Bengaluru FC signed Venezuelan striker Miku
Indian Super League:Bengaluru FC signed Venezuelan striker Nicolas ‘Miku' Ladislao Fedor Flores ahead of their debut Indian Super League (ISL) football season.
The 32-year-old, who signed a two-year deal,
arrives to Bengaluru from Spanish side Rayo Vallecano with whom he spent the
last two-and-a-half seasons. It is believed that the
striker would earn close to INR 3.22 crores from Bengaluru FC for the deal.
Miku joins Bengaluru FC
from Rayo Vallecano. AFP Nicolas ‘Miku' Ladislao Fedor Flores joins Bengaluru
FC from Rayo Vallecano. AFP
The 6-ft 1-inch attacker
will team up with Spaniard Braulio Nobrega at the front and becomes the Blues'
seventh foreign signing for the season and the first ever South American player
at the club.
Head Coach Albert Roca
was delighted with the newest addition to the squad and said: "I'm
extremely happy to have secured the services of Miku. He is an exciting player
with some great skills and his playing style will help us a lot.
"Miku has played
for several top clubs for a number of years now, and the experience he brings
in will be very crucial for us this season."
Having completed
formalities, an excited Miku said, "I have heard a lot about the club and
the city. We have some great players in the club who always fight for titles,
so I hope it will be a good season for every one of us in Bengaluru.
"I spoke to Albert
Roca about the club, the league and the team. He's a very good and experienced
coach and explained to me what he wants from me for this season. I can't wait
to join my teammates and begin training."
A full international
since 2006, Miku has 51 caps for Venezuela and has scored 11 times, most
notably against Brazil in the during the 2015 Copa America in Chile.
The striker also helped
his team to a fourth-place finish in the 2011 Copa America held in Argentina.
Interestingly, the striker has already played in India as a part of the
Venezuela team which faced Argentina in an International Friendly in Kolkata
back in September 2011.
For the record, Miku is
the fifth-highest (joint) goalscorer for the Venezuelan national team and is
23rd (joint) in the list of most caps for his country.
Club career
Years Team Apps(Gls)
2004–2010 Valencia 2(0)
2004–2005 Alcoyano (loan) 21(5)
2005–2006 Salamanca (loan) 36(18)
2006 Ciudad
Murcia (loan) 8(0)
2007 Valencia
B 15(1)
2007–2008 Gimnàstic (loan) 29(2)
2008–2009 Salamanca (loan) 37(15)
2010–2013 Getafe 92(26)
2012–2013 Celtic (loan) 11(2)
2013–2014 Al-Gharafa 25(6)
2015–2017 Rayo Vallecano 43(13)
2017– Bengaluru
FC 5(6)
National team
Years Team Apps(Gls)
2006– Venezuela 51(11)
2006– Venezuela 51(11)
