Mónica Ocampo

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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.

Full name Mónica Ocampo Medina[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-04) 4 January 1987 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Jojutla, Morelos, Mexico[2]
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
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Mónica Ocampo
Ocampo with Sky Blue FC in 2014
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Full name Mónica Ocampo Medina[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-04) 4 January 1987 (age 39)[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
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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

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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 May 2006Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Australia1–01–2Friendly
2.13 September 2006PAETEC Park, Rochester, United States United States1–11–3
3.26 November 2006The Home Depot Center, Carson, United States Jamaica1–03–02006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
4.3–0
5.14 July 2007Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Paraguay2–05–02007 Pan American Games
6.4–0
7.20 October 2007University Stadium, Albuquerque, United States United States1–01–1Friendly
8.2 April 2008Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico Jamaica8–18–12008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
9.13 December 2009Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil Brazil1–23–22009 Torneio Internacional
10.20 June 2011Jahnstadion, Göttingen, Germany Australia1–02–3Friendly
11.27 June 2011Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany England1–11–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup
12.18 October 2014Toyota Park, Bridgeview, United States Martinique8–010–02014 CONCACAF Women's Championship
13.9–0
14.26 October 2014PPL Park, Chester, United States Trinidad and Tobago2–22–4 (a.e.t.)
15.18 July 2015Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton, Canada Trinidad and Tobago3–13–12015 Pan American Games
16.16 December 2015Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil Trinidad and Tobago2–03–02015 Torneio Internacional
17.8 April 2018BBVA Stadium, Houston, United States United States1–12–6Friendly
18.20 July 2018Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia Trinidad and Tobago1–05–12018 Central American and Caribbean Games
19.2–0
20.27 July 2018 Venezuela1–03–1
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Personal life

Ocampo has two children.[17][18]

Honours and achievements

Pachuca
Individual

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