Marcos Flores

Marcos Abel Flores Benard (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾkos ˈfloɾes]; born 23 October 1985) is an Argentine former professional footballer who last played for, and captained, Adelaide City.

On 17 April 2004, Flores made his senior debut for Argentine club Unión de Santa Fe as a 67th-minute substitute for Miguel Sebastián Garcia and scored his first goal in the 89th minute of the same match.

[3] Flores was then registered as an injury replacement player for fellow import Cristiano[4] and made his debut as a 60th-minute substitute for Adelaide United in their 2–0 win against Brisbane Roar on 6 February 2010.

[12] Adelaide offered Flores a three-year deal worth $320,000 a season, which would have made him the highest paid player in the club's history.

[13]Flores announced his transfer to Chinese Super League club Henan Jianye on 26 June 2011, where he was set to earn $2.4 million over a three-year period.

[14] Flores made his debut for Henan Jianye as a second-half substitute on 10 July 2011 in an away 0–0 draw against Changchun Yatai in the Chinese Super League.

[15] Flores stated that he was interested in coming back to Australia, preferably Adelaide United, but a move was halted due to salary cap reasons.

[16] On 4 July 2012, it was announced that Marcos Flores had signed with A-League club Melbourne Victory on a two-year deal worth around $1 million.