Héctor Reynoso López (born October 3, 1980 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican football defender. He currently plays for Chivas de Guadalajara, wearing jersey #4 and is team captain. Reynoso made his professional debut on April 17, 2001 against Tigres.

Career[link]

Club career[link]

Reynoso has played his whole professional career with Chivas. He is known for his great defense along with his current teammate Johnny Magallón and former teammate Francisco El Maza Rodriguez.

During the Clausura 2006 tournament, Reynoso played and started in all 17 games. He completed 12 of them and entered as a sub in 3 games. He received 5 yellow cards and scored 0 goals. He scored a vital goal in the second game of the Copa Libertadores two-game series against Independiente Santa Fe of Colombia, where he scored in the 6th minute. Thanks to Reynoso's goal, Chivas advanced to the quarterfinals of the South American tournament by an aggregate score of 4-3. (Chivas won the first game 3-0, but lost the second 3-1). Reynoso has become a vital part of the Chivas defense with his great playing and defensive skills. Reynoso was the team Captain for the Peace Cup, because the regular team Captain Ramon Morales and Vice-Captain Omar Bravo were in Venezuela playing with the Mexican National Football Team at Copa America. He captained the game in which Chivas beat Racing de Santander 5-0.

Reynoso is known by many Mexican soccer commentators as "Samson", because of his long and curly hairstyle.

In a 2009 Libertadores Santander cup game against Everton from Chile, Reynoso spat on Sebastian Penco on the players face. Reynoso later apologized for the incident, but his actions were recorded and made headline news all over the world.^[1]

International career[link]

On June 19, 2011, Reynoso was called up to participate in the 2011 Gold Cup as one of the replacement for five suspended players, he was also called up to the 2011 Copa América as an overage player replacing injured Jonny Magallón, thus receiving his first call-up to the national team. He earned his first cap in the victorious Gold Cup Final against the United States on June 25, coming on as a substitute for the injured Rafael Márquez.

Clubs[link]

Club	Country	Year
Guadalajara	Mexico	2000 -

Honours[link]

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Club[link]

Chivas de Guadalajara

• Mexican Championship - Apertura 2006

International[link]

Mexico

• CONCACAF Gold Cup (1) 2011

References[link]

Mexico squads v t e Mexico squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (6th title) 1 Ochoa (Michel) 2 Rodríguez (Reynoso) 3 Salcido 4 Márquez (c) 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Barrera 8 Castro 9 de Nigris 10 dos Santos 11 Reyna 12 Talavera 13 Zavala 14 J. Hernández 15 Moreno 16 Juárez 17 Sinha (Aguilar) 18 Guardado 19 Dueñas (Fabián) 20 Torres Nilo 21 Bermúdez (Mier) 22 E. Hernández 23 Orozco Coach: de la Torre v t e Mexico squad – 2011 Copa América 1 Michel (c) 2 Álvarez 3 Alanís 4 De Buen 5 Chávez 6 Gallardo 7 Dávila 8 Orrantía 9 Márquez Lugo 10 dos Santos 11 Aquino 12 Sánchez 13 Rodríguez 14 Araujo 15 Enríquez 16 Ponce 17 Pacheco 18 Peralta 19 Reynoso 20 Pulido 21 Mier 22 Aguilar 23 Reyes Coach: Tena

Barak Fever Daniels (Holon, Israel; 27 August 1981) is a Mexican sport journalist who works for the multinational sport chain ESPN. He began his professional career in TV Azteca in 1998 in their statistics department and has covered a wide variety of major sporting events such as Euro 2004 in Portugal, Euro 2008 in Austria-Switzerland, Olympics 2008 in Beijing, FIFA World Cup in Germany 2006 and America's Cup 2007 in Venezuela. Fever studied Communications at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

Early life[link]

Fever was born on 27 August 1981 in Holon, Israel, to an Chilean father and a Mexican mother. He lived there until he was two years old, then moved to Mexico City, where he began his career, writing for the magazine Tiro de Esquina in 1995. In 1998 he began working with TV Azteca^[1] due to an invitation from David Faitelson.

