Omar Bravo

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Bravo and the second or maternal family name is Tordecillas.

Omar Bravo

Personal information
Full name	Omar Bravo Tordecillas
Date of birth	March 4, 1980 (1980-03-04) (age 31)
Place of birth	Los Mochis, Mexico
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Sporting Kansas City
Number	99
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–	Sporting Kansas City	28	(9)
2010	→ Guadalajara (loan)	9	(2)
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 Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.

Club career

Club Deportivo Guadalajara

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

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

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 was 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.^[2]

International career

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

As of January 20, 2011

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mexico			League		Cup		North America		Total
2000–01	Guadalajara	Primera División	3	0					3	0
2001–02			33	2					33	2
2002–03			41	18					41	18
2003–04			40	14					40	14
2004–05			32	18					32	18
2005–06			28	9					28	9
2006–07			43	22					43	22
2007–08			38	18					38	18
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Europe		Total
2008–09	Deportivo La Coruña	La Liga	9	1	3	2	8	0	20	3
Mexico			League		Cup		North America		Total
2008–09	UANL	Primera División	6	0					6	0
2009–10	Guadalajara		32	5					32	5
2010–11			9	2					9	2
USA			League		Open Cup		North America		Total
2011	Sporting Kansas City	MLS	28	9	2	0	0	0	30	9
Total	Mexico		305	108					305	108
	Spain		9	1	3	2	8	0	20	3
	USA		28	9	2	0	0	0	30	9
Career total			342	118	5	2	20	3	355	129

International goals

Goal	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

As of 27 June 2010

National team	Season	Apps	Goals
Mexico	2002–03	7	1
	2003–04	5	2
	2004–05	7	1
	2005–06	15	5
	2006–07	14	4
	2007–08	1	0
	2008–09	13	2
	2009–10	0	0
Total		62	15

Honors

Guadalajara cup- 2006

Mexico national team

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

Individual

• Top Scorer in the Mexican League Clausura 2007
• Top Scorer in CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

1. ^ Kansas City sign Mexico international Bravo
2. ^ Sporting KC Tops Chivas USA 3-2

External links

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

Persondata
Name	Bravo, Omar
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Date of birth	March 4, 1980
Place of birth	Los Mochis, Mexico
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