Edison Flores
Edison Flores already shone with the ball at his feet from a very young age. He was the star of his class and stole the show in all his games. His teammates chanted his name and he dreamt of being a footballer, although he could have also been a doctor.
Today, 'Orejas' or Michel, as he was called as a child because it was his middle name, is part of that Peruvian National Team that qualified for the World Cup after 36 years. Find out unpublished passages of his life in the report of the 90 minutes program on Latina.
► Peruvian National Team: Edison Flores and Renato Tapia were watched by European teams in the friendlies
With his last goal in the friendly against Croatia in the United States, Edison Flores reached 9 goals with the Peruvian National Team and, at only 23 years old, entered the top 20 top scorers of all time.
Flores, who currently plays for Aalborg in Denmark, has a guaranteed spot in the list of 23 players of the Peruvian National Team that coach Ricardo Gareca will take to the 2018 World Cup.