Luis Ernesto Michel

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Luis Ernesto Michel
Personal information
Full name	Luis Ernesto Michel Vergara
Date of birth	July 21, 1979 (1979-07-21) (age 28)
Place of birth	Guadalajara , Jalisco, Mexico
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Chivas de Guadalajara
Number	1
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003 2004-2005 2006-	Chivas de Guadalajara → Santos Laguna (loan) Chivas de Guadalajara	01 (0) 02 (0) 65 (0)
National team2
2007-	Mexico	00 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 2 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Luis Ernesto Michel Vergara (born June 8, 1979) in Guadalajara, Jalisco is a Mexican professional footballer, currently the starting goalkeeper for Chivas de Guadalajara, wearing jersey 1. Before Oswaldo Sánchez' departure from the club and a tournament after that, he wore Jersey # 1 still. Michel has been able to take a the number one in the squad although many have forgotten about "San Oswaldo" (Oswaldo the Saint)

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Michel debuted against Irapuato, replacing the suspended starting keeper Oswaldo Sanchez on September 24, with Chivas winning 3–2. Three years later, Michel found himself playing in the Clausura 2006 playoffs, when the usual second-choice keeper, Alfredo Talavera was not playing well and coach José Manuel de la Torre gave the starting spot to Michel. Luis Ernesto played well, despite receiving 6 goals in 3 games, and being eliminated by Pachuca, but he proved that he could be an effective substitute for Oswaldo Sanchez.Even though Chivas hasn't won a Championship since the abstence of the great Oswaldo Sanchcez. Months later, Michel played in the Copa Libertadores for 2006, playing in the first match against Veléz Sarsfield of Argentina in the quarterfinals.

Since his play in the Clausura 2006 playoffs, Luis Ernesto Michel traditionally wears a red and black goalie uniform, which has earned him the nicknames "El Diablo" and "El Coloradito". Michel is known to his teammates as "Michelito", but to many fans, he's known as "El Gato" for his cat-like aggressiveness.

He is currently the starting goalkeeper for Chivas, since Sánchez's departure to Santos Laguna. Despite his predecessor's popularity, Michel's goalkeeping style, similar to that of Sánchez, has earned him the nickname Fray Michel (Friar Michel) after San (saint) Oswaldo. Multiple times he has been called El Caballero Negro (The Dark Knight) due to the black uniform he wears on the Football Pitch .

[edit] Club

Chivas de Guadalajara

• Mexican Championship - Apertura 2006

[edit] External links

• Medio Tiempo Profile and Statistics (In Spanish)

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