Gabriel Ochoa Uribe

Gabriel Ochoa Uribe
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-11-20)November 20, 1929
Place of birth Sopetrán, Colombia
Date of death August 8, 2020(2020-08-08) (aged 90)
Place of death Cali, Colombia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1948 América de Cali
1949–1955 Millonarios (1)
1955–1956 America FC (RJ)
1955–1958 Millonarios
Teams managed
1958–1960 Millonarios
1961–1964 Millonarios
1963 Colombia
1966 Santa Fe
1970–1977 Millonarios
1979–1991 América de Cali
1985 Colombia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gabriel Ochoa Uribe (November 20, 1929 – August 8, 2020) was a Colombian football player and manager. He won four league titles and the Copa Colombia with Millonarios.[1] He managed the national team for a short time in 1985.

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.

Ochoa Uribe died on August 8, 2020 in Cali, Colombia at the age of 90.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Colombia - Most successful coach at rsssf
  2. ↑ Luto en el fútbol colombiano: muere el médico Gabriel Ochoa Uribe (in Spanish)