Junior Flores at Borussia Dortmund

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  1. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
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    Nov 16, 2009
    42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
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    Melbourne Victory
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
  2. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
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    Manchester United FC
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    ???
     
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  3. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
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    Nov 16, 2009
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    I used to be so excited about this kid, the hype was crazy among Salvadoran fans.

    Dude’s career never even materialised :thumbsdown:
     
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  4. Scotty

    Scotty Member+

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    Is he completely without a club now?
     
  5. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
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    Nov 16, 2009
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    I don’t think he even plays football anymore. Hasn’t for a few years now.
     
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  6. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

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    Transfermarkt lists him as being retired. According to their data, he was released from Dortmund's reserve team on July 1st 2018 and hasn't registered with anyone, anywhere in their database since then, and they track as far down as the NISA.

    There's also what looks like his Instagram page, which is regularly updated. The guy in there looks fine, living in a decent house, but is carrying a bit too much weight for a semi-pro or even a competitive amateur player. There are also a few photos of him cradling babes. Two of them to be precise; a newborn baby and its mom.

    He turned 25 in March, so he's done as a player but is moving on with his life. Let's wish him luck and hope he gets back into the game in the youth system. Anyone who spent four years with Dortmund youth structure will have picked up a lot just by having his wits about him.
     
  7. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
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    Nov 16, 2009
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    Australia
    He seems to have gone quiet about his football career since leaving BVB II because there’s no explanation why he couldn’t have gone to another club,

    I follow Salvadoran footballers on IG, including Flores. Those aren’t his kids, he’s just a proud tio :D

    Agreed, hopefully he can get into coaching, scouting or something. Those years at BVB have got to count for something!!
     
  8. taylor

    taylor Member+

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    I think BvB paid him 100k
     
  9. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
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    Nov 16, 2009
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    Australia
    Source?
     
  10. GiallorossiYank

    GiallorossiYank Member+

    Jan 20, 2011
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    AS Roma
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    United States
    I think I messaged him once about his career lol, idt he answered lol
     
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  11. The Irish Rover

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    A very proud tio from the looks of him.

    And being an uncle is the better deal. Spoil them rotten and you get all the adoration with none of the bills :p
     
  12. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
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    Maybe all those injuries got to him and he had enough.

     
  13. The Irish Rover

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    Maybe he could have continued to play, even in pain, but if you once had starter for Dortmund in your sights and instead have to reconcile yourself to ekeing out a "living" in the Oberliga or PDL Pro before being forced to retire at 30, you'd have to say that he was wise to jack it in at 21 and still be healthy.
     
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  14. Dave Marino-Nachison

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  15. Hobo

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    The article talks extensively about his role as the pioneer of Dortmund’s youth international scouting network. As mentioned in the article, after him came: Pulisic, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Immanuel Pherai, Kamal Bafounta, Giovanni Reyna, Bradley Fink.
    I’m not sure what the inspiration was for the article but it’s very good.
     
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  16. The Irish Rover

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  17. bshredder

    bshredder BigSoccer Supporter

    Feb 23, 1999
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    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I actually had a piece I was planning to write about YNT players that were widely discussed but now out of the game. For whatever reason, it got abandoned. Junior was on my list to reach out but I never followed through.

    Before I gave up on the piece, I spoke to a few former players. Some had cool stories (Will Packwood and Zack Pfeffer worked together at Goldman Sachs and are doing well. Omar Salgado is in law school at Boston College, Danny Cuevas works as a roofer).

    Some, however, didn't want to speak to me for a "where are they now?" piece. I don't blame them.

    There were all sorts of weird rumors floating around about Junior Flores that I couldn't report on because I couldn't prove. But it circled around his agent leveraging his other client (Subotic) to get Flores a deal at BVB. I remember a lot of people in the game I spoke to at the time really never rated Flores that highly and never believed he ever had much of a shot making the transition from youth to adults.
     
  18. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
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    Nov 16, 2009
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    Club:
    Melbourne Victory
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Hope you can resume this article on Flores, and reach out to him on what he’s doing nowadays. Why he gave up on football and if he has plans to do anything football-related (i.e. coaching etc)
     
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  19. GiallorossiYank

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    Jan 20, 2011
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    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    sorry Brian I’m late to responding here but wow - that sounds like a great article and something a lot of people would like.

    Also it’s pretty clear I overrated Junior Flores all those years lol
     
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