Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña was born on the 13th July 1985, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and is a soccer player who is most famous for being the goalkeeper of the Spanish Málaga Club de Fútbol, as well as for Mexico’s national team with which he won the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2009.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this athlete has accumulated so for? How rich Guillermo Ochoa is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Guillermo Ochoa’s net worth, as of mid-2017, revolves around the sum of $5 million, acquired through his professional soccer career which has been active since 2004.
Guillermo Ochoa Net Worth $5 million
Guillermo’s interest in soccer dates back to his early years. He attended Football Club Academy and in 2004, barely 18-year old Ochoa began his professional soccer career, signing with the Mexican Premier League Club América. He quickly established himself as a prominent young player, and soon after became the club’s first team goalkeeper. His first success came just one season later, when in 2005 Guillermo and his teammates won the Primera División de México Clausura championship. It is certain that this achievement set his career on a promising, uprising path, providing the basis for Guillermo Ochoa’s net worth.
This was followed by two more trophies – Campeón de Campeones in 2005 and CONCACAF Champions” Cup in 2006. With Club América Ochoa won two more titles – InterLiga Tournament in 2008 and Clausura 2011, before he left the club after 239 matches. In May 2011, after being tested positive for forbidden substances, Ochoa’s career was set off a promising path, because despite the investigation showing that he accidentally ate contaminated meat, his contract negotiations with Paris Saint-Germain FC were canceled, so he signed a three-year long contract with the French Athletic Club Ajaccio which helped him to add a significant sum to his overall wealth.
In August 2014, Ochoa joined Spanish La Liga’s Málaga Club de Fútbol, signing a three-year contract. By the end of the year, his performances ranked him as No. 7 on the International Federation of Football History & Statistics’ (IFFHS) best goalkeepers list. In June 2016, Guillermo signed one-year loan contract with Granada CF, however, since May 2017, after the expiration of his contract with Málaga, Guillermo Ochoa has been a free agent. Although he set the Spanish record for most conceded goals in a single season (80 goals), Ochoa was the goalkeeper with the most saves in the top five of Europe’s football leagues, including the UK Premier League, German Bundesliga and Dutch Erdevisie. Doubtlessly, all these playing achievements have helped Ochoa to notably increase the total of his revenues.
Apart from club soccer, since 2005 Guillermo Ochoa performs under the national colors of Mexico, with which he won second place at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and then won it in 2009. It is certain that all these accomplishments enriched Guillermo Ochoa’s professional portfolio as well as his net worth.
When it comes to his personal life, it has been equally thrilling and active as his professional career. In 2006, Ochoa was in a relationship with Mexican singer and actress Dulce Maria. Upon his transfer to France, he became romantically involved with Karla Mora, the Mexican model with whom he has welcomed two children, a daughter and a son.
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