Juan Cruz Ochoa

Juan Ochoa
Personal information
Full nameJuan Cruz Ochoa López
Date of birth4 March 1979
Place of birthPamplona, Spain
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Eupen
Number44
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1999–2001Calahorra47(2)
2001–2002Alavés B26(2)
2002–2004Alavés19(0)
2004–2006Numancia64(1)
2006–2010Murcia77(3)
2010–2012Huesca26(1)
2012–2013Orihuela22(0)
2013–Eupen47(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ochoa and the second or maternal family name is López.

Juan Cruz Ochoa López (born 4 March 1979) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Belgian club K.A.S. Eupen as a central defender.

Football career

Ochoa was born in Pamplona, Navarre. After beginning professionally with CD Calahorra he moved to Deportivo Alavés, appearing once for its first team in the 2001–02 season. He could only play in a further four La Liga games during the following campaign, being mainly registered with its B-side; his debut in the main category occurred on 25 November 2001, as he played the first half of a 0–1 away loss against Villarreal CF.[1]

For 2004–05 Ochoa signed with CD Numancia, experiencing top flight relegation in his first year. After a second, in which he also was heavily featured, he moved to another club in Segunda División, Real Murcia, playing 21 matches in his second season for an eventual top level return.

Having signed with the team the previous summer, Ochoa started the 2011–12 campaign in the second level with SD Huesca, being released in the very last day of the winter transfer window.[2] On 20 September the 33-year-old returned to active, signing for one season with Orihuela CF in Segunda División B.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Víctor tumba al Alavés" [Víctor downs Alavés] (in Spanish). El País. 26 November 2001. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "El Huesca ficha a Mario Rosas, Jorge Larena y Antonio Nuñez" [Huesca signs Mario Rosas, Jorge Larena and Antonio Nuñez] (in Spanish). Marca. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Ochoa, última incorporación del Orihuela C.F. (Ochoa, last Orihuela C.F. addition); Orihuela's official website, 20 September 2012 (Spanish)

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