Yessenia Flores

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Rivas.

Yessenia Flores

Personal information
Full name	Yessenia del Socorro Flores Rivas[1]
Date of birth	(1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth	Villa Fraternidad, Managua, Nicaragua[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder[1]
Youth career
	Falcons de Managua[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–2023	Saprissa
International career^‡
2011	Nicaragua U17	2	(0)
2018	Nicaragua U20	3	(1)
2014–	Nicaragua	4	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 July 2018

Yessenia del Socorro Flores Rivas (born 7 July 1999) is a Nicaraguan footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Nicaragua women's national team. [3]

Early and personal life

Flores was born in the Villa Fraternidad neighborhood of Managua to Juan Flores and Yessenia Rivas. Her elder sister Sheyla is also a footballer.[2]

Club career

Saprissa

In April 2022, Flores signed with Costa Rican team Deportivo Saprissa.[4] She left the club in August 2023.[5]

International career

During the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification, Flores scored 6 goals in a 19–0 victory for Nicaragua against the Turks and Caicos Islands.[6]

International goals

Scores and results list Nicaragua's goal tally first

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition .
1.	6 December 2017	Estadio Independencia, Estelí, Nicaragua	El Salvador	2–1	2–1	2017 Central American Games
2.	8 December 2017		Panama	3–0	3–1
3.	22 July 2018	Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia	Trinidad and Tobago	1–2	2–2	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
4.				2–2
5.	17 February 2022	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	1–2	1–2	2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
6.	22 February 2022	Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua	Turks and Caicos Islands	3–0	19–0
7.				4–0
8.				7–0
9.				10–0
10.				13–0
11.				14–0
12.	12 April 2022		Dominica	1–0	10–0
13.				3–0
14.				5–0
15.				7–0
16.	29 October 2023		Martinique	1–0	1–1	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
17.	3 December 2023	Estadio Jorge "El Mágico" González, San Salvador, El Salvador	El Salvador	1–0	1–4

References

1. Yessenia Flores at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
2. Ortiz, Wilmer (16 February 2021). "La jugadora que le dio el título al Real Estelí cuenta cómo se convirtió en una referencia nacional". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
3. "Yessenia Flores, la nueva águila que tendrá". canal4.com.ni.
4. "La nicaragüense Yessenia Flores debuta con equipo de fútbol costarricense". VOS TV (in Spanish). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
5. Valverde, Esteban (15 August 2023). "Saprissa Femenino anuncia la salida de dos extranjeras". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
6. "Flores' six-goal display for Nicaragua caps February window". CONCACAF. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.