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Top Facts About Lucas Ocampos, The Future Star of Sevilla FC

Lucas Ocampos is an Argentine professional football player who plays as a winger for the Spanish club Sevilla and the Argentina national team. Learn all the top facts about Lucas Ocampos, this talented young footballer in this article.

Lucas Ocampos is a talented young footballer who amazed everyone with his remarkable goal-scoring abilities. His strength and energy along with tactics and great vision on the pitch had made him a tough opponent to go up against. He first proved himself worthy by playing for the Spanish club Sevilla after his transfer from the French club, Marseille. Learn the storyline of this remarkable young player in this article.

However, in this article you will get all the details about Lucas Ocampos personal life and the amazing story of how he met his longtime sweetheart and ended up with a family. Lucas Ocampos wife is the stunning fashion model, Majooh Barbeito. We will start with

Lucas Ocampos childhood

and let’s not forget about Lucas Ocampos net worth and earnings. Learn more top facts about Lucas Ocampos in the following.

Top Facts About Lucas Ocampos, You Probably Didn’t Know

Lucas Ocampos is a young talented footballer who has a promising future in football. In 2014 he was nominated for the European Golden Boy Award but he lost it to Raheem Sterling who is an English footballer and plays as a winger and attacking midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national team. find out more top facts about Lucas Ocampos in the following.

Lucas Ocampos Childhood and Early Life

Let’s start with Lucas Ocampos Childhood. He was born on July 11, 1994, in

Quilmes

, Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina. Buenos Aires is the largest city in Argentina and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after Sao Paulo.

Lucas Ocampos parents

are both Argentine and his father is Jorge Ocampos. He grew up in the same city he was born.

Lucas Ocampos

age was six when he first showed interest in football and began playing at the academy of Argentine Football Club Quilmes as a striker.

He first caught the attention of the Argentine professional sports club River Plate by playing for Quilmes. In a game over the Buenos Aires-based club, Lucas scored two goals, and following his goals the management of River Plate decided to keep up with his improvement. Later they signed him for a 50% co-ownership deal. Lucas Ocampos parents were proud of their son and encouraged him to keep going. Find out the top facts about Lucas Ocampos career in the following.

Lucas Ocampos Remarkable Goal Scoring

Lucas first had the chance of playing for the senior side in 2011, after the relegation of

River Plate

to the Nacional B which was the first time in the history of the club. Lucas Ocampos age was 17 when he had his debut on August 16, 2011, in a game against

Chacarita Juniors

. The talented young footballer showed his skills and abilities in goal scoring by scoring his first goal in the first game he played. Ocampos showed how valuable he is to the club by securing the club's promotion back to the Primera División which is the professional football league in Argentina.

Ocampos had the chance to serve along Almeyda at the time he arrived in the club. Fede Praml, football journalist stated: “The kid was gold. He made his debut at El Monumental in River’s first-ever second-division match. No pressure. In his second match, he scored. In the third, a goal and assist. He was electric. He was the first kid that Almeyda promoted to the first team. The story goes that in a training session against the youths, Ocampos nutmegged Almeyda (who was a player the previous season) twice. Almeyda was 37 years old, Ocampos just 16.”

According to

Lucas Ocampos stats

, he ended the season with 7 goals and 38 appearances. His style of play during the season earned him a title by FIFA as one of the top Players to Watch in 2012. On the first day of the next season, he made his Primera División debut in a game against

Belgrano

. This was his final game at the club and later he was transferred to the French club

Monaco

.

Lucas Ocampos the Most Expensive Signing of History

According to Lucas Ocampos transfer market stats, on August 6, 2012, the talented young player signed a contract with Ligue 2 side AS Monaco which is owned by the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev and managed by Claudio Ranieri. The contract worth €11 million with the fee split between Quilmes, River, and a group of investors. This contract made Ocampos the most expensive Ligue 2 signing of history.

On August 31, 2012, made his debut for the club as a second-half substitute for Emir Bajrami in a 2–1 defeat over

Le Havre

. The talented young player showed his scoring abilities in his second appearance in a game against

Valenciennes

which was a 4–2 victory for Monaco. Learn more top

facts about Lucas Ocampos

in the following.

Ocampos Scores the Goal of the Season at Monaco Fc

The goal that Ocampos scored in the game against Valenciennes was an amazing bicycle kick in extra-time. Later the goal was named by Monaco supporters as the club’s Goal of the Season. As for Ocampo’s first league goal for the club, he scored in a 2-0 victory against Istres on January 18, 2013, and he also recorded an assist for Gary Kagelmacher. According to Lucas Ocampos stats he made 29 appearances across the league campaign and scored four goals as Monaco secured their return to Ligue 1. Following Monaco's promotion to Ligue 1 and the expensive signing of Ocampos, the Russian owner signed a contract with new players.

