Emmanuel Ochoa
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | May 5, 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Salinas, California, United States | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | San Jose Earthquakes | ||
Number | 41 | ||
Youth career | |||
El Camino | |||
2017–2019 | Santa Cruz Breakers | ||
2019– | San Jose Earthquakes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | San Jose Earthquakes | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | United States U14 | ||
2019 | United States U15 | 2 | (0) |
2021 | |||
2021– | Mexico U18 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 16, 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 8, 2021 |
Emmanuel "Emi" Ochoa (born May 5, 2005) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes.[1]
Club career[]
Born in Salinas, California, Ochoa started his career with local side El Camino before joining the Santa Cruz Breakers.[2][3] He joined the San Jose Earthquakes academy in 2019, before being promoted to the first team ahead of the 2020 season.[4]
Ochoa made national sports headlines in November 2019 when, at only 14 years and 191 days old, he signed as a Homegrown Player for the San Jose Earthquakes, making him the youngest ever Homegrown Player in Major League Soccer history.[1][2][4] He is also the second youngest player to register for an MLS team, behind Freddy Adu, and is considered to be the best goalkeeper of his age group in the country.[5][6][7]
International career[]
Ochoa has represented the United States at under-14 and under-15 level.[1][2][8][9] He is also eligible for the Mexico national team.[6] On March 9, 2020, Ochoa received a call up to the Mexican under-16 national team, his first for any of Mexico's national team squads.[10] He played in a scrimmage match against the youth team of Club Puebla on March 12, 2020.[11] He featured for the under-16s in 2021.[12]
In August 2021, Ochoa was called up to the Mexico under-18 squad, and made his debut in a 2–1 loss to the Republic of Ireland under-17s.[13][14]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of February 16, 2020[15]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
San Jose Earthquakes | 2021 | MLS | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Notes
References[]
- ^ a b c "Emmanuel Ochoa". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "Emmanuel Ochoa". sjearthquakes.com. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "San Jose Earthquakes sign 14-year-old goalkeeper Emmanuel Ochoa". mlssoccer.com. November 11, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Earthquakes sign 14-year-old keeper, youngest homegrown player in MLS history". sfchronicle.com. November 11, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "'It feels really good': Star keeper Ochoa latest Salinas talent to sign with Earthquakes". thecalifornian.com. November 12, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "San Jose signs Emmanuel Ochoa, 14, second-youngest MLS signing after Freddy Adu". espn.co.uk. November 12, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Earthquakes sign 14-year-old to Major League Soccer contract". mercurynews.com. November 11, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Eighty Players Called in for YNT U-14 TID West Region Mini-Camp". ussoccer.com. January 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "U-15 Boys' National Team Heads to Poland for UEFA Development Tournament". ussoccer.com. October 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Página Oficial de la Selección Nacional de México". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ "La SNM Sub-16 se impuso al Club Puebla" [The SNM Sub-16 prevailed over Club Puebla]. miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). November 11, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "NEWS: Emi Ochoa called to Mexico U-18 National Team". sjearthquakes.com. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "MLS homegrown trio called into Mexico youth national team camps". mlssoccer.com. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "REPORT - Ireland U17 2-1 Mexico U17". fai.ie. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ Emmanuel Ochoa at Soccerway
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from California
- American sportspeople of Mexican descent
- American soccer players
- Mexican footballers
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- Mexico youth international footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- San Jose Earthquakes players
- Homegrown Players (MLS)