José Oscar Flores

Born in Buenos Aires, Flores started his career with Vélez Sarsfield in 1990, going on to play a major part in their most successful era in the mid-1990s. During his time at the club he won seven major titles, including three national championships, the 1994 edition of the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup. In 1996, Flores joined Las Palmas in the Spanish second division for a then-record sum spent by any club in that tier, 500 million pesetas. He scored 21 goals in his second season, helping the Canary Islands team qualify for the promotion/relegation playoffs, eventually lost to Real Oviedo (4–3 on aggregate). After his performances, Flores joined Deportivo de La Coruña also in the country, alongside teammate Manuel Pablo. He formed an efficient striker partnership with Portuguese Pauleta first and Dutch Roy Makaay after, as the Galicians won the first La Liga title in their history in 2000; on 6 February of that year, he only needed 21 minutes on the pitch after coming on as a substitute for Djalminha to contribute to a 5–2 home crushing of Real Madrid. Flores then played for Real Valladolid, Mallorca and Ciudad Murcia – the latter in the second level – with very little impact. In 2004, the 33-year-old returned to Argentina with Independiente. In 2006, while at Aldosivi in his homeland's division two, Flores announced his retirement from football only to join Lyn in Norway in March of the following year, being joined in that adventure by compatriot Matías…

Flores returned to Vélez in 2009, being appointed Ricardo Gareca's assistant coach. On 26 December 2013, he became the manager.

Player

Vélez

Argentine Primera División: 1993 Clausura, 1995 Apertura, 1996 Clausura Copa Libertadores: 1994 Intercontinental Cup: 1994 Copa Interamericana: 1994 Supercopa Sudamericana: 1996 Deportivo

La Liga: 1999–2000 Supercopa de España: 2000 Mallorca

Copa del Rey: 2002–03

Manager

Vélez

Supercopa Argentina: 2013