Quique Sánchez Flores
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| Quique Flores | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Enrique Sánchez Flores | |
| Date of birth | February 05, 1965 | |
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | |
| Height | 1.76 cm | |
| Nickname | Quique | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Valencia CF | |
Quique Flores, full name Enrique Sánchez Flores (born 5 February 1965), is a Spanish football coach and former fullback. He is the current manager of Valencia CF.
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[edit] Playing career
Quique Flores was born in Madrid. During his playing career he spent ten seasons with Valencia, from 1985. However, he did not enjoy the best of times at the Mestalla Stadium as the club were relegated during his time there, and when they did get back into the top division, they languished near the bottom.
In 1994, the defender moved to Real Madrid where he would stay for two seasons and win the league title in 1995. Following his time in Madrid, Flores had a brief spell with Real Zaragoza before turning his hand to coaching.
He made 15 appearances for the Spain national team and was selected to the 1990 World Cup squad.
[edit] Coaching career
Quique followed in the footsteps of one of his predecessors at Valencia, Rafael Benitez, by taking charge of the Real Madrid youth team. After winning plaudits during his time with the youth team, Flores was approached about the manger's job at newly-promoted club Getafe.
After an impressive 2004/05 season with Getafe, which managed to finish a respectable 13th place, he was given the opportunity to coach his former club, Valencia, succeeding Claudio Ranieri. In his first season, Quique guided the club to third place in La Liga. This performance qualified the club for the preliminary round of the 2006-07 UEFA Champions League.
[edit] Trivia
He is the nephew of Spanish singer-dancer Lola Flores.
[edit] Playing career summary
- Valencia CF 1985-1994
- Real Madrid 1994-1996
- Real Zaragoza 1996-1997
- Spain 1987 to 1991 - 15 caps.
[edit] Managerial career
- Getafe CF 2003-2005
- Valencia CF 2005-
[edit] External links
| Valencia CF - Current Squad |
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1 Cañizares | 2 Miguel | 3 Del Horno | 4 Ayala | 5 Marchena | 6 Albelda | 7 Villa | 8 Baraja | 9 Morientes | 10 Angulo | 11 Regueiro | 12 Tavano | 13 Mora | 14 Vicente | 15 Joaquín | 16 Viana | 17 Navarro | 18 Jorge López | 19 Gavilán | 20 Albiol | 21 Silva | 22 Edu | 23 Torres | 24 Moretti | 25 Butelle | 26 Cerra | 27 Pablo | 28 Nacho Insa | 29 Córcoles | 30 Ñíguez | 31 Pallardó | Coach: Flores |
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Categories: 1965 births | Living people | Roma people | Spanish football managers | La Liga managers | Getafe CF managers | Valencia CF managers | Spanish footballers | Spain international footballers | Valencia CF footballers | Real Madrid footballers | Real Zaragoza footballers | FIFA World Cup 1990 players

