Emmanuel "Emi" Ochoa (born May 5, 2005) is a professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emmanuel Ochoa | ||
| Date of birth | May 5, 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Salinas, California, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team 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) |
| 2022– | San Jose Earthquakes II | 18 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | United States U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | Mexico U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | United States U19 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 7, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 23, 2022 | |||
Club career edit
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 edit
Ochoa has represented the United States at under-14 and under-15 level.[1][2][8][9] He is also eligible to represent Mexico.[6] On March 9, 2020, Ochoa received a call up to the Mexico U-16 side, 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][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]
Personal life edit
Born in the United States, Ochoa is of Mexican descent.
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of May 7, 2023[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 2021 | MLS | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| San Jose Earthquakes II | 2022 | MLS Next Pro | 15 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
References edit
- ^ a b c "Emmanuel Ochoa". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Emmanuel Ochoa". sjearthquakes.com. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ "San Jose Earthquakes sign 14-year-old goalkeeper Emmanuel Ochoa". mlssoccer.com. November 11, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Earthquakes sign 14-year-old keeper, youngest homegrown player in MLS history". sfchronicle.com. November 11, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ "'It feels really good': Star keeper Ochoa latest Salinas talent to sign with Earthquakes". thecalifornian.com. November 12, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Earthquakes sign 14-year-old to Major League Soccer contract". mercurynews.com. November 11, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ "Eighty Players Called in for YNT U-14 TID West Region Mini-Camp". ussoccer.com. January 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ "U-15 Boys' National Team Heads to Poland for UEFA Development Tournament". ussoccer.com. October 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ "Página Oficial de la Selección Nacional de México". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "NEWS: Emi Ochoa called to Mexico U-18 National Team". sjearthquakes.com. August 31, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "MLS homegrown trio called into Mexico youth national team camps". mlssoccer.com. August 31, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "REPORT - Ireland U17 2-1 Mexico U17". fai.ie. September 5, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ Emmanuel Ochoa at Soccerway