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Quique Flores
Personal information
Full name	Enrique Sánchez Flores
Date of birth	February 2, 1965 (1965-02-02) (age 44)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Atlético Madrid (coach)
Youth career
	Pegaso Tres Cantos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1984–1994	Valencia	232	(14)
1994–1996	Real Madrid	63	(2)
1996–1997	Zaragoza	9	(0)
National team
1984–1986	Spain U21	13	(0)
1986–1987	Spain U23	2	(0)
1987–1991	Spain	15	(0)
Teams managed
2001–2003	Real Madrid (youth)
2004–2005	Getafe
2005–2007	Valencia
2008–2009	Benfica
2009–	Atlético Madrid
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Sánchez and the second is Flores.

Enrique "Quique" Sánchez Flores (born 2 February 1965 in Madrid) is a former Spanish football right defender, and the current head coach of Atlético Madrid.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Coaching career
4 Honours
- 4.1 Player
- 4.2 Manager
5 Personal life
6 References
7 External links

Club 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 1987–88. However, from that point until 1994, the team never finished lower than 7th, with Flores as an everpresent fixture.

In 1994, Flores moved to Real Madrid where he would stay for two seasons and win the league title in the first season. Following his time in the capital, he had a brief spell with Real Zaragoza before turning his hand to coaching.

International career

Flores made 15 appearances for the Spanish national team, and was selected to the 1990 World Cup squad.

His debut came on September 23, 1987, in a 2–0 friendly win with Luxembourg, in Gijón.

Coaching career

Flores followed in the footsteps of one of his predecessors at Valencia, Rafael Benítez, by taking charge of the Real Madrid youth teams. After winning plaudits during his time there, he was approached about the manager's job at newly-promoted club Getafe CF, also in Madrid.

After an impressive 2004–05 season with Getafe, which managed to finish a respectable 13th place, Flores was given the opportunity to coach former club Valencia, succeeding Rafael Benitez. 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. In May 2007, the club guaranteed a top-four league finish, and consequently a place in the next Champions League.

On October 29, 2007, the Valencia board of directors fired Flores after a string of average results with poor performances.^[1] He was appointed as manager of Sport Lisboa e Benfica on May 24, 2008.^[2]

On 8 June 2009, Flores left Benfica through contractual termination, after a third place in the league and the domestic league cup.^[3]

On 23 October 2009, Flores was appointed as manager of Atlético Madrid,^[4] following the sacking of Abel Resino.^[5] He signed a contract until 30 June 2010.^[6]^[7]

Honours

Player

Spanish League: 1994–95

Manager

Portuguese League Cup: 2008–09

Personal life

Sánchez Flores is the nephew of Flamenco singer-dancer Lola Flores.^[8]

His father, Isidro Sánchez García Figueras, also and footballer and a defender, played for Real Betis, Real Madrid and CE Sabadell FC, winning four leagues in a row for the second (1961–65).^[9]

References

^ Valencia part with Sánchez Flores; UEFA.com, 29 October 2007
^ "Benfica appoint Flores as coach". BBC Sport. 2008-05-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7418607.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
^ Benfica trennt sich von Sánchez Flores (Benfica parts way with Sánchez Flores) (German)
^ Atlético holt Flores (Atlético signs Flores) (German)
^ Quique Sanchez Flores to become new Atletico Madrid coach
^ Atlético Madrid verpflichtet Sánchez Flores als Trainer (Atlético Madrid signs Sánchez Flores as coach) (German)
^ "Atletico make Flores appointment". Sky Sports. 2009-10-23. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11827_5647751,00.html. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
^ Article on Flores' mother, Carmen (Spanish)
^ Isidro at BDFutbol

External links

Preceded by Josu Uribe	Getafe CF manager 2004-2005	Succeeded by Bernd Schuster
Preceded by Claudio Ranieri	Valencia CF manager 2005-2007	Succeeded by Ronald Koeman
Preceded by Fernando Chalana	SL Benfica manager 2008-2009	Succeeded by Jorge Jesus
Preceded by Abel Resino	Atletico Madrid manager 2009-Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e Spain squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Zubizarreta • 2 Chendo • 3 Jiménez • 4 Andrinúa • 5 Sanchís • 6 Martín Vázquez • 7 Pardeza • 8 Quique • 9 Butragueño • 10 Fernando • 11 Villarroya • 12 Alkorta • 13 Ablanedo • 14 Górriz • 15 Roberto • 16 Bakero • 17 Hierro • 18 Paz • 19 Salinas • 20 Manolo • 21 Míchel • 22 Ochotorena • Coach: Suárez

v • d • e Getafe CF – Managers

Prado (1999–2000) · Hurtado (2000–01) · Barderas (2001–02) · Mel (2002–03) · Uribe (2003–04) · Flores (2004–05) · Schuster (2005–07) · Laudrup (2007–08) · Muñoz (2008–09) · Míchel (2009–)

