 Ochoa Uribe in 1985 | |||
| 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 | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1948 | América de Cali | ||
| 1949–1955 | Millonarios | (1) | |
| 1955–1956 | America RJ | ||
| 1955–1958 | Millonarios | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1958–1960 | Millonarios | ||
| 1961–1964 | Millonarios | ||
| 1963 | Colombia | ||
| 1966 | Santa Fe | ||
| 1970–1977 | Millonarios | ||
| 1979–1991 | América de Cali | ||
| 1985 | Colombia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gabriel Ochoa Uribe (November 20, 1929 – August 8, 2020) was a Colombianfootball player and manager. He won fourleague titles and theCopa Colombia withMillonarios as a player and fourteenleague titles as a manager, making him the most successful Colombian coach of all time.[1]
Ochoa Uribe started his playing career at the age of 17 in 1946, his first club wasAmérica de Cali. In 1959 he joinedMillonarios where he won four league titles playing alongside the greatAlfredo di Stéfano. In April 1955 he moved for one year toRio de Janeiro in Brazil not only to play forAmerica FC but also to further his studies in sports medicine.[2] With America FC he became under coachMartim Francisco runner up in theChampionship of Rio de Janeiro. Thereafter he returned to Bogotá where he played again for Los Millonarios until 1958 when he took over as coach of the club.
In his first two spells as manager of Millonarios, Ochoa Uribe led them to four league titles. He also had a short spell coaching theColombia national team.
In 1966 he coachedSanta Fe, leading them to the Colombian championship and making them the first Colombian team ever to reach the semi-finals ofCopa Libertadores.
He returned to Millonarios between 1970 and 1977, where he won his tenth league title with the club as player and coach with the 1972 league championship.
In 1979, he became manager ofAmérica de Cali and led them to seven league championships; they were runners-up in theCopa Libertadores three times consecutively (1985, 1986, 1987). He retired in 1991.
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