A Girls View: Ochoa

Sorry for the long absence but I’ve been in Europe and just recently arrived back home a few days. So, in the process I noticed that the female fans were gaining a lot of attention at Euro 08 (just head over to the sister site and you’ll see what I’m talking about). Well, it seems like no one pays attention to the hotness of the actual players and as a female I am displeased. And on the Mexican team there are plenty of good looking players. So, why not feature them? As a girl I feel like it is my obligation to do so.

The logical place to start with this is the back. The goalkeeper. The man with the gloves and safe hands. My first pick? Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña. Or as he is more commonly known Memo Ochoa. I’m not fond of America(too put it lightly) as I am a Chivas fan since birth but I can’t help but admire this man’s technique and, well, physical aspects. He’s very young and yet he has quite a bit of experience. Many want him and he’s soon due to go to Europe as soon as his contract expires.

Birthday:July 13, 1985
Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco
Height:1.83m (6ft)
Status: Bachelor
Debut for America: February 15 2004
Leagues played: Clausura 2004, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2005, Apertura 2005 and liguillas. He
started after Adolfo Rios was injured and soon shared the spot. When the new coach Oscar
Ruggeri came Memo was benched but soon returned with the new appointment of Mario
Carillo and became the undisputed number 1.
Honors:* Mexico Clausura: 2005
* Mexican Super Cup: 2005
* CONCACAF Champions’ Cup: 2006
* InterLiga: 2008
International: First he participated with La Seleccion in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He debuted
with El Tri December 14, 2005 against Hungary. He was then named in
the squad as 3rd choice keeper for the WC 2006 in Germany.
Likes
*Going to the movies. He goes often.
*Japanese(sushi) and Italian food. He especially likes seafood.
*Watch American Football and Basketball.
*To read. He likes the secrecy theme.
*Cars, but he’s not obsessive over them.
*Mechanical rides like Six Flash.
*Other than futbol he likes to play tennis, american football, basketball, bowling, and beach volleyball.
*The color blue. This was the color of his school Colegio Santa Mónica de Guadalajara where he
first started playing futbol as a defender.
*Music. He likes to listen to pop, hip hop, banda, reggaeton, and techno. He especially likes Reik,
Sin Bandera, and RBD.
*Manchester United. Real Madrid. AC Milan. Inter Milan. These are the teams he’d like to be in.
*He was a fan of Atlas when he lived in Guadalajara as a young boy.
Other
*He’s not superstitious as many other goalkeepers are but likes to listen to music on the way to
games and before the team talk.
*Since the year 2005 he’s had a contract with sports clothing giant Adidas.
*He admires Edwin van der Sar, Iker Casillas, Gianluigi Buffon and Óscar Córdoba in addition to
fellow countrymen Oswaldo Sanchéz, Óscar Pérez, Jorge Campos and Adolfo Ríos.
*His family owns a tortilla making place.
*He has a sister Ana Laura who’s an up and coming tennis player.
*He’s appeared in several commercials for Danone, Adidas, Bimbo, Televisa, and Genoma Lab.
*When he was younger he was in an accident while playing in the parking lot of the building he
lived in. He went through a glass door and still has a scar on his face to remind him of that
day.
*During his first game for America’s school he played as a striker and scored a goal. An injury to
the goalkeeper put him in his current position.
*He finished la preparatoria which is equivalent to high school. He plans to take a break before
returning to his studies.

And his skills