Deiby Aldair Flores (born 16 June 1996) is a Honduran professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Honduras national team.

Club career

Born in

San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 701, ...

, Flores made his debut for

F.C. Motagua Club de Fútbol Motagua (), formerly Club Deportivo Motagua up to 2017, is a professional association football club, located in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras. F.C. Motagua was founded as ''Club Deportivo Motagua'' on 29 August 1928. The clu ...

in the

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras, known as Liga Hondubet for sponsorship reasons (''Honduran National Professional Football League'') is the highest division of domestic Association football, football in Honduras. The league seas ...

on 12 January 2014, coming on as a substitute for

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in a 1–0 away win against

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. On 24 February 2015, Flores joined

club

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Vancouver. The Whitecaps compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The MLS ite ...

on a one-year

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with a transfer option. He made is debut on 28 March 2015, coming off the bench for Gershon Koffie against the

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in a 2–1 home win. On 18 January 2016, Vancouver signed Flores from Motagua on a multi-year contract after making his loan move permanent. On 9 August 2016, Flores returned to Motagua on a temporary loan deal until 31 December 2016. The following 12 July, he was loaned to Motagua again, this time until 30 June 2018. On 2 July 2018, Flores was waived by Vancouver. Flores returned to

in January 2024, signing with

International career

Flores was part of multiple youth teams of the Honduras national team. Among his participation stand-outs were his participation in the

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and during qualification for the

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, where he scored his side's goal in a 1–1 draw against Costa Rica, and got another in their 3–1 victory over Nicaragua. On 30 April 2015, Flores was called up for the

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in New Zealand. He made his debut for the senior national team in 2015 during a friendly against Cuba, which finished in a 2–0 victory.

Career statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Flores, Deybi 1996 births Living people Footballers from San Pedro Sula Honduran men's footballers Men's association football midfielders F.C. Motagua players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players Whitecaps FC 2 players C.D. Olimpia players Panetolikos F.C. players Toronto FC players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Major League Soccer players USL Championship players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Super League Greece players Honduras men's youth international footballers Honduras men's under-20 international footballers Honduras men's international footballers 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Honduran expatriate men's footballers Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Canada Honduran expatriate sportspeople in the United States Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Greece Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary 21st-century Honduran sportsmen