Erick Flores Bonfim or simply Erick Flores (born April 30, 1989 in

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) is a Brazilian

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who plays for Flamurtari in Albanian

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Career

Flamengo

Erick is considered one of the most talented young players of

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. 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

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coming from the bench in the 1-1 draw against

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on July 9, 2008.

Ceará

For the 2010 season

loaned out Erick to the recently

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promoted club

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expecting him to get more first team experience.

FK Kukësi

He left Boavista and Brazil for the first time in his professional career to join

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side

FK Kukësi Futboll Klub Kukësi is an Albanian professional football club based in the city of Kukës. The club plays its home games at the Kukës Arena and currently competes in the Kategoria e Parë, the second highest division of Albanian football. The ...

ahead of the

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first qualifying round. He made his FK Kukësi and European debut on 2 July 2015 against Belarusian side

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in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, where he played the full 90 minutes in the 2–0 win. In the second match of

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, 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. In the 2015-2016 season, he established himself as a regular starter for the club since his arrival from

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. 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'' ''according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website and Flaestatística.Erick Flores stats at Flestatística
'' *In 2010 Erick played for Náutico in the

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. *In 2011 Erick played for

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in the

Honours

;Flamengo *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

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;Remo *

Copa Verde The Copa Verde () is an annual regional knockout football competition in Brazil that started in 2014, and played by 24 teams from the North and Central-West regions, plus Espírito Santo (Espírito Santo state was included because they competed ...

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References

External links

Player Profile
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