Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas (Spanish: The Eagles).
América was founded on October 12, 1916, and is one of two football clubs owned by Televisa (along with Club Necaxa). The team plays its home games at the Estadio Azteca, the largest stadium in Mexico and Latin America, and the third largest football stadium in the world.
The club has a long standing rivalry with Club Deportivo Guadalajara, as both are the most popular clubs in Mexico. Matches between them are known as El Súper Clásico. They are also the only two clubs to have never been relegated to the countries' second division.
América is one of the most successful clubs in Mexico. Domestically, the club has ten national titles, which places it second overall. Besides having ten domestic championships, América have eight FIFA recognized international club trophies, the most for a club from the CONCACAF region and tying them with Bayern Munich, Olimpia, and Étoile du Sahel worldwide. They have won five CONCACAF Champions' Cups, two Copa Interamericana cups, and one CONCACAF Giants Cup.
Paul Nicolás Aguilar Rojas (born March 6, 1986 in Concordia, Sinaloa) is a Mexican football defender currently playing for Club America in Mexico. He was part of the 23 men Mexican team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Aguilar started the first match against South Africa but was substituted in the 55th minute by Andrés Guardado, Aguliar did not play the rest of the World Cup.
Oribe Peralta Morones (born 12 January 1984) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Santos Laguna in the Primera División.
A native of Torreón, Peralta made his debut for Morelia coming in as a sub in the second half against Club América in a 2-1 defeat. Peralta than played his second game of his first season against Cruz Azul. For the next two seasons Peralta did not see any action and then was transferred to C.F. Monterrey.
After playing for Morelia Peralta was then transferred to C.F. Monterrey to play for the next two seasons. Peratla made his debut for Monterrey against the Tigres in the second half as a sub losing 6-2 defeat.In his second game he scored his first goal of his career coming in as a sub scoring the second goal of the game against Cruz Azul going on to win the match 3-0. Peralta ended his first season with 5 goals in 22 games and making it to the finals to lose to the Pumas.
Peralta then started his second season as a sub and scored a goal in his second game. For the next four games he was used as a sub until he made his second start against Puebla F.C., scoring his second goal of the season. He ended the season with 4 goals.
Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña (born 13 July 1985) is a Mexican goalkeeper who currently plays for French Ligue 1 club Ajaccio. He also plays for the Mexican national football team.
Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Ochoa made his debut with Club América during the 2004 Clausura tournament against C.F. Monterrey. Ochoa quickly demonstrated his skill and talent in goal, and the young goalkeeper was thrust into the spotlight to replace injured veteran Adolfo Ríos. He would then share the starting job with Rios after he recovered from his aforementioned injury.
When the 2004 Apertura season began, Ochoa was thought to be the heir apparent to Ríos, who had retired. However, new coach Oscar Ruggeri brought new goalkeepers with him, among them Argentine Sebastián Saja. Ruggeri's stay at the club was marred by controversy and unpopular decisions. He was fired after only six games into the season and Ochoa was soon reinstated by new coach Mario Carrillo. Since then, he has started every game for Club América barring incidents involving injuries or national team duty. Under Carrillo, Ochoa won his first championship with América following the 2005 Clausura season.