Jorge Campos
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| Jorge Campos Navarrete | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Jorge Campos Navarrete | |
| Date of birth | October 15, 1966 (age 40) | |
| Place of birth | Acapulco, Mexico | |
| Height | 175 cm (5'9) | |
| Nickname | El Brody, Chiqui-Campos | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper, Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Number | 1 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997 1997 1998 1998-99 2000 2001-01 2001 |
Pumas Atlante L.A. Galaxy Atlante Cruz Azul Chicago Fire Pumas Tigres Atlante Pumas |
43 8 |
| National team2 | ||
| 1994-2002 | Mexico | 129 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jorge Campos Navarrete (nicknamed El Brody or Chiqui-Campos) (born October 15, 1966) is a Mexican football coach and former goalkeeper, one of the most notable Mexican players of the 1990s. Campos was a particularly eccentric player, known for his constant play outside the penalty area, his acrobatic style in goal, and his attire. His strength in goal was his leaping ability, which made him able to overcome his relatively low height of 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in). He recently enrolled into the oratory school as a coaching assistant for the 2007 season, saying that it is possibly one of the best youth teams he's coached. His namesake is his star player.
Born in Acapulco, Mexico, Campos also made for an effective striker, an example of rare versatility in football. At times, he would start a game in goal, and transfer upfield later in the match, mostly at the club level. His trademark, self-designed bright kits contributed to his popularity.
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[edit] Club career
In the Mexican Primera Division, Campos played for such clubs as UNAM Pumas, Atlante, Cruz Azul, UANL Tigres, and Puebla. He also played in the United States, where he starred in Major League Soccer's first three seasons for the Los Angeles Galaxy and Chicago Fire. Besides guarding the nets of his respective teams, Campos also scored 35 career goals, including 14 in the 1989-90 season for UNAM Pumas.
[edit] International career
On the international stage, Campos started for Mexico in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups as the number one goalkeeper, and went to collect 129 caps for his country.
Campos was invited several times to play with the Rest of the World Team against clubs like Real Madrid, F.C. Barcelona, and AC Milan.
After retiring from both club and country in the early 2000's, Campos became an assistant coach to Ricardo Lavolpe, the former head coach of the Mexican National Team. He was an assistant director of the National team that played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Trivia
- A homage to Jorge Campos appears in the internationally famous Japanese comic Captain Tsubasa, as Ricardo Espadas, captain and goalkeeper of the Mexican football team. Espadas scores Mexico's only goal in their match against Japan, which ended 2-1.
- Despite his trademark neon jerseys, in his appearance in Nike's "Diablo" ad along with Ronaldo, Figo and Cantona, Jorge Campos appears with a simple black jersey.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Player bio and Mexican League statistics - mediotiempo.com
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Mexico squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Campos | 2 Suárez | 3 Ramírez Perales | 4 Ambríz | 5 Ramírez | 6 Bernal | 7 Hermosillo | 8 García Aspe | 9 Sánchez | 10 García | 11 Zague | 12 Fernández | 13 J. Chávez | 14 del Olmo | 15 Espinoza | 16 Valdéz | 17 Galindo | 18 Salgado | 19 Salvador | 20 Rodríguez | 21 Gutiérrez | 22 A. Chávez | Coach: Mejía Barón |
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Mexico squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Campos | 2 Suárez | 3 J. Sánchez | 4 Villa | 5 Davino | 6 Bernal | 7 Ramírez | 8 García Aspe | 9 Peláez | 10 García | 11 Blanco | 12 O. Sánchez | 13 Pardo | 14 Lara | 15 Hernández | 16 Terrazas | 17 Palencia | 18 Carmona | 19 Luna | 20 Ordiales | 21 Arellano | 22 Pérez | Coach: Lapuente |
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Mexico squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Pérez | 2 de Anda | 3 García | 4 Márquez | 5 Vidrio | 6 Torrado | 7 Morales | 8 García Aspe | 9 Borgetti | 10 Blanco | 11 Luna | 12 Sánchez | 13 Mercado | 14 Villa | 15 Hernández | 16 Carmona | 17 Palencia | 18 J. Rodríguez | 19 Caballero | 20 Brown | 21 Arellano | 22 A. Rodríguez | 23 Campos | Coach: Aguirre |
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Campos, Jorge |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Navarette Campos, Jorge (full name) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Professional football player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Acapulco, Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
Categories: 1966 births | Living people | Mexican footballers | Football (soccer) goalkeepers | Football (soccer) strikers | Los Angeles Galaxy players | Chicago Fire players | People from Acapulco | FIFA World Cup 1994 players | FIFA World Cup 1998 players | FIFA World Cup 2002 players | Mexican football managers | Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Olympic footballers of Mexico | Footballers with 100 or more caps | Mexico international footballers
