Alberto Flores
{{Short description|Spanish footballer (born 2003)}}
{{for|the Peruvian historian|Alberto Flores Galindo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Family name hatnote|Flores|López|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alberto Flores
| image =
| fullname = Alberto Flores López
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|11|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Fuentes de Andalucía, Spain
| height = 1.86m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Sevilla
| clubnumber = 31
| youthyears1 = 2013–2021
| youthclubs1 = Sevilla
| years1 = 2021–
| clubs1 = Sevilla B
| caps1 = 89
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2022–
| clubs2 = Sevilla
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = Spain U19
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 27 May 2025
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Alberto Flores López (born 10 November 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sevilla.
Career
A youth product of Sevilla's youth academy, in 2013 Sevilla's then goalkeeper Andrés Palop gave Flores his last ever match shirt before retiring.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldesmarque.com/futbol/sevilla-fc/20220716/alberto-flores-el-recordman-de-la-youth-league-al-que-palop-le-dio-un-regalo-en-su-retirada_161307014.html|title=Alberto Flores, el 'récordman' de la Youth League al que Palop le dio un regalo en su retirada|first=Álvaro|last=Borrego|date=July 16, 2022|website=ElDesmarque}} After working his way up their youth levels, he debuted with Sevilla B in the 2020–21 season and signed his first professional contract with the club on 6 May 2021 for 3 seasons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.estadiodeportivo.com/futbol-sevillano/2021/05/06/sevilla-renueva-guardameta-juvenil-alberto/335077.html|title=El Sevilla renueva al guardameta juvenil Alberto Flores hasta 2024|date=May 6, 2021|website=Estadio Deportivo}}
In the 2022–23 season, Flores joined the preseason for the senior team and was formally promoted as their third goalkeeper.{{Cite web|url=https://www.estadiodeportivo.com/futbol/sevilla-fc/lopetegui-lleva-canteranos-corea-del-sur-donde-iran-llegando-los-internacionales-20220707-401621.html|title=Lopetegui se lleva a 10 canteranos a Corea del Sur, donde irán llegando los internacionales|date=July 7, 2022|website=Estadio Deportivo}} He was on the bench as third goalkeeper for Sevilla during the 2023 UEFA Europa League final on 31 May 2023{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2037767--sevilla-vs-roma/|title=History: Sevilla-Roma|website=UEFA}} He made his senior and professional debut with Sevilla in a 3–1 Copa del Rey win over Getafe on 16 January 2024, dedicating his shirt to Andrés Palop in turn.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldesmarque.com/futbol/sevilla-fc/20240116/el-bonito-destino-de-la-camiseta-del-debut-de-alberto-flores-el-me-dio-la-de-su-ultimo-partido_300213581.html|title=Alberto Flores cierra el círculo: "Mi camiseta es para Palop, él me regaló la de su último partido y yo la del primero"|first=Pepe|last=Jiménez|date=January 16, 2024|website=ElDesmarque}}
International career
In September 2021, Flores debuted for the Spain U19s in a match against the Mexico U19s.{{Cite web|url=https://sevilla.abc.es/orgullodenervion/noticias-sevilla-fc/sevi-alberto-flores-debut-19-y-dedicatoria-chus-carrion-202109071522_noticia.html|title=Alberto Flores, su debut en la sub 19 y la dedicatoria a Chus Carrión|date=September 7, 2021|website=ABC de Sevilla}}
Honours
;Sevilla
References
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External links
- {{BDFutbol|12372}}
- {{LaPreferente|245606}}
- {{Soccerway|alberto-flores-lopez/694818}}
{{Sevilla FC squad}}
{{Sevilla Atlético squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flores, Alberto}}
Category:Footballers from the Province of Seville
Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Spain men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Primera Federación players
Category:Segunda Federación players