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Where is Guillermo Ochoa from?

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Guillermo Ochoa comes from Guadalajara, Mexico.

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The Mexican goalkeeper plays for Liga MX club América which he captains and the Mexico national team.

Guillermo Ochoa was born on July 13, 1985, in Guadalajara, Mexico.

On 4 July 2011, Guillermo Ochoa signed a three-year contract, with an additional one-year option, with French club Ajaccio, recently promoted to Ligue 1.

Guillermo Ochoa played in his first two friendlies with Ajaccio against Bordeaux and Real Sociedad, losing 1–2 and 0–4 respectively.

Ochoa made his senior-level professional debut for Club América in 2004 in a Mexican league match against Monterrey.

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Ochoa received his first cap at age 20 in a friendly match against Hungary. He has been included in the squads for 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 FIFA World Cups, the 2013 and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2007 Copa América, the Copa América Centenario, 2007, 2009, 2015, and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and was originally in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup before being suspended from the competition due to false doping allegations.

On 9 July 2017, it was announced that Belgian club Standard Liège had signed Guillermo Ochoa from Malága on a two-year contract. He made his league debut on the 30th of the month in a 1–1 draw against KV Mechelen.

Ochoa is a graduate of the Football Management Degree online program from the Johan Cruyff Institute.


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