on as a substitute.[13]
On 10 September 2023, Mexican clubUANL reached an agreement withArsenal to sign Flores.[14] Seven days later, Flores made his debut with the club in a 2–0 away victory againstAtlas.[15] On 20 April 2024, Flores scored ahat-trick, all within 10 minutes, againstNecaxa in a 5–2 home victory.[16]
Flores was eligible to play for eitherCanada,England orMexico. He was first called up to the England under-16 side in 2019,[17] but decided to join up with the Mexico under-16 team that same year, playing every game at theMontaigu Tournament.[18]
In December 2020, Flores accepted a call up to a Canada camp that would take place in January 2021,[19] but later pulled out to remain with Arsenal.[20] On 18 June 2021, Flores was named to Canada's provisional 60-man squad for the2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[21]
In September 2021, Flores featured forMexico's under-20 side in a double-header againstSpain.[22] In November, Flores was called up byLuis Ernesto Pérez to participate at the2021 Revelations Cup, scoring two goals in three appearances, where Mexico won the competition.[23] Later that month,senior national team managerGerardo Martino expressed the possibility of calling up Flores for the friendly match againstChile on 8 December.[24] On 29 November,Arsenal confirmed that Flores had received his first senior call up.[25]
Flores eventually made his senior national team debut in a friendly match against Chile, making his debut as an 83rd-minute substitute in the 2–2 draw.[26] In May 2022, Flores committed to representing Mexico internationally, as he was still eligible to switch to representing Canada or England, having only participated in friendlies.[27] On June 11, he appeared in a2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League match againstSuriname, officially cap tying him to Mexico[28] (however, he is still eligible to file a one-time switch in June 2025 as he meets requirements of no more than 3 caps which were earned before the age of 21).
In November 2025, he was called up to a camp withCanada as a training player, during a pair of international friendlies.[29]
His two sisters,Silvana andTatiana, are also footballers, and both moved fromArsenal toChelsea in the summer of 2020.[5][30][31]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal U21 | 2021–22 | — | — | — | 1[a] | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Real Oviedo (loan) | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| Tigres UANL | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 25 | 6 | – | 3[b] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 29 | 7 | |
| 2024–25 | Liga MX | 27 | 2 | – | 5[b] | 0 | 4[d] | 1 | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2025–26 | Liga MX | 5 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 57 | 9 | – | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 11 | |||
| Career total | 70 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 89 | 12 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Tigres UANL
Mexico U20
Mexico
Individual
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