Miguel Becerra González (born 11 March 1979) is a Mexican former

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goalkeeper who last played for

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in the Liga MX. It is located in northern Mexico and represents the urban area of La Comarca Lagunera, made up o ...

Playing career

Miguel Becerra debuted with

Chivas de Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divisi ...

taking over the absence of

Oswaldo Sánchez Oswaldo Javier Sánchez Ibarra (; born 21 September 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and a sports analyst for Televisa Deportes. He is highly regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in Mexican footbal ...

who went with the World cup Squad who played in Korea/Japan 2002. He was transfer to

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and played seven games there until leaving for

Querétaro F.C. Querétaro Fútbol Club, also called ''Gallos Blancos de Querétaro'', is a Mexican professional football club based in Querétaro City. Querétaro plays in the Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system. Their colors are blue, ...

in which he was the starting goalkeeper for a period of time. He left Querétaro when the team was relegated back to

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, and transferred to

and was reunited with an old goalkeeping friend Oswaldo Sánchez. When things seemed like if Becerra would not play with Santos, Oswaldo was injured and Miguel played the rest of the tournament and played well, and gained the nickname of "El Gordo" from many commentators. With Becerra Santos reached the Semifinals only to lose to

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by a small margin aggregate 5–4.

Honors

Santos Laguna

* Primera División (1): Clausura 2012

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Becerra, Miguel 1979 births Living people Footballers from Jalisco C.D. Guadalajara footballers Dorados de Sinaloa footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers Santos Laguna footballers Liga MX players Men's association football goalkeepers Mexican men's footballers