{{Short description|Mexican football manager (born 1958)}} {{family name hatnote|Flores|Mercado|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Efraín Flores | image = Efrain Flores.jpg | image_size = 175px | caption = Flores in 2011 | fullname = Efraín Flores Mercado | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|2|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Juchipila, Zacatecas, Mexico | currentclub = | height = | position = | years1 = | clubs1 = | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = 1994–1997 | manageryears2 = 2001 | manageryears3 = 2002 | manageryears4 = 2007–2009 | manageryears5 = 2010 | manageryears6 = 2011–2012 | manageryears7 = 2017 | managerclubs1 = Atlas | managerclubs2 = Atlas | managerclubs3 = León | managerclubs4 = Guadalajara | managerclubs5 = Mexico (interim) | managerclubs6 = Pachuca | managerclubs7 = Zacatecas }}
'''Efraín Flores Mercado''' (born 6 February 1958) is a Mexican professional football manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elsoldezacatecas.com.mx/deportes/futbol/se-va-efrain-flores-dice-adios-a-mineros-1832645.html |title=¡Se va! Efraín Flores dice adiós a Mineros |publisher=El Sol de Zacatecas |date=18 July 2018 |access-date=4 June 2019}}</ref>
==Career== Flores was named coach during the mid Apertura 2007 tournament, taking over for José Manuel de la Torre. He has coached Atlas, Leon, Guadalajara and Pachuca.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=529968 |title=La Crónica de Hoy | Debuta Efraín Flores con el Tri |publisher=Cronica.com.mx |date=4 September 2010 |access-date=26 October 2012 |archive-date=6 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306023154/http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=529968 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Flores was the Interim Head coach of the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) for three games. In his first match with the Mexico national team, he was an assistant to Enrique Meza as they drew against world champions and No. 1 world ranking, Spain. This feat gained him very much attention and has renewed the pride and stature of the Mexico national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/114/mexico/2010/07/27/2044054/mexico-bring-in-enrique-meza-efrain-flores-as-interim |title=FMF Name Enrique Meza, Efrain Flores Interim Coaches |publisher=Goal.com |date=27 July 2010 |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.esmas.com/sef/futbol/tor31/tec124.html Efraín Flores' Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116115451/http://www.esmas.com/sef/futbol/tor31/tec124.html |date=16 January 2008 }} {{in lang|es}}
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