Omar Bravo Tordecillas (born March 4, 1980 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa) is a Mexican international football striker who plays for Club Deportivo Guadalajara, where he is currently team captain.

[edit] Club career

[edit] Chivas de Guadalajara

He was trained at the 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 Guadalajara helping the team to win the Apertura championship title, as well as achieving first place for the top goal scorer in the Mexican League 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. Chivas becoming champion in the 2006 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 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 after 7 years in a 4-0 victory over Puebla F.C. in the Estadio Jalisco. Bravo is the 2nd player in Chivas history to reach 100 goals, only behind Salvador Reyes who has 122 goals. He finished his career in Guadalajara with 101 goals, scoring his last goal against Monterrey in the Mexican First Division quarter-finals of the play-offs which they tied 4-4, losing 8-5 on aggregate.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Return to Guadalajara

After being released from Deportivo La Coruña on August 6, 2009, Omar Bravo signed with Guadalajara on the same day. Bravo will be using number 99 because he was number 9 before and 9 after.^[1]

[edit] International career

Bravo has played for several Mexican youth national teams and several amateur tournaments including the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He has 71 caps and has scored 15 goals for the senior Mexican National Team.

Bravo first appeared in the senior national team when veteran forward Jesús Arellano was unable to play in a friendly match due to injury. Since then, Bravo became one of the top contenders for Mexico's offensive lineup on the squad.

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, which gave Mexico a 2-1 loss. Bravo didn't play in the game against Argentina.

In 2007, Bravo was selected by 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, in which he scored three goals.

[edit] Statistics

Club	Season	League		Copa del Rey		UEFA Cup		Interliga		Total
		GP	Goals	GP	Goals	GP	Goals	GP	Goals	GP	Goals
Guadalajara	2000-2001	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
	2001-2002	33	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	2
	2002-2003	41	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	18
	2003-2004	40	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	14
	2004-2005	32	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	18
	2005-2006	28	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	9
	2006-2007	43	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	22
	2007-2008	38	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	18
Deportivo	2008-2009	9	1	3	2	8	0	-	-	20	3
Tigres UANL
	2008-2009	6	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	0

[edit] International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	July 20, 2003	Mexico City, Mexico	Jamaica	5–0	Win	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2.	February 14, 2004	Carson, United States	Chile	1–1	Draw	Friendly
3.	March 10, 2004	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico	Ecuador	2–1	Win	Friendly
4.	July 10, 2005	Los Angeles, United States	Guatemala	4–0	Win	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
5.	March 29, 2006	Chicago, United States	Paraguay	2–1	Win	Friendly
6.	March 29, 2006	Chicago, United States	Paraguay	2–1	Win	Friendly
7.	May 5, 2006	Pasadena, United States	Venezuela	1–0	Win	Friendly
8.	June 11, 2006	Nuremberg, Germany	Iran	3–1	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup
9.	June 11, 2006	Nuremberg, Germany	Iran	3–1	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup
10.	March 28, 2007	Oakland , United States	Ecuador	4–2	Win	Friendly
11.	July 1, 2007	Maturín, Venezuela	Ecuador	2–1	Win	2007 Copa America
12.	July 8, 2007	Maturín, Venezuela	Paraguay	6–0	Win	2007 Copa América
13.	July 14, 2007	Caracas, Venezuela	Uruguay	3–1	Win	2007 Copa América
14.	September 10, 2008	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico	Canada	2–1	Win	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.	March 28, 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Costa Rica	2–0	Win	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Honors

[edit] With national team

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

[edit] Individual

• Mexican Primera División Best Rookie Player (Apertura 2002)
• Top Scorer in the Mexican League Clausura 2007
• Top Scorer in CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007

[edit] Statistics

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Omar Bravo Article (In Spanish)
• Football Database.com provides Omar Bravo's profile and stats
• Chivas de Guadalajara Official site (In Spanish)
• Omar Bravo stats at MedioTiempo.com (Spanish)

Mexico squads v • d • 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: Lavolpe v • d • 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 • 16 Íñiguez • 17 Espinoza • 18 Ochoa • Coach: Lavolpe v • d • 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 • 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: Lavolpe v • d • 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: Lavolpe v • d • e Mexico squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Sánchez • 2 Suárez • 3 Salcido • 4 Márquez • 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: Lavolpe v • d • e Mexico squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 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: Hugo Sánchez v • d • e Mexico squad – Copa América 2007 Third Place 1 Sánchez • 2 Magallón • 3 Pinto • 4 Márquez • 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: Hugo Sánchez v • d • e Mexico squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (5th title) 1 Ochoa • 2 Magallón • 3 Rodríguez • 4 Dueñas • 5 Pinto • 6 Torrado • 7 Medina • 8 I. Castro • 9 Bravo • 10 Franco • 11 Vela • 12 Corona • 13 Barrera • 14 Sabah • 15 J. Castro • 16 Esquivel • 17 Giovani • 18 Cárdenas • 19 Noriega • 20 Martínez • 21 Valenzuela • 22 Juárez • Coach: Aguirre