Ahead of their debut season in the Indian Super League, Bengaluru FC, on Tuesday, announced the signing of former Rayo Vallecano striker Nicolas ‘Miku’ Ladislao Fedor Flores.
The 32-year-old Venezuelan international, who signed a two-year deal, will team up with Spaniard Braulio Nobrega at the front and is Bengaluru’s seventh foreign signing for the season. He is the first ever South American player at the club.
Born in Caracas, Venezuela to a Hungarian father and a Venezuelan mother, Miku began his football career in Spanish powerhouse Valencia’s youth system. Turning professional in 2004 with the Mestella-side, the striker turned out for CD Alcoyano (2004-05, 2nd B), UD Salamanca (2005–06, 2nd B), Ciudad de Murcia (2006, 2nd), Valencia ‘B’ (2007, 2nd B), Gimnastic de Tarragona (2007–08, 2nd), UD Salamanca (2008–09, 2nd) in the Spanish league system. His highlight during this period was striking 18 goals in the promotion winning campaign at Salamanca during the 2005-06 Segunda ‘B’ season.
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.
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