Yessenia del Socorro Flores Rivas (born 7 July 1999) is a Nicaraguan footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Nicaragua women's national team. [3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yessenia del Socorro Flores Rivas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1999[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Villa Fraternidad, Managua, Nicaragua[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Falcons de Managua[2] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Saprissa | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Nicaragua U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | Nicaragua U20 | 3 | (1) |
| 2014– | Nicaragua | 4 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 July 2018 | |||
Early and personal life edit
Flores was born in the Villa Fraternidad neighborhood of Managua to Juan Flores and Yessenia Rivas. Her elder sister Sheyla is also a footballer.[2]
Club career edit
Saprissa edit
In April 2022, Flores signed with Costa Rican team Deportivo Saprissa.[4] She left the club in August 2023.[5]
International career edit
During the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification, Flores scored 6 goals in a 19–0 victory for Nicaragua against the Turks and Caicos Islands.[6]
International goals edit
Scores and results list Nicaragua's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 December 2017 | Estadio Independencia, Estelí, Nicaragua |  El Salvador |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2017 Central American Games |
| 2. | 8 December 2017 |  Panama |
3–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 3. | 22 July 2018 | Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia |  Trinidad and Tobago |
1–2 | 2–2 | 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |
| 4. | 2–2 | |||||
| 5. | 17 February 2022 | Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago |
1–2 | 1–2 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 6. | 22 February 2022 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
3–0 | 19–0 | |
| 7. | 4–0 | |||||
| 8. | 7–0 | |||||
| 9. | 10–0 | |||||
| 10. | 13–0 | |||||
| 11. | 14–0 | |||||
| 12. | 12 April 2022 |  Dominica |
1–0 | 10–0 | ||
| 13. | 3–0 | |||||
| 14. | 5–0 | |||||
| 15. | 7–0 | |||||
| 16. | 29 October 2023 |  Martinique |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification | |
| 17. | 3 December 2023 | Estadio Jorge "El Mágico" González, San Salvador, El Salvador | El Salvador |
1–0 | 1–4 |
References edit
- ^ a b c Yessenia Flores at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Ortiz, Wilmer (16 February 2021). "La jugadora que le dio el título al Real Estelí cuenta cómo se convirtió en una referencia nacional". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Yessenia Flores, la nueva águila que tendrá". canal4.com.ni.
- ^ "La nicaragüense Yessenia Flores debuta con equipo de fútbol costarricense". VOS TV (in Spanish). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ Valverde, Esteban (15 August 2023). "Saprissa Femenino anuncia la salida de dos extranjeras". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Flores' six-goal display for Nicaragua caps February window". CONCACAF. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
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