Chechu (footballer, born April 1982)

Chechu
Personal information
Full name Francisco Javier Flores Gómez[1]
Date of birth (1982-04-19) 19 April 1982 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Jaén, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Figueres
2000 Banyoles
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Banyoles 20 (2)
2001–2011 Girona 228 (28)
2011–2014 Tenerife 75 (5)
2014–2019 Hércules 146 (30)
2019–2021 Orihuela 46 (6)
2021–2022 Athletic Torrellano 25 (3)
2022–2023 Callosa Deportiva 17 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Javier Flores Gómez (born 19 April 1982), known as Chechu, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Chechu was born in Jaén, Andalusia. He spent ten seasons with Girona FC, helping the club to promote from Tercera División to Segunda División.[2]

After leaving the Estadi Montilivi at the age of 29, Chechu returned to the Segunda División B and remained there for the next decade, with CD Tenerife, Hércules CF and Orihuela CF; the exception to this was the 2013–14 campaign, where he played with the first of these teams.[3][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Chechu". Diario AS. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "El "Rey" Chechu Flores sigue agigantando su leyenda, ¡larga vida al Rey!" ["King" Chechu Flores continues to make his legend bigger, long live the King!] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Chechu: "Este Tenerife es válido para Segunda"" [Chechu: "This Tenerife is good enough for Segunda"]. Marca (in Spanish). 12 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2022.