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Quique Flores, full name Enrique Sánchez Flores (born February 2, 1965 in Madrid), is a Spanish football coach and former right defender. He is currently the manager of S.L. Benfica.
ng his playing career, Flores spent ten seasons with Valencia CF, starting in 1984-85. However, at first, he did not enjoy his time at the Estadio Mestalla as the club were relegated in his second season, and when they got back into the top division, finished 14th in 1987-98.
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Quique Flores, full name Enrique Sánchez Flores (born February 2, 1965 in Madrid), is a Spanish football coach and former right defender. He is currently the manager of S.L. Benfica.
Playing career
During his playing career, Flores spent ten seasons with Valencia CF, starting in 1984-85. However, at first, he did not enjoy his time at the Estadio Mestalla as the club were relegated in his second season, and when they got back into the top division, finished 14th in 1987-98. However, from that point until 1994, the club never finished lower than 7th, with Flores as an everpresent fixture.
In 1994, the defender moved to Real Madrid where he would stay for two seasons and win the league title in the first season. 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.
Coaching career
Flores followed in the footsteps of one of his predecessors at Valencia, Rafael Benítez, by taking charge of the Real Madrid youth team. After winning plaudits during his time with there, Flores was approached about the manager's job at newly-promoted club Getafe CF.
After an impressive 2004-05 season with Getafe, which managed to finish a respectable 13th place, Flores was given the opportunity to coach his former club, Valencia, succeeding Claudio Ranieri. In his first season, he guided the club to third place in La Liga, which qualified the club for the 2006-07 UEFA Champions League, where Valencia reached the quarter-finals, in which they were knocked out by Chelsea FC. In May 2007, the club guaranteed a top-four league finish, and consequently a place in the Champions League.
On October 29, 2007, the Valencia board of directors fired Flores after a string of average results with poor performances.He was appointed as manager of SL Benfica on May 24, 2008.
Personal life
Sánchez Flores is the nephew of Spanish Flamenco singer-dancer Lola Flores.
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