Guillermo Ochoa (Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña, born 13 July 1985), commonly known as Memo Ochoa, is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He captained the Mexico national team and is widely considered the greatest Mexican goalkeeper of all time. Over his club career he made more than 750 senior appearances, with clubs in Mexico, France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Cyprus.
Club career
Ochoa made his debut with América in 2004 and became the club's first-choice goalkeeper, winning the Clausura 2005 league title, the 2005 Campeón de Campeones and the 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. He was the first Mexican player nominated for the Ballon d'Or in 2007. In 2011 he moved to Europe, joining Ajaccio in France, and later played for Málaga and Granada in Spain and Standard Liège in Belgium, where he won the Belgian Cup. He returned to América in 2019 and later had spells in Italy, Portugal and Cyprus.
International career
Ochoa earned his first cap for Mexico at age 20 in a friendly against Hungary. He was selected for six consecutive FIFA World Cup squads between 2006 and 2026, a rare achievement. He also played at two Confederations Cups and two Olympic tournaments, winning bronze at the 2020 Games, and won six CONCACAF Gold Cup titles, the most in the tournament's history. Before the 2026 World Cup he announced that he would retire at the end of Mexico's campaign.