Vaflor played for the Philippines national football team. He played in Manila from 1959 to 1962 before the Philippine Football Federation hired British coaches Alan Rogers and Brian Birch to train the team following a dismal showing of the national team at 1962 Asian Games. The Asian Games stint also saw the Philippines loss to Malaysia by 15-1 which was led by Abdul Ghani who scored 11 of the goals for Malaysia. The two coaches were credited by Vaflor to have changed his playing style.