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Jorge Francisco Campos Navarrete (nicknamed El Brody or Chiqui-Campos) (born October 15, 1966 in Acapulco) is a retired Mexican footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

One of the most notable Mexican players of the 1990s, Campos was a particularly eccentric player, known for his constant play outside the penalty area, his acrobatic style in goal, and his colorful attire. His strength in goal was his leaping ability and speed, which made him able to overcome his relatively short height of 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m).

Campos also made for an effective striker, an example of rare 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.

Career

Club

Campos started his career in 1988 in Mexico with Pumas. At that time the club's first-choice goalkeeper was Adolfo Rios but, 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 even challenging for the title of top-goalscorer. 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 1997 winter season, though he was forced to play second-fiddle to first-choice goalkeeper 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 as 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.

He also played in the United States, where he starred in Major League Soccer's first three seasons for the Los Angeles Galaxy and Chicago Fire.

International

On the international stage, Campos started for Mexico in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups as the first choice goalkeeper, and went on to collect 130 caps for his country.

At the 1999 New Year's Cup in Hong Kong, in which Mexico was invited as well as Egypt and Bulgaria, Campos' father was kidnapped back home and Campos returned to Mexico to attend to the matter.^[1] Campos was invited several times to play with the Rest of the World Team against clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Milan.

His last game with Mexico was in 2004 when they played a friendly against Tecos.

Career statistics

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Post football career

After retiring from both club and international football in the early 2000s, Campos became an assistant coach to Ricardo Lavolpe, the former head coach of the Mexican National Team. He was an assistant director of the National team that played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also owns a fast food franchise, Sportortas-Campos , specializing in tortas. He was also a commentator for TV Azteca

Campos appeared in Nike's "Diablo" ad wearing with a simple black jersey (in contrast to the colorful jerseys he wore in games). He appeared in the ad with Ronaldo, Figo, Eric Cantona, Rui Costa, Paolo Maldini, Patrick Kluivert, Edgar Davids, Tomas Brolin, and Ian Wright.

A homage to Jorge Campos appears in the internationally famous Japanese manga Captain Tsubasa, as Ricardo Espadas, captain and goalkeeper of the Mexican football team. Espadas scores Mexico's only goal in their match against Japan, which ended 2-1.

References

External links

• Profile at National Football Teams
• International statistics at rsssf

Mexico squads Mexico squad – Copa América 1993 Runners-up 1 Campos • 2 Suárez • 3 Ramírez Perales • 4 Ambríz • 5 Ramírez • 6 Herrera • 7 Patiño • 8 García Aspe • 9 Sánchez • 10 L. García • 11 Zague • 12 A. García • 13 España • 14 Turrubiates • 15 Flores • 16 Hernández • 17 Galindo • 18 Muñoz • 19 Guzmán • 20 Nava • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Navarro • Coach: Mejía Barón Mexico squad – 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (1st title) 1 Campos • 2 Suárez • 3 Ramírez Perales • 4 Ambríz • 5 Ramírez • 6 Hernández • 7 Nava • 8 Coyote • 9 Salvador • 10 Mora • 11 Zague • 12 García • 15 Turrubiates • 17 Noriega • 18 Cantú • 19 del Olmo • 20 Rodríguez • Coach: Mejía Barón Mexico squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Campos • 2 Suárez • 3 Ramírez Perales • 4 Ambríz • 5 Ramírez • 6 Bernal • 7 Hermosillo • 8 García Aspe • 9 Sánchez • 10 García • 11 Zague • 12 Fernández • 13 J. Chávez • 14 del Olmo • 15 Espinoza • 16 Valdéz • 17 Galindo • 18 Salgado • 19 Salvador • 20 Rodríguez • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 A. Chávez • Coach: Mejía Barón Mexico squad – 1995 King Fahd Cup Third Place 1 Campos • 2 Suárez • 4 Ambríz • 5 Ramírez • 6 Bernal • 7 Hermosillo • 8 García Aspe • 9 Rodríguez • 10 García • 11 Zague • 12 Chávez • 13 Vidrio • 14 del Olmo • 15 Esquivel • 16 Coyote • 17 Galindo • 18 Blanco • 20 Navarro • 21 Gutiérrez • Coach: Mejía Barón Mexico squad – 1995 Copa América 1 Pérez • 2 Suárez • 3 Ramírez Perales • 4 Ambríz • 5 Ramírez • 6 Bernal • 7 Hermosillo • 8 García Aspe • 9 Campos • 10 García • 11 Zague • 12 Navarro • 13 Vidrio • 14 del Olmo • 15 Espinoza • 16 Coyote • 17 Galindo • 18 Esquivel • 19 Martínez • 20 Rodríguez • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Salvador • Coach: Mejía Barón Mexico squad – 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (2nd title) 2 Suárez • 5 Davino • 6 Lara • 7 Ramírez • 8 García Aspe • 9 Peláez • 10 L. García • 11 Hernández • 14 del Olmo • 15 Blanco • 16 Astiva • 18 A. García • 19 Campos • 20 Rizo • 21 Gutiérrez • 46 Villa • Coach: Milutinović Mexico squad – 1996 Summer Olympics 1 O.Sánchez • 2 Suárez • 3 Oteo • 4 Villa • 5 Davino • 6 Lara • 7 Torres • 8 Sol • 9 Campos • 10 García • 11 Blanco • 12 F.Sánchez • 13 Pardo • 14 Alvarado • 15 Arellano • 16 Alfaro • 17 Palencia • 18 Abundis • Coach: de los Cobos Mexico squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Campos • 2 Suárez • 3 J. Sánchez • 4 Villa • 5 Davino • 6 Bernal • 7 Ramírez • 8 García Aspe • 9 Peláez • 10 García • 11 Blanco • 12 O. Sánchez • 13 Pardo • 14 Lara • 15 Hernández • 16 Terrazas • 17 Palencia • 18 Carmona • 19 Luna • 20 Ordiales • 21 Arellano • 22 Pérez • Coach: Lapuente Mexico squad – Copa América 1999 Third Place 1 Campos • 2 Suárez • 3 Sánchez • 4 Márquez • 5 Torrado • 6 Lara • 7 Ramírez • 8 García Aspe • 9 Chávez • 10 Blanco • 11 Osorno • 12 Pérez • 13 Pardo • 14 Terrazas • 15 Hernández • 16 Cabrera • 17 Palencia • 18 Carmona • 19 Zepeda • 20 García • 21 Almaguer • 22 Ríos • Coach: Lapuente Mexico squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Campos • 2 Suárez • 3 Sánchez • 4 Márquez • 5 Torrado • 6 Villa • 7 Ramírez • 8 García Aspe • 9 Abundis • 10 Blanco • 11 Osorno • 12 Pérez • 13 Pardo • 14 Terrazas • 15 Hernández • 16 Arellano • 17 Palencia • 18 Carmona • 19 Zepeda • 20 García • Coach: Lapuente Mexico squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Pérez • 2 de Anda • 3 García • 4 Márquez • 5 Vidrio • 6 Torrado • 7 Morales • 8 García Aspe • 9 Borgetti • 10 Blanco • 11 Luna • 12 Sánchez • 13 Mercado • 14 Villa • 15 Hernández • 16 Carmona • 17 Palencia • 18 J. Rodríguez • 19 Caballero • 20 Brown • 21 Arellano • 22 A. Rodríguez • 23 Campos • Coach: Aguirre