- Gabriel Ochoa Uribe
Football player infobox
playername = Gabriel Ochoa Uribe
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1929|11|20
cityofbirth =Sopetrán
countryofbirth =Colombia
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position = Goalkeeper
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years = 1946-1948
1949-1953
1953-1955
1955-1958
clubs =América de Cali
Millonarios
América Football Club
Millonarios
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manageryears = 1958-1960
1961-1964
1966
1970-1977
1979-1991
managerclubs =Millonarios
Millonarios
Santa Fe
Millonarios
América de Cali
pcupdate = September 2008Gabriel Ochoa Uribe (born November 20 in
Sopetrán ) is a formerColombia n football player and manager. He won four league titles and theCopa Colombia withMillonarios as a player and a remarkable 14 league titles as a manager making him the most successful Colombian coach of all time [ [http://www.rsssf.com/players/col-coach-success.html Colombia - Most successful coach] atrsssf ] .Playing career
Ochoa Uribe started his playing career at the age of 17 in 1946, his first club was
América de Cali . In 1959 he joinedMillonarios where he won four league titles playing alongside the greatAlfredo di Stéfano In 1953 he joined
Brazil ian side América and returned toMillonarios in 1955, he played until 1958 when he took over as manager of Millonarios.Managerial career
In his first two spells as manager of Millonarios Ochoa Uribe led them to four league titles. He also had a short spell coaching the Colombia national team.
In 1966 he coached Santa Fe, leading them to the Colombian championship and making them the first Colombian team ever to reach the semi-finals of
Copa Libertadores .He returned to Millonarios between 1970 and 1977, he won his tenth league title with the club as player and coach with the 1972 league championship.
In 1979 he became manager of
América de Cali , he led them to 7 league championships, they were runners-up in theCopa Libertadores three times consecutively (1985, 1986, 1987). He retired in 1991.Titles as a player
Millonarios
*Colombian league (4): 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953
*Copa Colombia (1): 1953Titles as a manager
Millonarios
*Colombian league (6): 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1972Santa Fe
*Colombian league (1): 1966América de Cali
*Colombian league (7): 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990References
External links
*es icon [http://www.america.com.co/publicaciones.php?id=20765 América profile]
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