Career[link]

In 2000, he finished his position in the statistics department and began to work as a commentator and reporter for soccer matches at the Mexican league, reporting directly from Spain in 2004 and 2005 during the performance of Mexican soccer players such as Rafael Márquez and Maribel Domínguez. In 2007, his position in TV Azteca was changed as he joined their creative department, creating two of the most famous sections of the popular TV show "Los Protagonistas": "La Contracrónica" and "Valedores de Iztacalco". His professional relationship with TV Azteca ended in 2009 after an issue with the Sports department (where the entire department was laid off).,^[2] Fever started working for the multinational sports chain ESPN ^[3] and entered on the List of ESPN Latin America announcers in 2010.

[edit] La Contracrónica and Valedores de Iztacalco

La Contracrónica is described as quantifying the performance of a specific player during a sporting event^{[citation needed]}. It began as a piece (run by Fever) in the program in 2007 using the Mexican soccer player Cuauhtémoc Blanco as a subject.

This piece has been a source of controversy given investigations have started based on the footage used; for example, when La Contracrónica of the FMF president Justino Compeán was made, he was discovered cheering for a particular soccer team in a match from the Mexican first division.^[4] Legal investigations took off after this particular demonstration of impartiality was revealed on TV.

References[link]

External links[link]

• ESPN Deportes Official Site.
• Barak Fever's articles on ESPN.
• Barak Fever's interview by ElBuenFútbol*
• Barak Fever's articles on FutbolSapiens

Omar Bravo

Bravo playing for Deportivo La Coruña
Personal information
Full name	Omar Bravo Tordecillas
Date of birth	(1980-03-04) March 4, 1980 (age 32)
Place of birth	Los Mochis, Mexico
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Cruz Azul
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2008	Guadalajara	258	(101)
2008–2009	Deportivo La Coruña	9	(1)
2009	→ UANL (loan)	6	(0)
2009–2010	Guadalajara	32	(5)
2010–2011	Sporting Kansas City	28	(9)
2010	→ Guadalajara (loan)	9	(2)
2012–	Cruz Azul	13	(3)
National team‡
2004	Mexico Olympic	3	(2)
2002–	Mexico	62	(15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 23, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 16, 2010

Omar Bravo Tordecillas (born March 4, 1980 in Los Mochis) is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Cruz Azul in the Mexican Primera División.

Club career[link]

Club Deportivo Guadalajara[link]

Bravo was trained at the Club Deportivo Guadalajara youth system, and made his debut with the senior team on August 20, 2001 against U.A.N.L. in a 0–0 draw. After playing as a substitute in his first three seasons, Bravo became a regular starter for the team during the 2002 Apertura, playing 15 games and scoring 6 goals.

In 2006, Bravo participated in a successful season for Club Deportivo Guadalajara helping the team to win the Apertura championship title, as well as achieving first place for the top goal scorer in the Mexican First Division and registering 11 goals for the tournament.

In 2007, Bravo displayed his lucky form at the Clausura division, winning the golden boot for most goals in the league with 11 goals in 17 matches. Club Deportivo Guadalajara becoming champion in the Apertura 2006, was eligible to participate in the Champions Cup. Bravo, scored in his first appearance in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup against W Connection as well as in the first match of the semifinals against DC United. Passing to the final, On April 8, 2007, he helped Club Deportivo Guadalajara to a 2–2 draw against CF Pachuca at the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final, scoring 2 Goals in the first match.

Omar Bravo scored his 100th goal on April 26, 2008 in a 4–0 victory over Puebla F.C. in the Estadio Jalsico, Bravo is the 2nd player in Club Deportivo Guadalajara history to reach 100 goals, only behind Salvador Reyes who has 122 goals. He played his last match of his first period in Club Deportivo Guadalajara with 101 goals, scoring his last goal against Club de Futbol Monterrey in the Mexican First Division quarter-finals of the play-offs which they tied 4–4, losing 8–5 on aggregate.

