Erick Flores

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Erick Flores

| image =

| fullname = Erick Flores Bonfim

| height = 1.69 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|30}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

| currentclub = Flamurtari

| clubnumber = 13

| position = Attacking midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2003–2009

| youthclubs1 = Flamengo

| years1 = 2008–2013

| clubs1 = Flamengo

| caps1 = 28

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2010

| clubs2 = → Ceará (loan)

| caps2 = 16

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2010

| clubs3 = → Náutico (loan)

| caps3 = 20

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2011

| clubs4 = → Boavista (loan)

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2011

| clubs5 = → Duque de Caxias (loan)

| caps5 = 21

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2012

| clubs6 = → Itumbiara (loan)

| caps6 = 16

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2012

| clubs7 = → Avaí (loan)

| caps7 = 6

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2013

| clubs8 = → Boavista (loan)

| caps8 = 13

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2013

| clubs9 = → ABC (loan)

| caps9 = 22

| goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2014

| clubs10 = São Bernardo

| caps10 = 9

| goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2014

| clubs11 = Fortaleza

| caps11 = 10

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2015

| clubs12 = Boavista

| caps12 = 16

| goals12 = 2

| years13 = 2015–2016

| clubs13 = FK Kukësi

| caps13 = 30

| goals13 = 7

| years14 = 2017

| clubs14 = Boavista

| caps14 = 10

| goals14 = 1

| years15 = 2017

| clubs15 = Criciúma

| caps15 = 0

| goals15 = 0

| years16 = 2017–2018

| clubs16 = Boavista

| caps16 = 10

| goals16 = 2

| years17 = 2017

| clubs17 = → Criciúma (loan)

| caps17 = 7

| goals17 = 0

| years18 = 2018

| clubs18 = → Brasiliense (loan)

| caps18 = 8

| goals18 = 0

| years19 = 2019

| clubs19 = Brasiliense

| caps19 = 11

| goals19 = 0

| years20 = 2019–2022

| clubs20 = Boavista

| caps20 = 26

| goals20 = 1

| years21 = 2021

| clubs21 = → Remo (loan)

| caps21 = 17

| goals21 = 1

| years22 = 2022

| clubs22 = Remo

| caps22 = 13

| goals22 = 1

| years23 = 2022–

| clubs23 = Flamurtari

| caps23 = 19

| goals23 = 4

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| club-update = 19 May 2023

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Erick Flores Bonfim or simply Erick Flores (born April 30, 1989 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian attacking midfielder who plays for Flamurtari in Albanian Kategoria e Parë.{{Soccerway|41541}}

Career

=Flamengo=

Erick is considered one of the most talented young players of Flamengo. After catching everyone attention inside the club, he got promoted to the first-team in the first half of 2008 and signed his first professional contract until December 31, 2012. His first official match was on Mineirão coming from the bench in the 1-1 draw against Atlético Mineiro on July 9, 2008.[http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Flamengo/0,,MUL640627-9865,00.html Erick Flores Bonfim é relacionado pela primeira vez para a partida contra o Galo] {{in lang|pt}}

=Ceará=

For the 2010 season Flamengo loaned out Erick to the recently Brazilian Série A promoted club Ceará expecting him to get more first team experience.[http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/0,,MUL1526091-9825,00.html Ceará anuncia acerto com Erick Flores] (in Portuguese) globoesporte.com. March 11, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.

=FK Kukësi=

He left Boavista and Brazil for the first time in his professional career to join Albanian Superliga side FK Kukësi ahead of the Europa League first qualifying round. He made his FK Kukësi and European debut on 2 July 2015 against Belarusian side FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, where he played the full 90 minutes in the 2–0 win.{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2017069--kukes-vs-fc-torpedo/|title=FK Kukësi 2–0 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino|date=2 July 2015|work=UEFA|access-date=28 July 2015}}

In the second match of second qualifying round, Flores scored the third goal of the team in the 32nd minute of the match, in an eventual 4–2 away win, helping Kukësi to qualify in the next round with the aggregate 4–3.{{cite news|url=http://www.golalb.com/2015/07/23/nje-kukes-i-madh-permbys-malazezet-fluturon-ne-turin-tjeter-e-league/|title=Një Kukës i madh, përmbys malazezët, "fluturon" në turin tjetër të E.League|date=23 July 2015|work=Golalb.com|accessdate=28 July 2015}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In the 2015-2016 season, he established himself as a regular starter for the club since his arrival from Brazil. He scored 6 league goals in 30 league appearances in which he started in every game he played in the league, along with 2 goals in the Albanian Cup. On 25 April 2016, his season ended early with a knee injury which is likely to keep him out for in between 4–6 months.

Career statistics

:As of 5 December 2011{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/erick-flores-bonfim/41541/|title=Brazil - Erick Flores - Profile with news, career statistics and history|work=Soccerway|accessdate=28 July 2015}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="2"\|State League !colspan="2"\|National League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Copa Sudamericana !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="3" valign="center"\|Flamengo \|2008 \| -\|
\|8	0\|





\|8	0
2009 \|7	0	8	0	3	0\|



\|18	0
2010 \|2	0	0	0\|

\|0	0\|

\|2	0
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Ceará (loan) \|2010 \|12	5	10	1	2	0\|



\|24	6
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Náutico (loan) \|2010

\|13	0\|





\|13	0
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Boavista (loan) \|2011 \|14	2\|







\|14	2
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Duque de Caxias (loan) \|2011

\|21	2\|





\|21	2
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|FK Kukësi \|2015–16 \|3	2	–	–	–	–	6	1	–	–	9	3
colspan="2"\|Total !38	9	60	3	5	0	6	1	-	-	109	13

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website[http://www.flamengo.com.br Flamengo official website] {{in lang|pt}} and Flaestatística.[http://www.flaestatistica.com Flaestatística] {{in lang|pt}}[http://www.flaestatistica.com/erickflores2008.htm Erick Flores stats at Flestatística] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726144807/http://www.flaestatistica.com/erickflores2008.htm |date=2011-07-26 }} {{in lang|pt}}