- Jorge Oropeza
Football player infobox
playername= Jorge Oropeza
fullname = Jorge A. Oropeza Torres
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|5|4
cityofbirth =Mexico City
countryofbirth =Mexico
height = height|m=1.81
currentclub =FCM Bacau
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position =Midfielder
youthyears = 1989-1998
youthclubs =
years = 2004-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-present
clubs =Atlético Mexiquense
Toluca
KS Flamurtari Vlorë
FCM Bacau
caps(goals) =
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate =30 July 2007
ntupdate =30 July 2007 Jorge Oropeza was born on
4 May 1983 inMexico City . He is a professionalsoccer player.Oropeza's Career
Jorge began playing soccer when he was 6 years old. He grew up in the soccer fields. He played for
Necaxa until he reach the national 3rd division. He then went to play forClub América to the national 2nd division, coached by Adrián Chavez. In his first season with the team, they reach the playoffs and then the final. The following season they reach the playoffs and then the semifinals.After a year and a half, Oropeza was ready to show his abilities and his desire to continue growing as a professional Mexican soccer player.
Oropeza received an opportunity from Pablo Luna to play for Toluca F.C., in the national 1st division "A" with Atlético Mexiquense. In his first season with Atlético Mexiquense, he helped his team reach the final against Club San Luis. After the final, Oropeza played 2 more seasons until
Américo Gallego called him to train with Toluca of thePrimera Division de Mexico . Toluca was looking to reach the playoffs in the Clausura 2005-2006 in the Mexican league and Oropeza was training hard to receive the opportunity to make his debut.It was on May 3th, 2006 in the quarter finals against
Cruz Azul , onEstadio Nemesio Diez , playing the minute 30, when Erick Espinoza was ejected. Americo Gallego called Oropeza to warm up, after a couple of minutes, Oropeza was on the field as a right midfielder. Toluca won 2 - 1. In the 2nd game, played in theEstadio Azul , Oropeza played again and Toluca reached the semifinals where Toluca was eliminated.Oropeza returned to Atlético Mexiquense because there were a lot of known players on the first team. He continued working but he lost hope in playing again with Toluca.
Oropeza then went to
Cancún , to the national soccer draft with his representatives Eder Turrubiarte (FIFA agent) and Carlos Turrubiarte. He had options to play in another National 1st division "A" team however, he made a statement to his representatives that he wanted to look for other options which would help improve his level as a soccer player.Consequently, Carlos and Eder began looking for different options that would benefit Oropeza looking at the MLS in
USA andDenmark as options. Soon there was an offer from a soccer team inAlbania which Jorge Oropeza and his representatives accepted. He then played for Klubi Sportiv Flamurtari Vlorë.Oropeza played the 2007- 2008 season in Albania and moved in march to the 2nd league romanian team FCM Bacau.
Personal life
He enjoys playing musical instruments such as the guitar and the drums. Jorge also likes playing
Xbox 360 with his friends.External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNNfPv0eUNA Jorge Oropeza interview Los protagonistas TV Azteca(VIDEO)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5bVflQ-aGs Jorge Oropeza debut on TOLUCA FIRST TEAM (VIDEO)]
*Flamurtari Page on Wikipedia
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