Personal information | |||
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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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 7, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 23, 2022 |
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]
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]
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]
Born in the United States, Ochoa is of Mexican descent.
Club | Season | League | National 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 | |||
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 |
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