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Full name | Edison Michael Flores Peralta | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 14 May 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Comas District, Peru | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger, attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Universitario (on loan from Atlas) | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | Universitario | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Universitario | 37 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Villarreal B | 44 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Universitario | 56 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | AaB | 47 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Morelia | 45 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | D.C. United | 41 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Atlas | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | → Universitario (loan) | 32 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Peru U17 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Peru U20 | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2013– | Peru | 71 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:19, 27 March 2024 (UTC) |
Edison Michael Flores Peralta (born 14 May 1994), is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario de Deportes, on loan from Liga MX club Atlas, and the Peru national team.
Flores began his career in the youth ranks of Lima club Universitario de Deportes. In 2011, at the age of 17, he helped Universitario win the U-20 Copa Libertadores and was named best player of the tournament. [2]
With the national team, he participated at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and was the joint top scorer (together with Paolo Guerrero) for Peru in the qualifiers for said competition, with 5 goals. He also played at two Copa América tournaments: the Centenario (2016) and Brazil 2019, the latter of which he helped finish runners-up. [3] Having scored 15 goals, Flores is Peru's third active top goalscorer after Paolo Guerrero and Christian Cueva.
Flores played in the youth ranks of Universitario de Deportes from 2008 to 2011. In March 2011, at the age of 16, he was promoted to the first team under manager José del Solar. [4] He was part of the U-20 Universitario team that won the 2011 U-20 Copa Libertadores and was named best player of the tournament. He made his official league debut in the Torneo Descentralizado on 31 July 2011 in an away match against Juan Aurich for matchday 16 of the 2011 season, at the age of 17. [5] He entered the game in the 64th minute for Andy Polo, and the final result was 1–0 in favor of Aurich. [5] Later, in matchday 23, he played his first Peruvian Clásico in the Descentralizado on 24 September 2011, at home in the Monumental. [6] At the time, Alianza Lima was in first place in the league. He entered the match in the 68th minute for Miguel Angel Torres when the score was tied at 1–1. Then in the 92nd minute of the derby, Flores dribbled past three Alianza Lima players and provide the pass that led to Martin Morel's winning goal. The derby finished in a 2–1 win for Universitario. [7] The following season, he scored his first professional goal on matchday 14, in a 2–1 victory against León de Huanuco. On matchday 23, he scored from a header in the Clásico in a 2–1 victory.
On 31 August 2012, Flores was announced as the new signing for Villarreal's reserve team, Villarreal B. [8] He played his first game for the club in a 1–0 victory against CF Badalona, and scored his first goal in a 1–1 tie against Levante B. In March 2014, Villareal announced that Flores would be transferred to Universitario. [9]
Edinson Flores would then score two of the four wining goals for Universitario to win the "Apertura" tournament against Chankas. [10]
On 11 August 2016, Flores move to Danish-side AaB was confirmed. After interest from Belgian, Dutch and Spanish sides, Flores signed a 4-year deal. On 28 August 2016, he scored his first goal in the Danish Superliga, as he provided the equalizing goal in a 2–1-win against Aarhus Gymnastikforening.
In 2018, Edison move to Mexican legendary club Monarcas Morelia was confirmed. The Mexican team announced Edison as their new player on a four year deal. [11]
On 14 January 2020, D.C. United acquired Flores paying a club-record $5 million transfer fee. [12] [13] Flores debuted on 29 February 2020, in a 1–2 loss against the Colorado Rapids. [14] In late August, Flores suffered a head-on-head collision and was out 6 weeks to repair facial fractures. [15] He returned from his injury on 11 October 2020, in a 1–2 loss against the Chicago Fire. [16] On 1 November 2020, Flores contributed his first assists for the team, providing two in a 3–4 loss against the New England Revolution. [17] Flores finished D.C. United's disappointing 2020 season with 13 appearances and three assists.
Flores scored his first MLS goal on 13 May 2021, securing a 1–0 win over the Chicago Fire. [18] On 23 May, Flores suffered a hamstring injury during a match against the Philadelphia Union, which he returned from in mid-August. [19] [20]
He had played for all youth level of Peru, and was part of U-20 squad in the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship, where he left a great mark in his career. In the final match against U-20 Chile, which Peru had to win and eliminate Chile to qualify for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he scored from a header to put Peru a lead. [21] However, his side could not protect this advantage because of a superb free kick from Bryan Rabello which levelled the game. It eventually ended 1–1 and Chile qualified at the expense of Peru, but Flores' performance impressed then-manager Sergio Markarián and he was called to the senior squad for the first time in perpetration for the friendly against South Korea and the remaining matches of 2014 World Cup qualifying, but he only made his debut in the friendly against South Korea. [22] Peru's failures to qualify for both U-20 and senior World Cup had been a dark mark on his career and he became less used. [23]
Under Ricardo Gareca, he was mostly ignored and not included in the final 23 of Peruvian squad for the 2015 Copa América held in Chile. After the competition, his performance at the national league got attracted to Gareca and subsequently, Flores was summoned by Gareca for the Copa América Centenario held in the United States. He left a great landmark in the team on his maiden major competition debut, scoring one goal against Ecuador in a 2–2 draw. Although he didn't score other goal than the one he netted to Ecuador, he helped Peru to top the group and eliminated Brazil in process. [24] His impressive performance made him a new star of Peru and he was frequently selected for Peru's remaining 2018 World Cup campaign, where he laid history in helping Peru to qualify for the World Cup after 36 years absence. [25]
In May 2018, he was named in Peru's provisional 23 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [26]
In Peru's second game during the 2019 Copa America, he scored a goal in the 3–1 victory over Bolivia. [27] In the quarterfinals, he scored the winning penalty against Uruguay in the penalty shootout, and sent his team to the semifinals. He scored the first goal against Chile in the semi-finals to send Peru into the finals against Brazil.
On 21 December 2019, he married his long time girlfriend Ana Siucho in a televised wedding. [28]
He is of African and Quechua origins and, alongside teammate Renato Tapia, have been working to promote the indigenous culture of Peruvian Quechua people. [29]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Universitario | 2011 | Peruvian Primera División | 11 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
2012 | 26 | 4 | — | — | 26 | 4 | ||||
Villarreal B | 2012–13 | Segunda División B | 16 | 3 | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||
2013–14 | 28 | 4 | — | — | 28 | 4 | ||||
Total | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 7 | ||
Universitario | 2014 | Peruvian Primera División | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 22 | 3 | |
2015 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
2016 | 24 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8 | |||
Total | 101 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 119 | 19 | ||
AaB | 2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 20 | 2 | |
2017–18 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 31 | 2 | |||
Total | 47 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 4 | ||
Morelia | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 5 | |
2019–20 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 7 | |||
Total | 45 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 12 | ||
D.C. United | 2020 | MLS | 13 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
Career total | 250 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 274 | 41 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Peru | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | |
2015 | 1 | 0 | |
2016 | 12 | 4 | |
2017 | 10 | 4 | |
2018 | 13 | 3 | |
2019 | 13 | 2 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 4 | 0 | |
2022 | 7 | 2 | |
2023 | 6 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 71 | 15 |
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