Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa

Ochoa Guillermo is a Mexican football player who rents out a loan for the Spanish "Granada". He is 31 years old, which by the standards of a field football player is quite a lot. However, Guillermo Ochoa acts on the position of the goalkeeper, so he can stay in the sport for quite some time.

Carier start

Guillermo Ochoa was born July 13, 1985 in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, where he began to get involved in football, and then engage in it seriously. Until 2003, he trained at the academy of the local club "America", played for youth teams, and when he turned eighteen, he signed a professional contract with the club. In the same season, he made his debut for the main team, playing 12 matches.

In the next season he already became the club's main goalkeeper, despite such a young age. For eight years, Guillermo Ochoa defended the colors of the club, winning several trophies with him, including the 2005 Mexican Championship and the 2006 American Champions League. In total for the club he spent 226 matches, but in the summer of 2011, when he was 26 years old, he decided to move to Europe, because all American football players primarily dream about it.

Moving to Europe

However, it should be noted that Guillermo Ochoa was not a huge talent, which would hunt different clubs. For him, no one paid a lot of money, so he waited for the completion of the current contract with "America" and signed an agreement with the French "Ajaccio". Naturally, there he immediately got a place in the base and all three years that was in the club was the number one goalkeeper. He played 116 matches, and when his contract came to an end, he signed a new agreement with the Spanish "Málaga". Guillermo Ochoa moved there in 2014 after a successful World Cup.

Going to Malaga

However, in the new club Ochoa has not found such recognition, as in his previous teams. In the "Malaga" he became the reserve goalkeeper and for two seasons went on the field only 19 times. Naturally, this did not suit either the player or the team, so in the summer of 2016 the Mexican was sent to a weaker Spanish club, Granada.

Rent in Granada

In the "Granada" Ochoa immediately received a place in the base and this season has played 17 games, conceding 33 goals. Only two games he was able to defend by zero.

National team appearances

In Mexico, Ochoa made his debut in December 2005, when he was only 20 years old, but for the first time summoned to the national team he was a year earlier - just did not appear in the base. During his career, he spent 158 matches, conceding 69 goals. The peak of his career was participation in the World Cup in 2014 - he was at the World Championships in 2006 and 2010, but as a player of the reserve. Together with the team, he won three gold Cup CONCACAF, and in two cases was the main goalkeeper.