Mónica Ocampo

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Ocampo and the second or maternal family name is Medina.

Mónica Ocampo
Personal information
Full name	Mónica Ocampo Medina
Date of birth	(1987-01-04) 4 January 1987
Place of birth	Jojutla, Mexico
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Sky Blue FC
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2009	FC Indiana
2010	Atlanta Beat	17	(3)
2013-	Sky Blue FC	15	(8)
National team^‡
2007–	Mexico	41	(14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 July 2013

Mónica Ocampo Medina (born 4 January 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who currently plays for Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League. She is also a member of the Mexico women's national football team.

Playing career

Club

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

In 2010, she signed with Atlanta Beat in the WPS.^[1] She made 17 appearances for the club and scored three goals.^[2]

On January 11, 2013 she joined Sky Blue FC in the new National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). On June 26, 2013, Ocampo scored goals in the 85th and 92nd minute to lead Sky Blue to a 2-2 tie with FC Kansas City. On August 10, 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 June 19, 2013 and player of the month for August 2013.^[3] Although she only started nine out of the 22 matches that Sky Blue played in the regular season, she scored a higher percentago of goals per minute of playing time than any other player in the league.^[4] She was awarded the Golden Boot as Sky Blue's most prolific scorer.^[5]

International

Ocampo scored a long–range equalizer against England in Mexico's first group match of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[6]

References

↑ "Players". Women's Professional Soccer. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
↑ "Monica Ocampo". Soccer Way. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
↑ "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 Dec 2013
↑ "Player statistics: NWSL" http://www.nwslsoccer.com/Stats/index_E.html, accessed d31 Dec 2013
↑ http://www.skybluefc.com/home/749840.html, accessed 31 Dec 2013
↑ John Ashdown (2011-06-27). "Monica Ocampo's 30-yard effort earns Mexico draw against England". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-06-28.

External links

Mónica Ocampo – FIFA competition record

v t e Sky Blue FC – current squad

1 Cameron 2 Goodson 3 Rampone 4 Foord 5 Johnson 6 Lytle 7 Rangel 8 Ocampo 9 Adams 10 Bock 11 De Vanna 12 Nick 13 Booth 16 Schmidt 18 Lisonbee Cutshall 19 O'Hara 21 Loyden 22 Makoski 23 Freels 25 Thompson Manager: Gabarra

v t e Mexico squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Venegas 2 Robles 3 Sandoval 4 Garciamendez 5 Vinti 6 Garcia 7 Lopez 8 Worbis 9 Domínguez 10 Garza 11 Rangel 12 Tajonar 13 Mercado 14 Alvarado 15 del Rosario Saucedo 16 Corral 17 Noyola 18 Perez 19 Ocampo 20 Santiago 21 Mayor Coach: Cuéllar

Persondata
Name	Ocampo, Monica
Alternative names
Short description	Association football player
Date of birth	4 January 1987
Place of birth	Jojutla, México
Date of death
Place of death

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