Javi Flores

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| fullname = Javier Flores Santacruz

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Córdoba, Spain

| height = {{height|m=1.70}}

| position = Attacking midfielder

| currentclub = Córdoba

| clubnumber = 21

| youthyears1 = 1993–2004 | youthclubs1 = Córdoba

| years1 = 2004–2005 | clubs1 = Córdoba B | caps1 = ? | goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2005–2011 | clubs2 = Córdoba | caps2 = 145 | goals2 = 12

| years3 = 2011–2012 | clubs3 = Getafe B | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 10

| years4 = 2012–2014 | clubs4 = Elche | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2014–2015 | clubs5 = Murcia | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2015–2017 | clubs6 = Hércules | caps6 = 41 | goals6 = 7

| years7 = 2017–2019 | clubs7 = Elche | caps7 = 69 | goals7 = 5

| years8 = 2019– | clubs8 = Córdoba | caps8 = 72 | goals8 = 8

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| club-update = 09:00, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

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Javier "Javi" Flores Santacruz ({{IPA|es|xaˈβjeɾ ˈxaβi ˈfloɾes santaˈkɾuθ}}; born 9 February 1986) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Córdoba CF as an attacking midfielder.

He started and finished his professional career with Córdoba, amassing Segunda División totals of 123 games and five goals over six seasons for that club and Elche. He appeared once in La Liga with the latter.

Club career

Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Flores spent his entire youth career with Córdoba CF, and made his senior debut with their reserves in the 2004–05 season. He was promoted to the main squad the following year, and achieved promotion to the Segunda División in 2007.[https://www.diariocordoba.com/noticias/deportes/ha-sido-triste-duro-no-podia-mirar-abogado-club_656351.html "Ha sido triste y duro; no podía ni mirar al abogado del club" ("It was sad and tough; I could not even look at the club's lawyer")]; Diario Córdoba, 7 August 2011 (in Spanish)

Flores missed most of the 2007–08 campaign due to injury, and only played his first match as a professional on 16 March 2008, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 away draw against UD Salamanca.[http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/2a_division/cronica/es/desarrollo/1101329.html Los reyes del empate cumplen con los pronósticos (Draw kings make prognosis good)]; Marca, 16 March 2008 (in Spanish) He was regularly used subsequently, being released in July 2011.

On 1 September 2011, Flores joined Segunda División B team Getafe CF B.[http://www.minuto90.com/index.php?page=67&liar=100032295 Javi Flores firma por el Getafe B (Javi Flores signs for Getafe B)]; Minuto 90, 1 September 2011 (in Spanish) After scoring a career-best ten goals in his only season, he signed with Elche CF of the second division.[http://www.marca.com/2012/06/30/futbol/equipos/elche/1341085373.html Javi Flores ficha por el Elche (Javi Flores signs for Elche)]; Marca, 30 June 2012 (in Spanish)

On 5 August 2012, during a friendly with AD Alcorcón, Flores suffered a knee injury[http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2012/08/05/mas_futbol/1344148036_850215.html Javi Flores ensombrece el test con su grave lesión (Javi Flores darkens test with his serious injury)]; Diario AS, 5 August 2012 (in Spanish) which kept him sidelined until April of the following year.[http://www.marca.com/2013/04/29/futbol/equipos/elche/1367231767.html Javi Flores vuelve a sentirse futbolista (Javi Flores feels a footballer again)]; Marca, 29 April 2013 (in Spanish) He made his La Liga debut on the last day of 2013–14, featuring 73 minutes in the 3–1 away loss to Sevilla FC.[http://www.marca.com/eventos/marcador/futbol/2013_14/primera/jornada_38/sev_elc/ El Sevilla no entiende de resacas (Hangovers have nothing on Sevilla)]; Marca, 18 May 2014 (in Spanish)

On 4 June 2014, Flores terminated his contract with the Valencians[http://www.elchecf.es/-/javi-flores-se-desvincula-del-elche Javi Flores se desvincula del Elche (Javi Flores cuts ties with Elche)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606083404/http://www.elchecf.es/-/javi-flores-se-desvincula-del-elche|date=6 June 2014}}; Elche CF, 4 June 2014 (in Spanish) and moved to third-tier club Real Murcia on 2 September.[http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20140902/futbol/el-real-murcia-ficha-a-javi-flores_54414610807.html El Real Murcia ficha a Javi Flores (Real Murcia sign Javi Flores)]; Mundo Deportivo, 2 September 2014 (in Spanish) He returned to Elche in 2017, after a two-year spell at Hércules CF in the same league.{{cite news|url=https://www.diarioinformacion.com/hercules-cf/2017/08/09/javi-flores-vuelve-elche/1924967.html|title=Javi Flores vuelve al Elche|trans-title=Javi Flores returns to Elche|publisher=Diario Información|language=Spanish|date=9 August 2017|accessdate=9 January 2020}}

Flores returned to the Estadio Nuevo Arcángel in the summer of 2019, after the team had just been relegated to division three.{{cite web|url=http://www.cordobacf.com/noticia/javi-flores-regresa-a-casa|title=Javi Flores regresa a casa|trans-title=Javi Flores returns home|publisher=Córdoba CF|language=Spanish|date=7 July 2019|accessdate=7 August 2019}}