Valencia CF – Managers

Fivebr (1923–28) · Herriot (1928–29) · Fivebr (1929–31) · Galloway (1931–33) · Greenwell (1933–34) · Fivebr (1934–35) · Balsa (1935–36) · Encinas (1939–42) · Rino (1942–43) · Cubells (1943–46) · Pasarín (1946–48) · Quincoces (1948–54) · Iturraspe (1954–56) · Miró (1956–58) · Quincoces (1958–59) · Bumbel (1959–60) · Balmanya (1960–62) · Scopelli (1962–63) · Pasieguito (1963–64) · Mundo (1964–65) · Barinaga (1965–66) · Mundo (1966–68) · Joseíto (1968–69) · Buque & Artigas (1969–70) · Di Stéfano (1970–74) · Ćirić (1974–75) · Milošević (1975) · Mestre (1975–76) · Herrera (1976–77) · Mestre (1987) · Domingo (1977–79) · Pasieguito (1979) · Di Stéfano (1979–80) · Pasieguito (1980–82) · Mestre (1982) · Miljanić (1982–83) · Koldo (1983) · Paquito (1983–84) · Gil (1984–85) · Valdez (1985–86) · Di Stéfano (1986–88) · Gil (1988) · Espárrago (1988–91) · Hiddink (1991–93) · Real (1993) · Núñez (1993–94) · Hiddink (1994) · Rielo (1994) · Parreira (1994–95) · Aragonés (1995–96) · Valdano (1996–97) · Rielo (1997) · Ranieri (1997–99) · Cúper (1999–2001) · Benítez (2001–04) · Ranieri (2004–05) · López Habas (2005) · Sánchez Flores (2005–07) · Koeman (2007–08) · Voro (2008) · Emery (2008–)

S.L. Benfica – Managers

Gourlade (1904–08) · Damião (1908–26) · dos Reis (1926–29) · John (1929–31) · dos Reis (1931–34) · Gonçalves (1934–35) · Hertzka (1935–39) · Biri (1939–47) · Hertzka (1947–48) · Smith (1948–52) · Zozaya (1952–53) · dos Reis (1953–54) · Valdivieso (1954) · Glória (1954–59) · Guttmann (1959–62) · Riera (1962–63) · Czeizler (1963–64) · Schwartz (1964–65) · Guttmann (1965–66) · Riera (1966–67) · Cabrita (1967–68) · Glória (1968–70) · Hagan (1970–73) · Cabrita (1973–74) · Pavić (1974–75) · Wilson (1975–76) · Mortimore (1976–79) · Wilson (1979–80) · Baróti (1980–82) · Eriksson (1982–84) · Csernai| (1984–85) · Mortimore (1985–87) · Skovdahl (1987) · Toni (1987–89) · Eriksson (1989–92) · Ivić (1992) · Toni (1992–94) · Artur Jorge (1994–95) · Wilson (1995–96) · Autuori (1996–97) · Manuel José (1997) · Wilson (1997) · Souness (1997–99) · Heynckes (1999–00) · Mourinho (2000) · Toni (2000–02) · Ferreira (2002) · Camacho (2002–04) · Trapattoni (2004–05) · Koeman (2005–06) · Santos (2006–07) · Camacho (2007–08) · Chalana (2008) · Flores (2008–09) · Jesus (2009–)

Atlético Madrid – Managers

Ansoleaga (1921–22) · Iturbe (1922–23) · Hayes (1923–24) · Olalquiaga (1924–25) · Pentland (1925–26) · Miguel (1926–27) · Ruete (1927) · Pentland (1927–29) · Romo (1929–30) · Jeny (1930–32) · Barroso (1932–33) · Pentland (1933–35) · Samitier (1935–36) · Zamora (1939–40) · Lafuente (1940) · Zamora (1940–46) · Vidal (1946–48) · Traioli (1948–49) · Herrera (1949–53) · Colón (1953) · Díaz (1953–54) · Quincoces (1954–55) · Barrios (1955–57) · Daučík (1957–59) · Villalonga (1959–61) · Rafael García (1961–63) · Escudero (1963) · Barinaga (1963–64) · Bumbel (1964–65) · Balmanya (1965–66) · Glória (1966–68) · González Pérez (1968–69) · Domingo (1969–72) · Merkel (1972–73) · Lorenzo (1973–74) · Aragonés (1974–78) · Núñez (1978) · Aragonés (1978) · Szusza (1978–79) · Aragonés (1979–80) · Jayo (1980) · Domingo (1980) · García Traid (1980–81) · Cid Carriega (1981) · García Traid (1981–82) · Aragonés (1982–86) · Miera (1986) · Jayo (1986–87) · Aragonés (1987) · Menotti (1987–88) · Ufarte (1988) · Briones (1988) · Maguregui (1988) · Briones (1988) · Atkinson (1988–89) · Addison (1989) · Briones (1989) · Clemente (1989–90) · Briones (1990) · Peiró (1990) · Ovejero (1990) · Ivić (1990–91) · Aragonés (1991–93) · Heredia (1993) · Jair Pereira (1993) · Heredia (1993) · Cruz (1993) · Romero (1994) · Ovejero (1994) · D'Alessandro (1994) · Maturana (1994) · D'Alessandro (1994–95) · Basile (1995) · Sánchez Aguiar (1995) · Antić (1995–98) · Sacchi (1998–99) · Antić (1999) · Ranieri (1999–00) · Antić (2000) · Zambrano (2000) · Alonso (2000–01) · Cantarero (2001) · Aragonés (2001–03) · Manzano (2003–04) · Ferrando (2004–05) · Bianchi (2005) · Murcia (2006) · Aguirre (2006–09) · Resino (2009) · Sánchez Flores (2009–)

v • d • e Atlético Madrid – current squad

1 Sergio Asenjo · 2 Valera · 3 Antonio López · 4 Pernía · 6 Camacho · 7 Forlán · 8 Raúl García · 9 Jurado · 10 Agüero · 11 Maxi · 12 P. Assunção · 13 Roberto · 14 Sinama Pongolle · 16 Juanito · 17 Ujfaluši · 18 Domínguez · 19 Reyes · 20 Simão · 21 Perea · 22 Pablo · 23 C.Santana · 24 Cabrera · 26 Koke · 43 de Gea · 49 Keko · Coach: Sánchez Flores

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