OCHOA Guillermo

Date of Birth: 13 Jul 1985

Age: 36

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.85/6'0''

Place of birth: GUADALAJARA

Birth Country:

Mexico

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Men MEX Mexico	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Group A #02 MEX Mexico 4 FRA France 1	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Men's Group A #09 JPN Japan 2 MEX Mexico 1	Finished
	Sapporo Dome	Men's Group A #18 RSA South Africa 0 MEX Mexico 3	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Men's Quarter-final #26 KOR Republic of Korea 3 MEX Mexico 6	Finished
	Ibaraki Kashima Stadium	Men's Semi-final #29 MEX Mexico 0 (1) BRA Brazil 0 (4) PSO	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Men's Bronze Medal Match #31 MEX Mexico 3 JPN Japan 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Olympic	2004	Athens, GRE

FIFA World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Senior	2014	Brazil
12	Senior	2018	Russian Federation
14	Senior	2010	South Africa
15	Senior	2006	Germany

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2019	United States of America

Paco Memo (marca.com, 19 May 2017)

Occupation:

Wife Karla, children Lucciana [2013], Guillermo [2015] and Karla [2019]

Languages spoken:

Club America [Mexico City, MEX] since 2019/20

Santiago Solari [club], ARG; Jaime Lozano [national], MEX

Position style:

Goalkeeper (transfermarkt.mx, 21 Apr 2021)

Right-footed (transfermarkt.mx, 21 Apr 2021)

First A-match in 2005 for Mexico Against Hungary (FIFA, 20 Jun 2006)

National league:

Liga MX [MEX] (tudn.com, 08 May 2021)

He took up the sport at age 11 at Club America in Mexico City, Mexico. (NOC, 2004)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (espn.com.mx, 15 Jun 2021)

Brazilian footballer Pele. (NOC, 2004)

General Interest

General
EYES ON TOKYO
He was a member of the Mexican football team that participated at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, but he did not receive any playing time at the tournament. He has set his sights on winning a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "It's fantastic and I'm very excited. I've experienced playing in the World Cup and being in the Olympic Games but without playing. And now I'm very excited to be able to play to win a medal." (espn.com.mx, 15 Jun 2021)

CLUB HISTORY
He began his professional career with Club America in Mexico in 2004. Between 2011 and 2019, he played club football abroad with Ajaccio in France, Malaga and Grenada [loan] in Spain and Standard Liege in Belgium. In 2019 he returned to Club America in Mexico. (americayya.net, 15 Feb 2020; clubamerica.com.mx, 22 Feb 2020; expansion.mx, 01 Aug 2014; 90min.com, 29 Oct 2020; granadacf.es, 22 Jul 2016; marca.com, 09 Jul 2017)

Milestones

He was the recipient of the Golden Glove at the 2019 Gold Cup in the United States of America. (record.com.mx, 07 Jul 2019)

He was named Best Player of the 2018/19 season by Belgian club Standard Liege. (espn.com, 17 May 2019)

He was the recipient of the Silver Glove at the 2018 World Cup in the Russian Federation. (expansion.mx, 16 Jul 2018)

He was named Best Player of the 2016/17 season by Spanish team Granada in a public poll. (marca.com, 19 May 2017)

He was named Best Player of the 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons by French team Ajaccio in a public poll. (goal.com, 04 Jun 2012; mediotiempo.com, 05 Jun 2013)

In 2007 he was among the nominees for the FIFA Ballon d'Or Award, becoming the first Mexican footballer to be nominated for the award. (laliga.com, 14 Mar 2016; skysports.com, 22 Oct 2007)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/1.G.Ochoa
https://instagram.com/yosoy8a/
https://twitter.com/yosoy8a

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PSO:: Penalty Shoot-out

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