| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Oscar Flores Bringas | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-05-16)16 May 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1996 | Vélez Sarsfield | 153 | (45) |
| 1996–1998 | Las Palmas | 68 | (35) |
| 1998–2002 | Deportivo La Coruña | 84 | (22) |
| 2001–2002 | →Valladolid (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Mallorca | 12 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Ciudad Murcia | 22 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | Independiente | 19 | (4) |
| 2006 | Aldosivi | 15 | (6) |
| 2007 | Lyn | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 381 | (116) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994 | Argentina | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2013 | Vélez Sarsfield (assistant) | ||
| 2014 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
| 2015 | Defensa y Justicia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José Oscar "Turu" Flores Bringas (born 16 May 1971) is an Argentine retired professionalfootballer who played as astriker, and is amanager.
He started his professional career withVélez Sarsfield in his native country, winning seven titles during the club's successful 1990s era. He then spent the following eight years in Spain – 194 league matches and 61 goals bothmajor levels combined, mainly withDeportivo – and also played twice for theArgentina national team.
Born inBuenos Aires, Flores started his career withVélez Sarsfield in 1990, going on to play a major part in their most successful era in the mid-1990s. During his time at the club he won seven major titles, including threenational championships, the1994 edition of theCopa Libertadores and theIntercontinental Cup.
In 1996, Flores joinedLas Palmas in the Spanishsecond division for a then-record sum spent by any club in that tier, 500 millionpesetas.[1] He scored 21 goals inhis second season,[2][3] helping theCanary Islands team qualify for thepromotion/relegation playoffs, eventually lost toReal Oviedo (4–3 on aggregate).
After his performances, Flores joinedDeportivo de La Coruña also in the country, alongside teammateManuel Pablo.[4] He formed an efficient striker partnership with PortuguesePauleta first and DutchRoy Makaay after,[5] as theGalicians won the firstLa Liga title in their history in2000; on 6 February of that year, he only needed 21 minutes on the pitch after coming on as asubstitute forDjalminha to contribute to a 5–2 home crushing ofReal Madrid.[6]
Flores then played forReal Valladolid,Mallorca[7] andCiudad Murcia – the latter in the second level – with very little impact. In 2004, the 33-year-old returned to Argentina withIndependiente.
In 2006, while atAldosivi in his homeland'sdivision two, Flores announced his retirement from football only to joinLyn in Norway in March of the following year, being joined in that adventure by compatriotMatías Almeyda.[8][9] While with theOslo side he only played 45 minutes of a first-roundcup match,[10] and retired altogether shortly after.
Flores returned to Vélez in 2009, being appointedRicardo Gareca's assistant coach. On 26 December 2013, he became the manager.[11]
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