Guillermo Ochoa Net Worth and Biography

Guillermo Ochoa is a Mexican soccer professional who has a net worth of $5 million. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Club América. There he’s under contract until 30th of June 2023.

Net Worth: $5 million
Birth Date:
July 13, 1985
Birthplace:
Guadalajara, Mexico
Profession:
Soccer (Goalkeeper)
Last Updated:
October 2019
Guillermo Ochoa net worth

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Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magana was born on July 13, 1985, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. His father’s name is Guillermo Ochoa Sanchez and his mother’s Natalia Magana Orozco. Guillermo Ochoa’s popular nickname is ”Memo”.

Ochoa was playing with his hometown club before he made his professional debut with Club América in 2004. In 2017, he married Karla Mora.

Guillermo Ochoa Net Worth​

Guillermo Ochoa has a net worth of $8 million usd. Currently, he is under contract to Liga MX side Club América. The goalkeeper is the highest paid Mexican soccer player in the MX League, and has an estimated salary of 87.5 million pesos a year (or $4.5 million a year). This income is on par with Tigres star André-Pierre Gignac.

While in Standard Liege, Ochoa earned a lot less. The goalkeepers annual salary was $900,000 while his weekly wage is $17,500. Back in 2014, he also earned $2.275 million annually.

Report of Aug 13, 2019, shows up the market value of Ochoa to be $3.57 million while his highest market value was reported to be $11.52 million. We took the average of all data, and keeping his million dollar salary with América in mind, we estimate his total net worth at $8 million.

Most online sources will show $5 million, but $8 million will be closer to reality.

Information and details about his real estate properties and endorsement deals are not disclosed. This will be updated as soon as this information is available for the public.

Career

Ochoa made his career debut with Mexican first-class club América at the age of eighteen. The Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker, decide he could play agains CF Monterrey during the 2004 Clausura-tournament.

From 2011 to 2014, he played at AC Ajaccio (located in Corsica) in the French Ligue 1. At that French team he didn’t miss a single league match. He played 38 official matches in the 2013/14 season.

After his appearances in the group matches at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, media started rumors that there would be interest from the English league. Arsenal and Liverpool would have been interested in a transfer for the Mexican goalkooper, who was clubless at the time. Also AS Monaco showed some interest for the goalkeeper.  On August 1, 2014, Málaga CF announced the arrival of Ochoa. During his first year in Spain he did not play during the entire competition (the Cameroonian goalkeeper Carlos Kameni was preferred). He played during six games of the Copa del Rey. Málaga rented Ochoa in July 2016 for a year to Granada CF.

After that, he played 2 seasons for Standard de Liège (in the Belgian competition). Since August 2019, he’s back where it all started and joined the Mexican team Club América once again.

Where did Ochoa play in the past?

2003 – 2011: Club América (Mexico)

2011 – 2014: AC Ajaccio (France) 

2014 – 2016: Málaga CF (Spain)

2016 – 2017: Granada CF (Spain)

2017 – 2019: Standard de Liège (Belgium)

August 2019 – … : Club América (Mexico)

Guillermo Ochoa has had a successful soccer career so far. 8 years later he’s back where it all started for him (but with a way bigger paycheck). He’s a great goalkeeper and can be compared with some of the best in the world. That’s why we believe he deserves the net worth he currently has. For sure, we haven’t heard the last of Guillermo Ochoa.