Omar Bravo

Omar Bravo Tordecillas (born 4 March 1980) is a Mexican professional football manager and former professional footballer who currently manages National Independent Soccer Association club Arizona Monsoon FC.

As a footballer he played as a striker.

Bravo is Guadalajara's record goalscorer.

Bravo was brought to the Guadalajara youth system by José Luis Real.

He made his debut with the senior team under manager Jorge Dávalos on 17 February 2001 against Tigres UANL in a 0–0 draw.

Bravo became a regular starter for the team during the 2002 Apertura, playing 15 games and scoring 6 goals.

He won the tournament's Best Rookie award.

Bravo finished the 2005 Clausura as joint-second top goalscorer of the league with 12 goals.

His performances helped him win the tournament's Best Forward award.

In 2006, Bravo participated in a successful season for Guadalajara, helping the team win the Apertura championship title, Bravo scored the leading goal in the first leg match of the Apertura finals, which ended in a 1–1 draw against Toluca, winning 3–2 on aggregate.

Bravo finished as the club's top scorer for the tournament with 8 goals, helping him win the tournament's Best Forward award.

Bravo scored in his first appearance in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup against W Connection F.C. as well as in the first match of the semifinals against D.C. United.

In the first leg of final, on 8 April 2007, he scored a brace against Pachuca to a 2–2 draw.

Guadalajara lost the finals following a penalty shootout.

He finished as joint-top scorer with four goals in the tournament.

For the 2007 Clausura, he won the Golden Boot for most goals in the league with 11 goals in 17 matches, winning the Best Forward award again.

On 26 April 2008, Bravo scored his 100th goal in a 4–0 victory over Puebla, becoming the 2nd player in the club's history to reach 100 goals, only behind Salvador Reyes, who has 122 goals.

On 17 May, he played his last match of his first stint with Guadalajara scoring a goal against Monterrey in the Clausura quarter-finals, which they tied 4–4, losing 8–5 on aggregate.

On 22 May 2008, Deportivo de La Coruña announced an agreement with Bravo for the next three years as he left as a free agent.

Bravo became the second Mexican on Deportivo's squad at that time, after Andrés Guardado.

Bravo made his league debut on 31 August in a 2–1 victory over Real Madrid.

On 8 December he scored his first league goal against Málaga as a penalty kick 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 was not as successful as expected.

On 5 March 2009, he was loaned out to Mexico side Tigres UANL for the remainder of the 2009 Clausura.

He made 6 appearances and scored no goals.

Following his loan stint with Tigres UANL, on 6 August, it was announced Bravo would return to Guadalajara, where he signed a 1-year contract with the club.

The following month, Bravo was named captain.

On 8 August 2010, Kansas City Wizards announced that Bravo was signed as the squad's first Designated Player since Claudio López.

Bravo remained on loan with Chivas for the remainder of the year, disputing the 2010 Copa Libertadores finals against Brazilian club Internacional, where Chivas was runner-up.

Upon arrival in Kansas City, Bravo mentioned that he was very happy to join the team, and that he believed the level of play in MLS was among the best in the world.

In his debut for the club against Chivas USA, he showed off his skilled form and managed to score two goals in a 3–2 victory.

He scored nine goals for Kansas and was named MLS Latino Player of the Year.

Bravo would join Kansas beginning with the 2011 season.

On 12 December 2011, Sporting Kansas City announced that Bravo would not be returning in 2012 and would instead be signing with Cruz Azul in his native Mexico.

He scored a brace against San Luis F.C. in a 3–1 home win.

After underperforming with Cruz Azul, the club later transferred Bravo to Atlas on a loan.

Later, he revealed that he felt he failed with Cruz Azul.

In December 2012, Bravo joined Atlas, rivals of his original club, C.D. Guadalajara, on loan for the entirety of the following year (for the 2013 Clausura and 2013 Apertura).

On 4 June 2013, it was announced that Bravo would return to Guadalajara in a trade deal that saw Xavier Báez go the other way to Cruz Azul at the conclusion of his loan stint with Atlas.

In December, Bravo was named captain of the team.