Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez [1] | ||
Date of birth | March 25, 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Merced, California, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2016 | Merced Atlas Soccer Academy | ||
2016–2019 | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2017–2022 | Tacoma Defiance | 67 | (18) |
2019–2022 | Seattle Sounders FC | 3 | (0) |
2021 | → FC Pinzgau Saalfelden (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2023 | Austin FC | 0 | (0) |
2023 | → Austin FC II (loan) | 22 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | United States U15 | 5 | (2) |
2017–2019 | United States U17 | 22 | (9) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:15, September 25, 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 13, 2019 |
Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (born March 25, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward.
Ocampo-Chavez was raised in Merced, California to Mexican parents, playing in the Merced Atlas Soccer Academy program. He signed a contract in 2016 to join the Seattle Sounders FC Academy at the age of 14, shortly after entering the U.S. youth national team system and training with the national under-14 team. [2] [3]
He was transferred to the Sounders' under-17 team and played in the Generation Adidas Cup, scoring four goals against other MLS academy teams. [4]
Ocampo-Chavez made his professional debut on July 8, 2017, playing for USL club Seattle Sounders FC 2 on July 8, 2017 in a 4–1 defeat to Real Monarchs. [5] He was signed to a full-time USL contract with the team in August 2018. [4] In the 2019 Generation Adidas Cup, he led the Sounders team to the final by scoring six goals in five matches, including a hat-trick against the West Ham United Academy in the semifinal. [6]
Ocampo-Chavez signed a first-team MLS contract with the Sounders on May 1, 2019, after making three appearances for the Tacoma Defiance. [7] Following the 2022 season, Ocampo-Chavez was released by Seattle. [8]
On July 17, 2021, he was loaned to FC Pinzgau Saalfelden. [9]
On November 17, 2022, his MLS rights were claimed by Austin FC off the waivers list. [10] On November 29, 2022, he signed a one-year deal with Austin. [11] On November 17, 2023, Austin FC announced they would not exercise the 2024 option for Ocampo-Chavez. [12]
At the beginning of the 2023 season, Ocampo-Chavez was loaned to Austin FC II for their inaugural season in MLS Next Pro. [13] He appeared in 22 games and scored four goals for Austin FC II, who won the 2023 MLS Next Pro Cup. [14]
In October 2019, Ocampo-Chavez was named to the United States squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil. [15]
Ocampo-Chavez who has only played for U.S. youth national teams, also holds the option to be called up by Mexico.
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Seattle Sounders FC 2 | 2017 | USL | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2018 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
Tacoma Defiance | 2019 | 17 | 6 | — | — | — | 17 | 6 | ||||
Seattle Sounders FC | 2019 | MLS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Tacoma Defiance | 2020 | USL | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
2021 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||||
2022 | MLS Next Pro | 24 | 9 | — | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 26 | 9 | |||
Total | 71 | 18 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 73 | 18 | ||||
FC Pinzgau Saalfelden (loan) | 2021–22 | Austrian Regionalliga | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | 13 | 1 | |||
Total | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||||
Austin FC | 2023 | MLS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Austin FC II (loan) | 2023 | MLS Next Pro | 22 | 4 | — | — | 3 [a] | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
Career total | 106 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 112 | 24 |
Austin FC II
Seattle Sounders FC