 Ocampos withSevilla in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Ariel Ocampos[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-07-11)11 July 1994 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Quilmes,Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger,forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Monterrey | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2009 | Quilmes | ||
| 2009–2011 | River Plate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | River Plate | 39 | (7) |
| 2012–2015 | Monaco | 80 | (10) |
| 2015 | →Marseille (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2015–2019 | Marseille | 82 | (14) |
| 2016–2017 | →Genoa (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2017 | →AC Milan (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2019–2024 | Sevilla | 153 | (33) |
| 2022–2023 | →Ajax (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2024– | Monterrey | 41 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Argentina U15 | 4 | (2) |
| 2011 | Argentina U17 | 12 | (3) |
| 2019–2023 | Argentina | 12 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:42, 26 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2023 | |||
Lucas Ariel Ocampos (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈlukasaˈɾjeloˈkampos]; born 11 July 1994) is an Argentine professionalfootballer who plays as awinger orforward forLiga MX clubMonterrey.
Ocampos began his senior career in Argentina withRiver Plate before joiningMonaco for aLigue 2 record fee of €11 million in 2012. He spent two-and-a-half seasons in the principality and was nominated for theEuropean Golden Boy award before joiningMarseille. There, he spent four seasons, either side ofloan spells in Italy withGenoa andMilan, before joining Sevilla in 2019.
Ocampos started playing football at the academy ofQuilmes at the age of six where he first played as a striker. It was with Quilmes that Ocampos was spotted byRiver Plate. In a youth match against the Buenos Aires-based club Ocampos scored twice, prompting the management at River to follow his progression.[3] They completed his signing after the U15 Sudamericano in which Ocampos excelled for Argentina, signing him on a 50% co-ownership deal with Quilmes.[4]
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Ocampos' first opportunity with River Plate's senior side came in 2011 following the club's relegation to theNacional B for the first time in their history. He was awarded his first-team debut bymanagerMatías Almeyda on 16 August 2011, aged 17, againstChacarita Juniors and scored his first goal for the club in the following match, netting River's opener in a 3–1 win overIndependiente Rivadavia.[5] Ocampos and Almeyda's paths had previously crossed at Quilmes where Almeyda had been a player at the time of the Ocampos' arrival at the academy.[4] Ocampos soon established himself as a regular in the starting eleven and was instrumental in River securing the club's promotion back to thePrimera División, ending the season with 7 goals to his name in 38 appearances. His form throughout the season had also seen him named by FIFA as one of the Players to Watch in 2012.[6] He made his Primera División debut on the opening day of the following season againstBelgrano.[7] It would be his final appearance for the club, however, as on 6 August 2012 he completed a transfer to French clubMonaco.
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On 6 August 2012,Ligue 2 sideAS Monaco, owned by Russian billionaireDmitry Rybolovlev and managed byClaudio Ranieri, completed the signing of Ocampos for a reported fee of €11 million, with the fee split between Quilmes, River and a group of investors.[4] The completion of the deal saw Ocampos become the most expensive Ligue 2 signing of all time.[8][9] He made his debut for the club on 31 August 2012, coming on as a second-halfsubstitute forEmir Bajrami in a 2–1 loss againstLe Havre.[4] Ocampos then scored his first goal for the club in his second appearance in the third round of theCoupe de la Ligue as Monaco beatValenciennes 4–2.[10] The goal, a spectacularbicycle kick in extra-time, was later chosen by Monaco supporters as the club's Goal of the Season.[11] His first league goal for the club came on 18 January 2013 when he scored one and recorded an assist forGary Kagelmacher in a 2–0 win overIstres.[12] Ocampos ultimately featured in 29 appearances across the league campaign, scoring four goals as Monaco secured their return toLigue 1.[13]
Monaco's promotion to Ligue 1 was accompanied by a spate of free-spending by Rybolovlev. The Russian owner completed the big-money signings ofJames Rodríguez,Radamel Falcao andJoão Moutinho, amongst others, with the effect that Ocampos found his influence within the Monaco squad diminishing.[11] Despite featuring more from the bench than from the start, Ocampos still managed a return of 5 goals in 34 appearances as Monaco ended the season as runners-up to mega-money rivalsPSG.[13] Monaco's failure to secure the league title despite heavy investment saw Ranieri sacked at the end of the season and replaced byLeonardo Jardim.[14] Despite seeing his game time reduced further under Jardim, Ocampos was nominated for theEuropean Golden Boy award in October 2014, though the award was eventually won byLiverpool'sRaheem Sterling.[15] On 26 November, Ocampos scored his firstChampions League goal in a 1–0 away win againstBayer Leverkusen.[16] Having started only seven matches by the end of January 2015, Ocampos requested a move away from the principality and was granted his wish with a transfer to Ligue 1 rivalsMarseille.
