Jorge Campos

Born in Acapulco, Campos started his career in 1988 in Mexico with Pumas UNAM. At that time the club's first string goalkeeper was Adolfo Ríos, so 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 contending for the title of top-goal scorer. In the following seasons he earned the position of first-choice goalkeeper and won the 1990–91 championship with Pumas. He also won the championship with Cruz Azul in the Primera División de México Invierno 1997 (México First Division Winter 1997), although he was the second string goalkeeper to Óscar Pérez. He was regularly used as a substitute striker during this period. As well as Pumas and Cruz Azul, Campos also played for such clubs 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. He was the first major foreign star to be signed by the league, and enjoyed considerable popularity in the United States. Campos played in back-to-back matches during a double-header event at the Rose Bowl on 16 June 1996, playing for Mexico against the United States and then the Galaxy against…

On the international stage, Campos started as goalkeeper for Mexico in two FIFA World Cup tournaments: 1994 and 1998. He was also called up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup but he did not play in the tournament. He would eventually collect 129 caps. 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 in Mexico and Campos returned to Mexico to attend to the matter. Campos was invited several times to play with the Rest of the World Team against clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and AC Milan. His last game with Mexico was in 2004 in a friendly against Tecos. He was selected as one of 3 overage players on the Mexico Olympic team at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Campos served as the assistant manager to Ricardo La Volpe during his tenure with Mexico.

Besides Paraguay, Campos played for Beijing Guo'an in China, Cruz Azul in Mexico, Universidad Católica in Chile and Quilmes in Argentina.

Campos made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 14 May 1995 in a Copa Paz de Chico match against Bolivia (1–1). He obtained a total number of 46 international caps, scoring six goals for the national side. He represented Paraguay at the World Cups in 1998 and 2002.

International

Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Campos goal.

Campos has appeared in commercials for the American sportswear company Nike. In 1996, wearing a black jersey (in contrast to the colorful jerseys he wore in games), Campos starred in a Nike commercial titled "Good vs Evil" in a gladiatorial game set in a Roman amphitheatre. Appearing alongside football players from around the world, including Ronaldo, Paolo Maldini, Eric Cantona, Luís Figo and Patrick Kluivert, they defend "the beautiful game" against a team of demonic warriors, before it culminates with Cantona striking the ball and destroying evil. Campos has appeared in EA Sports' FIFA video game series, featuring in the Classic XI for 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, FIFA 11, FIFA 12, FIFA 13, FIFA 15 and FIFA 16. He also appeared in FIFA 23, FC 24 and FC 25's Ultimate Team section, as a FUT Heroes Card. Campos is also a commentator for TV Azteca. On 26 July 2024, Campos was the honorary captain for a match in Toronto between York United FC and Atlético Ottawa.

Club

Universidad Católica Primera División de Chile (1): 2002 Apertura