Mónica Ocampo

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ocampo and the second or maternal family name is Medina.
Mónica Ocampo
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Ocampo with Sky Blue FC in 2014
Personal information
Full name Mónica Ocampo Medina[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-04) 4 January 1987 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Jojutla, Morelos, Mexico[2]
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Pachuca
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Indiana 48 (27)
2010 Atlanta Beat 17 (3)
2013–2015 Sky Blue 35 (11)
2017– Pachuca 93 (44)
National team‡
2004 Mexico U19
2005–2006 Mexico U-20
2006– Mexico 77[3] (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 June 2015

Mónica Ocampo Medina (born 4 January 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for CF Pachuca and the Mexico women's national team.

Club career[]

From 2006 to 2009, Ocampo played with W-League club FC Indiana.

In 2010, she signed with Atlanta Beat in the WPS.[4] She made 17 appearances for the club and scored three goals.[5]

On 11 January 2013 she joined Sky Blue FC in the new National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). On 26 June 2013, Ocampo scored goals in the 85th and 92nd minute to lead Sky Blue to a 2–2 tie with FC Kansas City. On 10 August, Ocampo scored two goals in a 3–3 tie between Sky Blue and the Chicago Red Stars.

Ocampo was voted player of the week in the NWSL on 19 June 2013 and player of the month for August 2013.[6] Although she only started nine out of the 22 matches that Sky Blue played in the regular season, she scored a higher percentage of goals per minute of playing time than any other player in the league.[7] She was awarded the Golden Boot as Sky Blue's most prolific scorer.[8]

International career[]

Ocampo represented Mexico at the 2004 CONCACAF U-19 Women's Qualifying Tournament.[9] At senior level, she scored a long–range equalizer against England in Mexico's first group match of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[10] In 2019, that goal was voted by FIFA the best goal all-time in the Women's World Cup.[11]

Honours and achievements[]

Individual[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Las Delanteras de la Selección Femenil de México que Participarán en Canadá 2015". Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Players". Women's Professional Soccer. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Monica Ocampo". Soccer Way. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  6. ^ "NWSL Fams vote Sky Blue FC's Monica Ocampo MVP of Week 10" http://www.nwslnews.com/nwsl-fans-vote-sky-blue-fcs-monica-ocampo-mvp-of-week-10/; "Sky Blue Monica Ocampo Voted NWSL Player of the Month" http://www.skybluefc.com/home/749506.html, accessed 31 December 2013
  7. ^ "Player statistics: NWSL" "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), accessed d31 Dec 2013
  8. ^ http://www.skybluefc.com/home/749840.html, accessed 31 December 2013
  9. ^ Fernández García, Gaspar (25 May 2004). "Alexandra, a Ottawa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  10. ^ John Ashdown (27 June 2011). "Monica Ocampo's 30-yard effort earns Mexico draw against England". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Ocampo Strike Voted Women's World Cup's Greatest Goal". FIFA. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

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