Milton Flores
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Milton Javier Flores Miranda (5 December 1974 – 19 January 2003) was a Honduran
football player.
. He also played in "La Mosquito."
Nicknamed "el Chocolate", the goalkeeper played for Real C.D. España
. Real Españas fans idolized Chocolate for his excellent performances with the team. One of the most famous games Chocolate ever played was against Brazil for the Panamericanos Of Mar del Plata, Argentina, where he stopped 3 penalties and scored the goal that passed Honduras to the next stage. After that goal, Chocolate danced punta as a celebration, the national Honduran dance. He was the goalkeeper of the Honduras national soccer team, on the game they won Mexico for the first time in history on qualifiers, at the end of the game, in an interview by Salvador Nasralla, crying he dedicated the win to his mother, who had died years before.
He was killed by automatic weapons fire as he was allegedly having a sexual act in his parked car in the red light district
of San Pedro Sula
. After the shooting, he tried to drive himself to a hospital but drove into a tree where he died. It has, alternatively, been voiced that he was passing a notoriously criminal neighborhood where gang members, taking his for a rival car, started shooting Flores' car.
After his death, a football stadium was named after him in La Lima, his hometown. His wake took place in Polideportivo Chulavista, with massive attendance by fans, making it one of the most noted funerals ever in Honduras. Soccer players, friends, TV reporters from national and international channels and family gathered to say farewell. He was famous by his imitations of TV personalities in Honduras, also a skilled dancer. Real Espana's fans remember him as one of their team's most memorable players until the present day. He was buried in Lima Nueva Cemetery, next to his mother.
He also played for the Honduras national football team
between 1996 and 2001.
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
football player.
Biography
Flores was born in La Lima, Honduras, near sports recreation park named "Polideportivo Chulavista." He started playing baseball, but later was discovered as a goalkeeper talent. He attended elementary school Manuel Bonilla, where he became best friends with Carlos PavonCarlos Pavón
Carlos Alberto Pavón Plummer is a Honduran football striker.He is most costly related to Real C.D. España of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras....
. He also played in "La Mosquito."
Nicknamed "el Chocolate", the goalkeeper played for Real C.D. España
Real C.D. España
Real Club Deportivo España, Real España, or simply España is a Honduran football club, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras.-History:...
. Real Españas fans idolized Chocolate for his excellent performances with the team. One of the most famous games Chocolate ever played was against Brazil for the Panamericanos Of Mar del Plata, Argentina, where he stopped 3 penalties and scored the goal that passed Honduras to the next stage. After that goal, Chocolate danced punta as a celebration, the national Honduran dance. He was the goalkeeper of the Honduras national soccer team, on the game they won Mexico for the first time in history on qualifiers, at the end of the game, in an interview by Salvador Nasralla, crying he dedicated the win to his mother, who had died years before.
He was killed by automatic weapons fire as he was allegedly having a sexual act in his parked car in the red light district
Red Light District
Red Light District may refer to:* Red-light district - a neighborhood where prostitution is common* The Red Light District - the title of the 2004 album by rapper Ludacris* Red Light District Video - a pornography studio based in Los Angeles, California...
of San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...
. After the shooting, he tried to drive himself to a hospital but drove into a tree where he died. It has, alternatively, been voiced that he was passing a notoriously criminal neighborhood where gang members, taking his for a rival car, started shooting Flores' car.
After his death, a football stadium was named after him in La Lima, his hometown. His wake took place in Polideportivo Chulavista, with massive attendance by fans, making it one of the most noted funerals ever in Honduras. Soccer players, friends, TV reporters from national and international channels and family gathered to say farewell. He was famous by his imitations of TV personalities in Honduras, also a skilled dancer. Real Espana's fans remember him as one of their team's most memorable players until the present day. He was buried in Lima Nueva Cemetery, next to his mother.
He also played for the Honduras national football team
Honduras national football team
The Honduran national football team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, La Bicolor or La H, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras...
between 1996 and 2001.