Héctor Ochoa

Héctor Osvaldo Ochoa
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-07-05)5 July 1942
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 20 May 2020(2020-05-20) (aged 77)
Place of death Lincoln, Buenos Aires
Position Forward
Youth career
El Linqueño[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1968 Atlanta
1968–1969 Deportivo Morón
1970 Deportivo Español
1971 San Telmo
Sportivo Villegas
Club Rivadavia
Managerial career
Atlético Villegas[1]
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Osvaldo Ochoa (5 July 1942 – 20 May 2020), nicknamed "Pochín", was an Argentine footballer who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2]

Héctor Ochoa was born in the Parque Patricios neighborhood of Buenos Aires, but was brought up in Lincoln.[3] He began his career at Atlanta in 1962.[3] Playing for the national squad, he was present for the Estadio Nacional disaster in Lima, Peru, on 24 May 1964, in which some 300 spectators perished.[3]

Ochoa died on 20 May 2020, aged 77.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 ""Pochín" Ochoa fue recordado y despedido por clubes y medios periodísticos". Diario La Posta (in Spanish). 26 May 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Héctor Ochoa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Veiga, Gustavo (24 May 2020). "La tragedia de Lima y una entrevista póstuma". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Falleció Héctor "Pochín" Ochoa, histórico delantero de Atlanta y Deportivo Morón". IAM Noticias (in Spanish). 21 May 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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