Jorge Campos
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| Full name | Jorge Campos Navarrete | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1966 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Acapulco, Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper, Striker | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1988–1995 | UNAM | 183 | (31) | ||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Atlante | 38 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 43 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | Cruz Azul | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | Chicago Fire | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | UNAM | 56 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | UANL | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | UNAM | 33 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Atlante | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Puebla | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 433 | (34) | |||||||||||||
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| 1991–2004 | Mexico | 130 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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| 2004–2006 | Mexico (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jorge Campos Navarrete (nicknamed El Brody or Chiqui-Campos or El Chapulín) (born 15 October 1966 in Acapulco) is a retired Mexican footballer, who played as a goalkeeper and striker.
A notable player of Mexico in the 1990s, Campos was an eccentric player, known for his constant play outside the penalty area, his acrobatic style of goalkeeping, and his colorful playing attire. His main strengths as a goalkeeper were his leaping ability, athleticism, and speed, which enabled him to overcome his relatively short stature. He was widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation.
Campos also made for an effective striker, a rare example of versatility in football. At times, he would start a game in goal, and transfer upfield later in the match, mostly at the club level. His trademark, self-designed bright kits contributed to his popularity.
Campos started his career in 1988 in Mexico with Pumas. At that time the club's first string goalkeeper was Adolfo Rios, so because Campos desired first-team opportunities, he asked to be used as a striker. He performed notably in his first season, scoring 14 goals and contending for the title of top-goal scorer. In the following seasons he earned the position of first-choice goalkeeper and won the 1990–1991 championship with Pumas.
He also won the championship with Cruz Azul in the Primera División de México Invierno 1997 (México First Division Winter 1997), although he was the second string goalkeeper to Oscar Perez. He was regularly used as a substitute striker during this period.
As well as Pumas and Cruz Azul, Campos also played for such clubs Atlante, Tigres, and Puebla. He scored a notable bicycle kick goal for Atlante in the 1997 season. In that game, he started as goalkeeper, but as the forwards were failing to score a goal, the coach replaced a field player with another goalkeeper to send Campos to the attack.
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