Deportivo de La Coruña[link]

On May 22, 2008, Deportivo de La Coruña announced an agreement between the club and Omar Bravo for the next three years. Omar Bravo left Guadalajara as a free agent. Bravo became the second Mexican in Deportivo's squad at that time, after Andrés Guardado. Omar Bravo made his debut on August 31, 2008 in a 2–1 victory over Real Madrid. On December 8, 2008 he scored his first league goal against Málaga in a 2–0 victory. With only nine league appearances (only two of them as a starter), it was evident that his stint at the Spanish club wasn't as successful as expected, and on March 5, 2009 he was loaned out to Mexican side Tigres U.A.N.L. for the remainder of the Clausura 2009 season. After Tigres U.A.N.L he was loaned to Chivas, his home team. He then resumed his history with the club, adding to his 108 goals for Chivas.

Sporting Kansas City[link]

On August 8, 2010, it was announced that Bravo was signed by Sporting Kansas City as the squad's first designated player, beginning in 2011.^[1]

Upon arrival in Kansas City, Bravo mentioned that he was very happy to join the team and that he believed the level of play in the MLS is among the best in the world. In his debut for the club against Chivas USA, Bravo showed off his skilled form, and managed to score 2 goals in for his new club. Omar Bravo scored 9 goals for sporting getting Latino of the year.^[2]

Cruz Azul[link]

On December 12, 2011 it was announced that Bravo wouldn't be returning to Kansas City in 2012, and would instead be signing for Cruz Azul in his native Mexico.^[3] Bravo scored a brace against San Luis F.C. in a 3-1 home win.

International career[link]

Bravo has played for various levels of the Mexican youth national system and in several amateur tournaments including the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He has accumulated 71 caps and has scored 15 goals for the senior Mexican national team.

On June 11, 2006, playing at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Bravo scored two goals on Mexico's 3–1 victory over Iran and was named the Man of the Match.[1]. Two matches later, he failed to score a penalty kick against Portugal in a 2–1 loss for Mexico. Bravo did not play in the game against Argentina.

In 2007, Bravo was selected by former coach Hugo Sánchez to represent his country to play in a series of friendly international matches and to take part in Gold Cup 2007 and 2007 Copa América, where he scored three goals.

Bravo also played in World Cup Qualifiers and played in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, his last international match was the third group match of the Gold Cup against Guadeloupe on July 12, 2009.

Statistics[link]

As of January 20, 2011

International goals[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	July 20, 2003	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Jamaica	1–0	5–0	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2.	February 14, 2004	The Home Depot Center, Carson, United States	Chile	1–1	1–1	Friendly
3.	March 10, 2004	Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico	Ecuador	2–0	2–1	Friendly
4.	July 10, 2005	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Guatemala	4–0	4–0	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
5.	March 29, 2006	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	Paraguay	1–1	2–1	Friendly
6.				2–1
7.	May 5, 2006	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States	Venezuela	1–0	1–0	Friendly
8.	June 11, 2006	EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Iran	1–0	3–1	2006 FIFA World Cup
9.				2–1
10.	March 28, 2007	McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, United States	Ecuador	3–2	4–2	Friendly
11.	July 1, 2007	Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela	Ecuador	2–0	2–1	2007 Copa America
12.	July 8, 2007	Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela	Paraguay	6–0	6–0	2007 Copa América
13.	July 14, 2007	Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela	Uruguay	2–1	3–1	2007 Copa América
14.	September 10, 2008	Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico	Canada	1–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.	March 28, 2009	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Costa Rica	1–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

International[link]

As of 27 June 2010

Honors[link]

• Guadalajara cup- 2006

Mexico national team[link]

