Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña aka Memo is a Mexican professional footballer, born on July 13, 1985. He plays as a goalkeeper and captain of Liga MX club América and the Mexico national team.

Biography of Guillermo Ochoa

Guillermo Ochoa is the captain of the Mexican national team who plays football for Club America in Mexico City.

Guillermo was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is also known as “Memo”, especially in his home country, and his astrological sign is Cancer. By ancestry, Ochoa is of Hispanic descent and holds Mexican nationality.

Age of Guillermo Ochoa

Guillermo Ochoa was born on July 13, 1985. He is 37 years old and continues to perform well at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Guillermo Ochoa Height

Guillermo is 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) tall.

Guillermo Ochoa Team List

Guillermo began his professional career in 2004 at the age of 18 with Club America. With América, he also won the Campeón de Campeones in 2005 and the CONCACAF Champions Cup in 2006. In the 2006/07 season, he won the Golden Glove in a row.

In October 2007, Ochoa was listed as a candidate for the Ballon d’Or by France Football, becoming one of only three players not to play in Europe.

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From then on, he attracted the attention of the football world. Big clubs began to pursue him. Among them was the English club Manchester United.

However, below is the list of clubs he moved to and their respective years.

• Ajaccio 2011 to 2014
• Málaga 2014 to 2017
• Granada (on loan from Málaga) 2016 to 2017
• Standard de Liège 2017 to 2019
• Club America 2019 to present

Wife of Guillermo Ochoa

Guillermo Ochoa married a beautiful woman named Karla Mora. The couple are both Mexican and met in 2009. They had a lovely white wedding in 2017.

Children of Guillermo Ochoa

Guillermo and his wife Karla Mora are blessed with three children; two daughters and a son.

Guillermo Ochoa Net Worth

Guillermo has an estimated net worth of around $5 million.

Why is Guillermo Ochoa famous?

Guillermo Ochoa is known for his exceptional skills as a goalkeeper. He became very famous during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar in the first match against the European team Poland.

In the match, he made some tantalizing saves to deny Polish goalscorer and captain Robert Lewandowski from adding his name to the scoresheet. Memo kept a clean sheet in the opening match. After the match he was named man of the match.