Francisca Flores | |
Fullname: | Francisca Flores Cariola |
Birth Date: | 1985 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Position: | Defence |
Nationalyears1: | 2005 |
Nationalteam1: | Chile U–21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2006–2015 |
Nationalteam2: | Chile |
Nationalcaps2: | 79 |
Nationalgoals2: | 15 |
Francisca Flores Cariola (born 25 October 1985)[1] is a former field hockey player from Chile, who played as a defender.[2]
Francisca Flores has a younger sister, Fernanda, who also played international hockey for Chile.[3]
Flores made her debut for the Chile U–21 team in 2005 at the Pan American Junior Championship in San Juan.[4] Later that year she represented the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in her hometown, Santiago.[5]
In 2006, Flores made her debut for Las Diablas at the South American Games in Buenos Aires.[6]
Flores went on to make represent the national team over a nine-year period. Most notably, in 2009 she won a bronze medal at the Pan American Cup in Hamilton. She made her final appearance for the national team in 2015 during the 2014–15 FIH World League.[5]