Gabriel Ochoa Uribe

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Gabriel Ochoa Uribe
Personal information
Date of birth	November 20, 1929 (1929-11-20) (age 79)
Place of birth	Sopetrán, Colombia
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1946-1948 1949-1953 1953-1955 1955-1958	América de Cali Millonarios América Football Club Millonarios
Teams managed
1958-1960 1961-1964 1966 1970-1977 1979-1991	Millonarios Millonarios Santa Fe Millonarios América de Cali
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Gabriel Ochoa Uribe (born November 20 in Sopetrán) is a former Colombian football player and manager. He won four league titles and the Copa Colombia with Millonarios as a player and a remarkable 14 league titles as a manager making him the most successful Colombian coach of all time^[1].

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 3 Titles as a player 4 Titles as a manager 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Playing career

Ochoa Uribe started his playing career at the age of 17 in 1946, his first club was América de Cali. In 1959 he joined Millonarios where he won four league titles playing alongside the great Alfredo di Stéfano

In 1953 he joined Brazilian side América and returned to Millonarios in 1955, he played until 1958 when he took over as manager of Millonarios.

[edit] Managerial career

In his first two spells as manager of Millonarios Ochoa Uribe led them to four league titles. He also had a short spell coaching the Colombia national team.

In 1966 he coached Santa Fe, leading them to the Colombian championship and making them the first Colombian team ever to reach the semi-finals of Copa Libertadores.

He returned to Millonarios between 1970 and 1977, he won his tenth league title with the club as player and coach with the 1972 league championship.

In 1979 he became manager of América de Cali, he led them to 7 league championships, they were runners-up in the Copa Libertadores three times consecutively (1985, 1986, 1987). He retired in 1991.

[edit] Titles as a player

Millonarios

• Colombian league (4): 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953
• Copa Colombia (1): 1953

[edit] Titles as a manager

Millonarios

• Colombian league (6): 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1972

Santa Fe

• Colombian league (1): 1966

América de Cali

• Colombian league (7): 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) América profile

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