# Yessenia Flores

Yessenia del Socorro Flores Rivas (born 7 July 1999) is a Nicaraguan footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Nicaragua women's national team.

## Early and personal life

Flores was born in the Villa Fraternidad neighborhood of Managua to Juan Flores and Yessenia Rivas. Her elder sister Sheyla is also a footballer.

## Club career
### Saprissa

In April 2022, Flores signed with Costa Rican team Deportivo Saprissa. She left the club in August 2023.

## International career

During the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification, Flores scored 6 goals in a 19–0 victory for Nicaragua against the Turks and Caicos Islands.

## International goals

Scores and results list Nicaragua's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition . |
| 1. | 6 December 2017 | Estadio Independencia, Estelí, Nicaragua | El Salvador | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2017 Central American Games |
| 2. | 8 December 2017 | Estadio Independencia, Estelí, Nicaragua | Panama | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2017 Central American Games |
| 3. | 22 July 2018 | Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |
| 4. | 22 July 2018 | Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia | Trinidad and Tobago | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |
| 5. | 17 February 2022 | Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 6. | 22 February 2022 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3–0 | 19–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 7. | 22 February 2022 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4–0 | 19–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 8. | 22 February 2022 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7–0 | 19–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 9. | 22 February 2022 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10–0 | 19–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 10. | 22 February 2022 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua | Turks and Caicos Islands | 13–0 | 19–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 11. | 22 February 2022 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua | Turks and Caicos Islands | 14–0 | 19–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 12. | 12 April 2022 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua | Dominica | 1–0 | 10–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 13. | 12 April 2022 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua | Dominica | 3–0 | 10–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 14. | 12 April 2022 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua | Dominica | 5–0 | 10–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 15. | 12 April 2022 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua | Dominica | 7–0 | 10–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 16. | 29 October 2023 | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua | Martinique | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification |
| 17. | 3 December 2023 | Estadio Jorge "El Mágico" González, San Salvador, El Salvador | El Salvador | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification |