Javier Flórez

Javier Flórez

Personal information
Full name	Javier Antonio Flórez Valoyes
Date of birth	(1982-05-18) May 18, 1982
Place of birth	Barranquilla, Colombia
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Cúcuta Deportivo
Number	6
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2009	Junior
2010–2011	Atlético Bucaramanga
2012	Uniautónoma	20	(0)
2012–	Cúcuta Deportivo	19	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Javier Antonio Flórez Valoyes (born May 18, 1982 in Barranquilla) is a Colombian professional footballer. He currently plays for Cúcuta Deportivo of Cúcuta.

Criminal case

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. The victim, 33-year-old Israel Cantillo, was shot twice, and Flórez fled the scene.

Cantillo was a fan of Flórez's team Junior.

Flórez's lawyers agreed to pay $150 million compensation to the victim's family, and as a consequence Flórez was released from jail in September 2009.

Flórez has cited both self-defence, and being drunk, as the reasons for his crime.