Gabriel Ochoa Uribe

Gabriel Ochoa Uribe (November 20, 1929 – August 8, 2020) was a Colombian football player and manager. He won four league titles and the Copa Colombia with Millonarios.[1] He managed the national team for a short time in 1985.

Gabriel Ochoa Uribe
Personal information
Date of birth(1929-11-20)November 20, 1929
Place of birthSopetrán, Colombia
Date of deathAugust 8, 2020(2020-08-08) (aged 90)
Place of deathCali, Colombia
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1946–1948América de Cali
1949–1955Millonarios(1)
1955–1956America FC (RJ)
1955–1958Millonarios
Teams managed
1958–1960Millonarios
1961–1964Millonarios
1963Colombia
1966Santa Fe
1970–1977Millonarios
1979–1991América de Cali
1985Colombia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In 1979, he became manager of América de Cali, he led them to 7 league championships, they were runners-up in the Copa Libertadores three times consecutively (1985, 1986, 1987). He retired in 1991.

Ochoa Uribe died on August 8, 2020 in Cali, Colombia at the age of 90.[2]

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