• CONCACAF Gold Cup – Champions (2003)
• CONCACAF Gold Cup – Champions (2009)

Individual[link]

• Top Scorer in the Mexican League Clausura 2007
• Top Scorer in CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007
• Sporting Kansas City 2011 Budweiser Golden Boot (Tie)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sporting KC profile
• FIFA profile
• ESPN profile
• Omar Bravo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Omar Bravo stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)

Mexico squads v t e Mexico squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (4th Title) 1 Sánchez 2 Salazar 3 Briceño 4 Márquez 5 Osorio 6 Valdez 7 Bravo 8 Pardo 9 Borgetti 10 Zepeda 11 Osorno 12 O.Pérez 14 L.Pérez 15 Rodríguez 16 Méndez 18 Carmona 20 García 21 Arellano Coach: La Volpe v t e Mexico squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Corona 2 F. Rodríguez 3 M. Pérez 4 I. Rodríguez 5 López 6 Galindo 7 Sinha 8 Martínez 9 Bravo 10 L. Pérez 11 Márquez Lugo 12 Pineda 13 Ponce 14 García 15 Sánchez Guerrero 16 Íñiguez 17 Espinoza 18 Ochoa Coach: La Volpe v t e Mexico squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Fourth Place 1 Sánchez 2 Galindo 3 Salcido 4 Márquez 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Sinha 8 Pardo (c) 9 Borgetti 10 Bravo 11 Morales 12 Muñoz 13 Márquez Lugo 14 Pineda 15 Sánchez Guerrero 16 Méndez 17 Fonseca 18 Carmona 19 Medina 20 Rodríguez 21 Lozano 22 Pérez 23 Corona Coach: La Volpe v t e Mexico squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Muñoz 2 Rodríguez 3 Salcido 4 Osorio 5 López 6 7 Sinha 8 R. García 9 Borgetti 10 Bravo 11 Osorno 12 Corona 14 Pineda 15 Morales 16 Méndez 17 Márquez Lugo 18 Padilla 19 Medina 20 J. García 21 Galindo 22 Altamirano 23 Pérez Coach: La Volpe v t e Mexico squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Sánchez 2 Suárez 3 Salcido 4 Márquez (c) 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Sinha 8 Pardo 9 Borgetti 10 Franco 11 Morales 12 Corona 13 Ochoa 14 Pineda 15 Castro 16 Méndez 17 Fonseca 18 Guardado 19 Bravo 20 García 21 Arellano 22 Rodríguez 23 Pérez Coach: La Volpe v t e Mexico squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 O. Sánchez 2 Magallón 3 Salcido 4 Márquez 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Medina 8 Pardo 9 Borgetti 10 Blanco 11 Morales 12 Corona 13 Ochoa 14 Pinto 15 Castro 16 Lozano 17 Fonseca 18 Guardado 19 Bravo 20 Arce 21 Castillo 22 Rodríguez 23 Bautista Coach: H. Sánchez v t e Mexico squad – Copa América 2007 Third Place 1 O. Sánchez 2 Magallón 3 Pinto 4 Márquez (c) 5 I. Castro 6 Torrado 7 Medina 8 Correa 9 Landín 10 Blanco 11 Morales 12 Cacho 13 Ochoa 14 Pineda 15 J. Castro 16 Lozano 17 Bautista 18 Guardado 19 Bravo 20 Arce 21 Castillo 22 Rodríguez Coach: H. Sánchez v t e Mexico squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (5th title) 1 Ochoa 2 Magallón 3 Rodríguez 4 Dueñas 5 Pinto 6 Torrado (c) 7 Medina 8 I. Castro 9 Bravo 10 Franco 11 Vela 12 Corona 13 Barrera 14 Sabah 15 J. Castro 16 Esquivel 17 dos Santos 18 Cárdenas 19 Noriega 20 Martínez 21 Valenzuela 22 Juárez 23 Pérez Coach: Aguirre