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., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...

Playing career

Miguel Becerra debuted with

Chivas de Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A de C.V. (;), nicknamed ''"Chivas"'' () and simply known as Guadalajara or internationally as Chivas de Guadalajara, is a Mexican professional football club based in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, Jalisco. It c ...

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 TUDN. He is highly regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in Mexican footballing history. ...

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

Dorados de Sinaloa Club Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa, simply known as Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa. It plays in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football. History Dorados de Sinaloa ...

and played seven games there until leaving for

Querétaro F.C. Querétaro Fútbol Club, also known as Gallos Blancos de Querétaro, is a Mexican professional association football, football club based in Querétaro (city), Querétaro. It plays in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, M ...

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