Mónica Ocampo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ocampo and the second or maternal family name is Medina.
Mónica Ocampo
Ocampo with Sky Blue FC in 2014
Personal information
Full name Mónica Ocampo Medina[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-04) 4 January 1987[1]
Place of birth Jojutla, Morelos, Mexico[2]
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Indiana 48 (27)
2010 Atlanta Beat 17 (3)
2013–2015 Sky Blue 35 (11)
2017–2025 Pachuca 96 (46)
International career‡
2004 Mexico U19
2005–2006 Mexico U-20
2006–2018 Mexico 77[3] (14)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2015

Mónica Ocampo Medina (born 4 January 1987) is a former Mexican professional footballer who last played as a forward for CF Pachuca and the Mexico women's national team. She has also been a member of Mexico's U19 and U-20 teams.

Club career

Indiana and Atlanta Beat

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]

Sky Blue

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]

Pachuca

In 2017, Ocampo began playing for Pachuca in the Liga MX Femenil. She competed in the Copa MX Femenil where her team went undefeated in the and emerged as the champions by defeating Tijuana in the final with a 9–1 score, with Ocampo herself scoring two goals. Pachuca thus became the first women's football team in Mexico to win an official tournament.[9] She also won the league title in the Clausura 2025 season.[10][11]

Ocampo retired from playing after the Apertura 2025 season.[12][13]

International career

Ocampo represented Mexico at the 2004 CONCACAF U-19 Women's Qualifying Tournament.[14] 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.[15] In 2019, that goal was voted by FIFA the best goal all-time in the Women's World Cup.[16]

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 May 2006 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia  Australia 1–0 1–2 Friendly
2. 13 September 2006 PAETEC Park, Rochester, United States  United States 1–1 1–3
3. 26 November 2006 The Home Depot Center, Carson, United States  Jamaica 1–0 3–0 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
4. 3–0
5. 14 July 2007 Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Paraguay 2–0 5–0 2007 Pan American Games
6. 4–0
7. 20 October 2007 University Stadium, Albuquerque, United States  United States 1–0 1–1 Friendly
8. 2 April 2008 Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico  Jamaica 8–1 8–1 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
9. 13 December 2009 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 1–2 3–2 2009 Torneio Internacional
10. 20 June 2011 Jahnstadion, Göttingen, Germany  Australia 1–0 2–3 Friendly
11. 27 June 2011 Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany  England 1–1 1–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
12. 18 October 2014 Toyota Park, Bridgeview, United States  Martinique 8–0 10–0 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship
13. 9–0
14. 26 October 2014 PPL Park, Chester, United States  Trinidad and Tobago 2–2 2–4 (a.e.t.)
15. 18 July 2015 Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton, Canada  Trinidad and Tobago 3–1 3–1 2015 Pan American Games
16. 16 December 2015 Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil  Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 3–0 2015 Torneio Internacional
17. 8 April 2018 BBVA Stadium, Houston, United States  United States 1–1 2–6 Friendly
18. 20 July 2018 Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia  Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 5–1 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
19. 2–0
20. 27 July 2018  Venezuela 1–0 3–1

Personal life

Ocampo has two children.[17][18]

Honours and achievements

Pachuca
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. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. 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/ Archived 25 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; "Sky Blue Monica Ocampo Voted NWSL Player of the Month" http://www.skybluefc.com/home/749506.html Archived 1 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 31 December 2013
  7. ^ "Player statistics: NWSL" "2014 Player Statistics - National Women's Soccer League". Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2013., accessed d31 Dec 2013
  8. ^ "Sky Blue FC Announces 2013 Team Awards - Sky Blue FC". www.skybluefc.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  9. ^ g.carrillo (6 May 2017). "Pachuca, primer Campeón del futbol Femenil". Record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Pachuca beats America on aggregate to capture its first Liga MX Femenil title". AP News. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Pachuca Femenil, el primer campeón que ya presume el triplete". ABC Noticias (in Spanish). 17 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Mónica Ocampo: el adiós de una pionera que hizo historia" (in Spanish). Publimetro. 29 December 2025.
  13. ^ "Mónica Ocampo cerró su ciclo como una de las jugadoras pioneras de México" (in Spanish). OnceDiario. 12 January 2026.
  14. ^ Fernández García, Gaspar (25 May 2004). "Alexandra, a Ottawa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  15. ^ John Ashdown (27 June 2011). "Monica Ocampo's 30-yard effort earns Mexico draw against England". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  16. ^ "Ocampo Strike Voted Women's World Cup's Greatest Goal". FIFA. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  17. ^ Mendoza, Fernanda (10 May 2021). "Mónica Ocampo, una mamá de leyenda" (in Spanish). Milenio. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021.
  18. ^ Peña, Karen (10 May 2023). "Las once jugadoras mamás de la Liga MX Femenil" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Archived from the original on 31 January 2026.
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