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Guillermo Ochoa
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Personal information
Full name	Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña
Date of birth	July 13, 1985 (1985-07-13) (age 22)
Place of birth	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	América
Number	1
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-	América	125 (0)
National team2
2005-	Mexico	14 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 21, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of October 21, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña (born July 13, 1985 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican international football goalkeeper who currently plays for Club América in the Mexico's First Division.

Contents 1 Career 2 International career 2.1 Nominee for Golden Ball 3 Honours 3.1 Club Honors 3.2 Individual Honors 4 References 5 External links

At the age of 18, under Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker, Ochoa made his debut with América, during the Clausura 2004 tournament against CF Monterrey. Ochoa quickly showed his skill and potential, and the young goalkeeper who was thrust into the spotlight to replace injured veteran Adolfo Rios soon shared the starting job with Rios after he recovered from his aforementioned injury. When the Apertura 2004 season began, Ochoa was thought to be the heir apparent to Ríos, who had retired. However, new coach Oscar Ruggeri brought new goalkeepers with him, among them Argentine standout Sebastian Saja and veteran Ricardo Martinez. Soon after, Ochoa was benched by Ruggeri.

Ruggeri's stay at the club was marred by controversy and unpopular decisions. He was fired after only six games into the season and Ochoa was soon reinstated by new coach Mario Carrillo. Since then, along with club and international teammate José Antonio Castro, he has started every game for Club América barring incidents involving injuries or national team duty. Under Carrillo, Ochoa won his first championship with America following the Clausura 2005 season. Ochoa is credited as being an integral part of Club America's record 28-game undefeated streak during the Clausura 2005 and Apertura 2006 seasons. Guillermo Ochoa is now officially going to be featured on the North American cover of EA's FIFA Soccer 08 video game.[1]

In October 2007 he was nominated by France Football to the prestigious Ballon d'Or (formerly known as the European Footballer of the Year). He is the first Mexican to be nominated for this award. FIFA has also named him the 3rd best keeper in the World.

Guillermo Ochoa debuted with the Mexican team vs Hungary in a friendly match in the United States. He debuted along side young talented players like Andrés Guardado, and Omar Arellano. At the age of 20, He was called by Mexico's former coach Ricardo LaVolpe for the 2006 FIFA World Cup as the third choice goalkeeper. After the World Cup new appointed coach Hugo Sánchez has also asked for Guillermo Ochoa's services as the 2nd or sometimes 1st choice goalkeeper for Mexico. Ochoa also participated in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and he participated in the 2007 Copa America, having an impressive debut with a clean sheet against Brazil. He made his second appearance in the 2007 Copa America, also shutting out Chile. He is the only goalkeeper that has received one goal, and until this moment voted the best goalkeeper of the 2007 Copa America. He also appears on the FIFA 08 cover this year with Ronaldinho and Jozy Altidore.

Ochoa was one of 50 nominees and the first Mexican candidate for the award to the best player of the year. Only three out of 50 nominees do not play for European teams. Brazilian Rogerio Ceni, player for Sao Paulo, and Iraqi Younis Mahmoud, player of the Qatar's Algharafa, where also benefited from this change. Brazilians Daniel Alves (Sevilla), Diego (Werder Bremen), Kaka (Milan), Robinho (Real Madrid) and Ronaldinho (Barcelona) are included in the list, too. There are three Argentineans: Mancherster United's Carlos Tevez, Villareal's Riquelme, and Barcelona's Lionel Messi. The winner was announced on December 2. Voting for the award was undertaken by a group of 96 football journalists, out of which, for the first time, only 53 will be Europeans. Each voter chose five players from the list of nominees, and awards them one, two, three, four and five points. Unfortunently he wasn't the winner of the Ballon d'Or in which he only received 1 vote as did other several players including Manchester United's Carlos Tevez.^[2]

Club America

• First Division Championship - Clausura 2005
• First Division Champion of Champions - (Mexican Super Cup) 2005
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2006

Golden Ball	Year
Rookie of the Year	Clausura 2004
Apertura 2006
Best Goalkeeper	Clausura 2007
Best Footballer of the World (Nominee)	Ballon d'Or 2007

• Unofficial Website (Spanish)
• Profile and Statistics (Spanish)
• FootballDatabase profile

v • d • e Mexico squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Sánchez • 2 Suárez • 3 Salcido • 4 Márquez • 5 Osorio • 6 Torrado • 7 Zinha • 8 Pardo • 9 Borgetti • 10 Franco • 11 Morales • 12 Corona • 13 Ochoa • 14 Pineda • 15 Castro • 16 Méndez • 17 Fonseca • 18 Guardado • 19 Bravo • 20 García • 21 Arellano • 22 Rodríguez • 23 Pérez • Coach: Lavolpe

v • d • e Club América – current squad
1 Ochoa • 2 Rodríguez • 3 Castro • 4 Ó. Rojas • 5 Davino • 6 Cervantes • 7 Castromán • 8 Insúa • 9 Cabañas • 11 Fernández • 12 Navarrete • 13 J.C. Mosqueda • 14 Infante • 15 Sanchez • 16 R. Rojas • 17 López • 18 Villa • 19 Iñigo • 20 Argüello • 21 Esqueda • 22 Mendoza • 23 Martinez • 24 Zavala • 25 J.J. Mosqueda • 26 Silva • 36 Aguilar • 40 Tena • 45 Julien • 46 Marquez • Manager Brailovsky