Jorge Campos

[Joel Rojo]

--Sorry, I copied this straight from the "All other players" sub-forum because I got the impression there is a lot more traffic here, although I added some content and a picture, I hope you can help me, and that I can help you back eventually--


I dont know if you remember him, he was a mexican goalkeeper quite famous in years gone by. He was ranked the third best goalie in the world in his time, he was quite awesome, he usually ran towards the attackers and pretend to fall, which would cause the attacker to try to take the chance and shoot, but he quick as lightning jumped back on and saved. He was very short, but he was an awesome, awesome goalkeeper in his time, before he went on to play in the american league.

He also played as a striker, and he was actually very good at it, although i only saw him once or twice to do that at international level, he scored some beautiful goals in the mexican league, like scissor kicks and the like, he wasnt afraid to attempt all sort of weird shots and his creativity granted him some very nice goals, he was also fast and a good dribbler.

This being said, his prime would have been at around 1994 I'd say, and I find it sad that he isn't in the game, I wanted to see if you could remember him and try to make some stats for him, as I really want to include him in my game.

I'd give him, for his goalkeeping, stats like
94 Defence
95 Goalkeeping Ability
98 Response (His little trick was MAD, and usually got most of shots even being so short).
94 Agility
And, of course, a 1-1 goalie star

And for his striking abilities, I would give him stats of mid 80's, in my opinion he was as good as Hernandez, a player which, in the game, has a lot of stats at high 80s and mid 90s. Though, I would grant Campos a high 90s shoot technique because of the shoots he usually attempted.

Actually, sometimes the guy sort of annoyed me, but as a player I totally respect him, he was an awesome goalkeeper who also had some quite decent abilities as a striker.

What do you think?


EDITS:

I found out he was actually, in 1989, one of the top scorers of the mexican league (the best maybe? couldnt proofcheck)

Also: Pics!

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1670/mald.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1670/sibold.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1670/pumbyc.jpg

 

[Lami]

yea i know Jorge Campos, used to admire this dude. very good GK even though hes too short for it. i also heard bout his striker career. he got top scorer once, is that true though?

 

[Joel Rojo]

I checked. He almost got the scoring title in the 89-90 season, but he fell a bit short, he was the best scorer for his team though.

 

[tafarian]

Jorge Campos converted from CM4

Not positive this is the same guy, but here are Jorge Campos GK stats converted from CM4

53
74
73
71
74
73
74
62
65
64
65
64
67
68
72
64
46
54
58
80
72
51
53
5
70
68
5
foot R
weak foot 6
injury A

His FK accuracy should be MUCH higher as well as his shot accuracy. I remember him in the 94 world cup taking free kicks for Mexico and then sprinting back into goal - great idea man, I am going to put him in my Mexican team as well.

Of course if you want to make him in his prime you should raise all the stats a bit - I don't think he was ever one of the top keepers in the world though! It was just the gimmick that he could score that got him attention.

 

[Joel Rojo]

Thanks man.

And, well, I know he wasnt among the best strikers in the world, he was one of the top 3 GOALIES in the world, according to FIFA. Personally I think he would have been a great striker, but he chose to play as a goalie and, well, he was awesome. I meant in my initial post that he was -around 1990- one of the best scorers in the Mexican league, which is obviosuly, far, far away from being a great world class scorer.

Though, those stats seem really low for the goalie he once was.

Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming, and if someone can help me out with the appearance that would be appreciated aswell.