On 3 February 2015, Ocampos signed for Monaco'sLigue 1 rivalsMarseille onloan until the end of the season, where he paired up with compatriot and manager,Marcelo Bielsa. He made a goal scoring debut for the club four days later, netting in a 1–1 draw withRennes.[17] He ultimately made fourteen appearances and scored twice during his loan spell as Marseille ended the season in fourth. On 30 June 2015, Marseille announced that Ocampos had signed for the club on a permanent deal for a fee believed to be around €7 million.[18] He scored his first goal of the season in a 6–0 victory overTroyes on 23 August.[19] The goal, another bicycle kick from aRomain Alessandrini cross, was later nominated for the Ligue 1 Goal of the Season award, which was ultimately won byPierrick Capelle ofAngers[20][21] It was his only contribution in front of goal, however, as after the resignation of Bielsa early in the campaign Ocampos struggled to impress under new managerMíchel, and made only 17 appearances throughout the league season.[13]
On 29 June 2016,Serie A sideGenoa announced the signing of Ocampos on a season-longloan, with an option to purchase included.[17] He made his debut for the club on 12 August, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–2Coppa Italia win overLecce, and made his Serie A debut on 21 August in a 3–1 win over newly promotedCagliari.[22][23] In September, Ocampos injured ligaments in his knee which saw him ruled him out of action for a month.[24] He made his return on 6 November and scored his first goal for Genoa in a 1–1 draw withUdinese.[25] He scored his second goal the following week in a 3–1 loss toLazio before scoring his third and final goal for the club on 22 January 2017, netting Genoa's second in a 2–2 draw withCrotone.[26][27] Towards the end of January, Genoa and Marseille reached an agreement to allow Ocampos to join fellow Serie A sideA.C. Milan for the remainder of his loan spell for a reported fee of €500k.[28]
On 30 January 2017,Milan confirmed the loan signing of Ocampos for the remainder of the season, with Genoa retaining the option to buy from Marseille at the end of the loan spell.[29][30] He was signed as a replacement for FrenchmanM'Baye Niang who had moved on loan toPremier League sideWatford.[31] Ocampos made his debut for the club on 5 February, coming on as a late second-half substitute forAndrea Bertolacci in a 1–0 defeat toSampdoria.[32] He featured sporadically for the club, however, and at the end of the season returned to Marseille having played a combined 29 matches and scored 3 goals across all competitions during his stints with Genoa and Milan.
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Ocampos scored on his first Ligue 1 appearance following his return to Marseille, netting the only goal in a 1–0 win overNantes on 12 August 2017.[33] On 1 October, he scored a brace in the game againstNice winning the game forMarseille with 4–2.[34] He maintained his form throughout the first half of the season, scoring 6 goals in 15 league appearances by the end of the year, which saw him linked with a move toTorino during the January transfer market.[35] He remained at Marseille, however, and on 7 February 2018 he scored his first professionalhat-trick in a 9–0Coupe de France win overBourg-en-Bresse. The result was also Marseille's biggest win in 70 years.[36] He also featured regularly in the club'sEuropa League campaign and helped the side reach the final of the competition, where they lost 3–0 to Spanish side,Atlético Madrid.[37][38] He remained with Marseille the following season before departing for Spain, having scored 28 goals in 135 appearances during his time with the club.[39]
On 3 July 2019, Ocampos signed a five-year contract withLa Liga sideSevilla for an undisclosed fee.[40] On 11 August 2020, he scored the winning goal for Sevilla in the 88th minute, in a 1–0 win againstWolverhampton Wanderers in the2019–20 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals.[41] In his debut season with Sevilla, Ocampos scored 14 goals in La Liga to finish 4th in the table,[42] and eventually won the Europa League.[43] On 24 September 2020, he scored from a penalty in 1–2 defeat againstBayern Munich in the2020 UEFA Super Cup.[44][45]
On 31 August 2022, Ocampos joinedAjax on a season-long loan.[46] He was brought to replaceAntony, who had just joined Manchester United for a recordEredivisie fee of €100m.[47] On 17 January 2023, Ajax announced that they had terminated the loan agreement with immediate effect after Ocampos had only played 114 minutes for the club.[48]
On 31 May 2023, he won his second Europa league title after a 4–1 victory overRoma in the penalty shootouts after a 1–1 draw in thefinal, in which he managed to convert his penalty.[49][50]
On 3 September 2024, Mexican clubMonterrey reached an agreement withSevilla to sign Ocampos for a fee reported to be in the region of €7 million.[51][52]
Having previously represented his nation at youth level, Ocampos made his seniorArgentina debut on 9 October 2019 during a friendly againstGermany, coming on as a half-time substitute forÁngel Correa and scoring a late equalizer in a 2–2 draw.[53]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate | 2011–12 | Nacional B | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 39 | 7 | ||
| 2012–13 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 40 | 7 | ||||
| Monaco | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 5 | ||
| 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 39 | 7 | ||
| 2014–15 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | — | 26 | 3 | |||
| Total | 80 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 98 | 15 | |||
| Marseille (loan) | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | |
| Marseille | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6[d] | 2 | — | 25 | 4 | |
| 2017–18 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17[d] | 4 | — | 53 | 16 | |||
| 2018–19 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[d] | 1 | — | 40 | 5 | |||
| Total | 96 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | — | 132 | 27 | |||
| Genoa (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie A | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 3 | |||
| Milan (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Sevilla | 2019–20 | La Liga | 33 | 14 | 4 | 2 | — | 7[d] | 1 | — | 44 | 17 | ||
| 2020–21 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | — | 7[c] | 0 | 1[e] | 1 | 46 | 8 | |||
| 2021–22 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 9[f] | 2 | — | 42 | 9 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 9[d] | 1 | — | 29 | 5 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 5[c] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 45 | 5 | |||
| 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 153 | 33 | 16 | 5 | — | 37 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 44 | |||
| Ajax (loan) | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Monterrey | 2024–25 | Liga MX | 28 | 2 | — | — | 2[g] | 0 | 3[h] | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2025–26 | 13 | 5 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3[i] | 0 | 16 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 7 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 7 | ||||
| Career total | 439 | 76 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 562 | 103 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 October 2019 | Signal Iduna Park,Dortmund, Germany | 1 |  Germany | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 13 October 2019 | Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero,Alicante, Spain | 2 |  Ecuador | 6–1 | 6–1 |
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