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.

Mónica Ocampo

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

Mónica Ocampo

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.

Mónica Ocampo

Ocampo was voted player of the week in the NWSL on 19 June 2013 and player of the month for August 2013. 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. She was awarded the Golden Boot as Sky Blue's most prolific scorer.

International career

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

International goals

Honours and achievements

Individual

Liga MX Femenil Team of The Season: Apertura 2017

See also

List of Mexican Fútbol (soccer) athletes

List of people from Morelos, Mexico

References

External links

Profile at Mexican Football Federation

Monica Ocampo profile at National Women's Soccer League

Monica Ocampo profile at Sky Blue FC

1987 births

Living people

Mexican women's footballers

Footballers from Morelos

Women's association football forwards

Mexico women's international footballers

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players

Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games

Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico

Pan American Games medalists in football

Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games

Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games

USL W-League (1995–2015) players

F.C. Indiana players

Women's Professional Soccer players

Atlanta Beat (WPS) players

National Women's Soccer League players

NJ/NY Gotham FC players

Liga MX Femenil players

C.F. Pachuca (women) footballers

Mexican expatriate women's footballers

Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States

Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games

Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games