Personal information | |||
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Full name | Javier Antonio Flórez Valoyes | ||
Date of birth | 18 May 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Barranquilla, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2002–2009 [1] | Junior | ||
2010–2011 | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
2012 | Uniautónoma | 20 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 39 | (0) |
2014 | Chorrillo FC | 6 | (0) |
2015 | Boyacá Chicó | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Javier Antonio Flórez Valoyes (born 18 May 1982) is a Colombian retired professional footballer. [2]
Flórez was jailed in 2009 for shooting dead a fan after a game. Flórez, a midfielder was playing for Junior Barranquilla against Once Caldas in a two-leg match. [3] The victim, 33-year-old Israel Cantillo, was shot twice, and Flórez fled the scene. [4]
Cantillo was a fan of Flórez's team Junior. [5]
Flórez's lawyers agreed to pay $150 million compensation to the victim's family, [6] [7] [8] and as a consequence Flórez was released from jail in September 2009. [9]
Flórez has cited both self-defence, [5] and being drunk, [4] as the reasons for his crime.
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Javier Antonio Flórez Valoyes | ||
Date of birth | 18 May 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Barranquilla, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2002–2009 [1] | Junior | ||
2010–2011 | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
2012 | Uniautónoma | 20 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 39 | (0) |
2014 | Chorrillo FC | 6 | (0) |
2015 | Boyacá Chicó | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Javier Antonio Flórez Valoyes (born 18 May 1982) is a Colombian retired professional footballer. [2]
Flórez was jailed in 2009 for shooting dead a fan after a game. Flórez, a midfielder was playing for Junior Barranquilla against Once Caldas in a two-leg match. [3] The victim, 33-year-old Israel Cantillo, was shot twice, and Flórez fled the scene. [4]
Cantillo was a fan of Flórez's team Junior. [5]
Flórez's lawyers agreed to pay $150 million compensation to the victim's family, [6] [7] [8] and as a consequence Flórez was released from jail in September 2009. [9]
Flórez has cited both self-defence, [5] and being drunk, [4] as the reasons for his crime.