Career

Club

Campos started his career in 1988 in Mexico with Pumas. At that time the club's first string goalkeeper was Adolfo Rios, so because Campos desired first-team opportunities, he asked to be used as a striker. He performed notably in his first season, scoring 14 goals and contending for the title of top-goal scorer. In the following seasons he earned the position of first-choice goalkeeper and won the 1990-1991 championship with Pumas.

He also won the championship with Cruz Azul in the Primera División de México Invierno 1997 (México First Division Winter 1997), although he was the second string goalee to Oscar Perez. He was regularly used as a substitute striker during this period.

As well as Pumas and Cruz Azul, Campos also played for such clubs Atlante, Tigres, and Puebla. He scored a notable bicycle kick goal for Atlante in the 1997 season. In that game, he started as goalkeeper, but as the forwards were failing to score a goal, the coach replaced a field player with another goalkeeper to send Campos to the attack.

He also played in the United States, where he starred in Major League Soccer's first three seasons for the Los Angeles Galaxy and Chicago Fire.

International

On the international stage, Campos started as goalkeeper for Mexico in two FIFA World Cup tournaments: 1994 and 1998. He would eventually collect 130 caps.

At the 1999 New Year's Cup in Hong Kong, in which Mexico was invited as well as Egypt and Bulgaria, Campos' father was kidnapped in Mexico and Campos returned to Mexico to attend to the matter. Campos was invited several times to play with the Rest of the World Team against clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Milan. His last game with Mexico was in 2004 in a friendly against Tecos.

Media

Campos has appeared in commercials for the American sportswear company Nike. In 1996, wearing a black jersey (in contrast to the colorful jerseys he wore in games), Campos starred in a Nike commercial titled "Good vs Evil" in a gladiatorial game set in a Roman amphitheatre. Appearing alongside football players from around the world, including Ronaldo, Paolo Maldini, Eric Cantona, Luís Figo and Patrick Kluivert, they defend "the beautiful game" against a team of demonic warriors, before it culminates with Cantona striking the ball and destroying evil.

Campos has appeared in EA Sports' FIFA video game series, featuring in the Classic XI for 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, FIFA 11, FIFA 12, FIFA 15 and FIFA 16.

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mexico			League		Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
1988-89	Pumas		7	0	8	0
1989-90			40	14	2	1	0	0	10	7
1990-91			44	2	8	4
1991-92			37	3	6	0
1992-93			7	1	0	0
1993-94			34	2	0	0
1994-95			36	6	1	0
1995-96	Atlante		23	0	1	0
USA			League		Open Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
1996	Los Angeles Galaxy	Major League Soccer	24	0
Mexico			League		Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
1996-97	Atlante	Primera División	16	0	8	0
USA			League		Open Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
1997	Los Angeles Galaxy	Major League Soccer	19	0
Mexico			League		Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
1997-98	Cruz Azul	Primera División	2	0
1997-98	Pumas	Primera División	10	0
USA			League		Open Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
1998	Chicago Fire	Major League Soccer	8	0
Mexico			League		Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
1998-99	Pumas	Primera División	33	6
1999-00			Tigres	Primera División	17	0
2000-01	Atlante	Primera División	26	0
2001-02	Pumas	Primera División	33	0
2002-03	Puebla	Primera División	26	0
2003-04			2	0
Total	Mexico		409	34
	USA		51	0
Career total			460	34

Honors

Club

UNAM

• Primera División: 1990-91

Cruz Azul

• Primera División: Invierno 1997

Chicago Fire

• MLS Cup: 1998
• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 1998

International

Mexico

• FIFA Confederations Cup (1): 1999
• CONCACAF Gold Cup (2): 1993, 1996

Post football career

After retiring from both club and international football in the early 2000s (decade), Campos became an assistant coach to Ricardo Lavolpe, the former head coach of the Mexico National Team. He was an assistant director of the National team that played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also owns a fast food franchise, Sportortas-Campos, specializing in tortas.

On 31 July 2011, he appeared in the 2011 "Messi and Friends" friendly match in aid of charity where he played for a Rest of World XI. He entertained many of the crowd, pulling off many saves including stopping Messi himself. He is also a commentator for TV Azteca.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]