Rafael Amador

{{short description|Mexican footballer (1959-2018)}}

{{family name hatnote|Amador|Flores|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rafael Amador

| image =

| fullname = Rafael Amador Flores

| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|11|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tlaxcala, Mexico

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|07|31|1959|11|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Puebla, Mexico

| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1979–1987 | clubs1 = UNAM Pumas| caps1 = 205|goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1987–1988 | clubs2 = Puebla | caps2 = 18|goals2 = 0

|totalcaps=223 |totalgoals=1

| nationalyears1 = 1983–1986 | nationalteam1 = Mexico| nationalcaps1 = 30 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs1 = Pumas UNAM

}}

Rafael Amador Flores (16 November 1959 – 31 July 2018) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Mexico in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070622115220/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=68/teams/team=43911.html 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico] He also played and managed Liga MX side Club Universidad Nacional.

After he retired from playing, Amador managed Pumas.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN Deportes|title=Pumas tiene una fea costumbre|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=1645879&s=mex&type=story|language=Spanish|date=30 October 2012}} He died at age 58 from cancer.{{cite web|publisher=dallasnews|title=Muere Rafael Amador, ex jugador de la selección de México de 1986|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/espanol/al-dia/futbol/2018/07/31/muere-rafael-amador-ex-jugador-de-la-seleccion-de-mexico-de-1986/|language=Spanish|date=31 July 2018}}