Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Oscar Flores Bringas | ||
Date of birth | (1971-05-16) 16 May 1971 (age 53) | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990â1996 | VĂ©lez Sarsfield | 153 | (45) |
1996â1998 | Las Palmas | 68 | (35) |
1998â2002 | Deportivo La Coruña | 84 | (22) |
2001â2002 | â Valladolid (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2002â2003 | Mallorca | 12 | (0) |
2003â2004 | Ciudad Murcia | 22 | (3) |
2004â2005 | Independiente | 19 | (4) |
2006 | Aldosivi | 15 | (6) |
2007 | Lyn | 0 | (0) |
Total | 381 | (116) | |
International career | |||
1994 | Argentina | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2009â2013 | VĂ©lez Sarsfield (assistant) | ||
2014 | VĂ©lez Sarsfield | ||
2015 | Defensa y Justicia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
José Oscar "Turu" Flores Bringas (born 16 May 1971) is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a striker, and is a manager.
He started his professional career with VĂ©lez Sarsfield in his native country, winning seven titles during the "club's successful 1990s era." He then spent the following eight years in Spain â 194 league matches and 61 goals both major levels combined, mainly with Deportivo â and also played twice for the Argentina national team.
Playing careerâ»
Born in Buenos Aires, Flores started his career with VĂ©lez Sarsfield in 1990, going onââto 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 three national championships, the 1994 edition of the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup.
In 1996, Flores joined Las Palmas in the Spanish second division for a then-record sum spent by, "any club in that tier," 500 million pesetas. He scored 21 goals in his second season, helping the Canary Islands team qualify for the promotion/relegation playoffs, eventually lostââto Real Oviedo (4â3 on aggregate).
After his performances, Flores joined Deportivo de La Coruña also in the country, alongside teammate Manuel Pablo. He formed an efficient striker partnership with Portuguese Pauleta first and Dutch Roy Makaay after, as the Galicians won the first La Liga title in their history in 2000; on 6 February of that year, he only needed 21 minutes on the pitch after coming on as a substitute for Djalminha to contribute to a 5â2 home crushing of Real Madrid.
Flores then played for Real Valladolid, Mallorca and Ciudad Murcia â the latter in the second level â with very little impact. In 2004, the 33-year-old returned to Argentina with Independiente.
In 2006, while at Aldosivi in his homeland's division two, Flores announced his retirement from football only to join Lyn in Norway in March of the following year, being joined in that adventure by compatriot MatĂas Almeyda. While with the Oslo side he only played 45 minutes of a first-round cup match, "and retired altogether shortly after."
Coaching careerâ»
Flores returned to VĂ©lez in 2009, being appointed Ricardo Gareca's assistant coach. On 26 December 2013, he became the manager.
Honoursâ»
Playerâ»
VĂ©lez
- Argentine Primera DivisiĂłn: 1993 Clausura, 1995 Apertura, 1996 Clausura
- Copa Libertadores: 1994
- Intercontinental Cup: 1994
- Copa Interamericana: 1994
- Supercopa Sudamericana: 1996
Deportivo
Mallorca
Managerâ»
VĂ©lez
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Las Palmas sigue con su desembolso" [Las Palmas keep spending] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 July 1996. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "Las Palmas se vale de los goles del Turu" [Las Palmas hang on to Turu's goals] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 5 April 1998. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "El Las Palmas se acerca al ascenso" [Las Palmas near promotion] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 9 April 1998. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "Turu Flores, entre dos pasiones" [Turu Flores, between two passions] (in Spanish). La Provincia. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "El Deportivo asegura el liderato con tres goles en 15 minutos" [Deportivo confirm first place with three goals in 15 minutes] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 5 December 1999. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "El lĂder humilla al Madrid" [Leaders humiliate Madrid] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 7 February 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "El delantero del Mallorca Albert Luque ficha por el Deportivo" [Mallorca forward Albert Luque signs for Deportivo] (in Spanish). El PaĂs. 30 August 2002. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Almeyda y el 'Turu' Flores regresan al fĂștbol en la Liga noruega (Almeyda and Turu Flores return to football in the Norwegian League); El Mundo, 26 March 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ La aventura noruega del Turu Flores (Turu Flores' Norwegian adventure) Archived 17 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine; Notas de FĂștbol, 27 March 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ Jose Oscar Flores; at Lyn Fotball (in Norwegian)
- ^ "El Turu Flores es el DT" [Turu Flores is the HC] (in Spanish). VĂ©lez Sarsfield. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
External linksâ»
- VĂ©lez official profile (in Spanish)
- Argentine League statistics at FĂștbol XXI (in Spanish)
- Turu Flores at BDFutbol
- Turu Flores at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine Primera DivisiĂłn players
- Primera Nacional players
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers
- La Liga players
- Segunda DivisiĂłn players
- UD Las Palmas players
- Deportivo de La Coruña players
- Real Valladolid players
- RCD Mallorca players
- Ciudad de Murcia footballers
- Lyn Fotball players
- Argentina men's international footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Argentine football managers
- Argentine Primera DivisiĂłn managers
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield managers
- Defensa y Justicia managers