Despite the heavy investment, Monaco failed to secure the league title. Claudio Ranieri was replaced by Leonardo Jardim and Ocampo's appearances reduced with the replacement of the manager. Although Ocampos was nominated for the European Golden Boy Award in October 2014 and as we mentioned before he lost the award to

Raheem Sterling.

On 26 November, the young footballer scored his first Champions League goal in a 1-0 victory over

Bayer Leverkusen

. At the end of January 2015, Ocampos appeared in only seven games and later he requested a transfer and he got transferred to Ligue 1 rivals Marseille.

Lucas Ocampos Joined Marseille

Based on

Lucas Ocampos transfer market stats

, on 3 February 2015, the talented young player reached an agreement for Monaco's Ligue 1 rivals Marseille on loan until the end of the season. He associated with the manager and compatriot Marcelo Bielsa. Once again Ocampos showed his goal-scoring abilities by aiming for the net in his first game which was 1–1 draw against Rennes. Lucas Ocampos stats indicate that he made fourteen appearances and scored two goals during his presence at Marseille as the team finished the season fourth place.

On June 30 2015,

Marseille

declared that Ocampos had reached agreement to be a permeant player at the club for the estimated amount of €7 million. In a 6-0 win against

Troyes

on 23 August, Ocampos scored his first goal of the season. However later Bielsa resigned from his position and with the arrival of the new manager, the young footballer struggled to impress him and throughout the league season he only made 17 appearances. Stay tuned for more top

facts about Lucas Ocampos

.

Ocampos Loans to Genoa and Milan

According to Lucas Ocampos transfer market stats, on June 29, 2016 Serie A side Genoa declared that Ocampos had signed for a long loan with an option to purchase included. In September the young footballer suffered from a knee injury which ruled him out for a month. Later Ocampos returned and kept scoring goals for the club. By the end of January Genoa and Marseille reached an agreement to transfer the talented footballer to Serie A side A.C. Milan for the remainder of his loan spell for a reported fee of €500k.

According to Lucas Ocampos stats by the end of the season he made 29 appearances and scored 3 goals in both

Genoa

and

Milan

. Later he came back to Marseille and continued with his remarkable style of play. On October 1, the young star scored a brace in a game over Nice which ended up with a 4-2 victory for Marseille. By the end of the season Ocampos scored 6 goals in 15 league appearances. Find out more top facts about Lucas Ocampos.

The Future Star of Sevilla FC

On July 3, 2019, the young footballer reached agreement with La Liga side Sevilla and signed a 5-year contract for an undisclosed fee. The young footballer showed an outstanding performance and on September 24, 2020, he scored a penalty in a 1–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. Ocampos assisted the team to finish 4th in the table by scoring 14 goals in his first season. The young footballer showed an outstanding performance and on September 24, 2020, he scored a penalty in a 1–2 lose over Bayern Munich in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup. Learn more

top facts about Lucas Ocampos

in the following.

Real Madrid Is Interested in Signing a Contract with Ocampos

The young star showed such a remarkable performance on the pitch that now all the big clubs are interested in having him on board. According to a reporter in Ocampos’ homeland Argentina,

Real Madrid

showed interest in signing a contract with the

Sevilla

star, Lucas Ocampos. Lucas commented on the subject: “The other day I was speaking with my wife. We opened the paper and saw that Real Madrid were interested in me. It’s enough to make anyone feel proud,”

So far the 25-year-old football star scored 75 goals during his career playing for several clubs. During only two seasons at the Spanish club Sevilla, he scored 22 goals in 70 appearances. Lucas Ocampos also represented his nation at the youth level and in October 2019, he made his senior Argentina debut in a friendly game over Germany. The young footballer replaced Ángel Correa and scored a late equalizer in a 2–2 draw.

Lucas Ocampos wife

Based on Lucas Ocampos personal life, the young star is a married man. He met his wife back in 2010, and they instantly fell in love and started dating.

Lucas Ocampos wife

is Majooh Barbeito and she is his longtime sweetheart. Majooh is a fashion model and influencer on Instagram. The stylish beauty is widely followed and she has more than 130k followers on her account. She posts stylish photos of herself and promotes several brands on her account. The couple got married in December 2017. They are not shy to show their love on social media.

In February 2020, Ocampos posted a photo along with Majooh on his Instagram and captioned: “Happy day, my beautiful, thank you for always being in the good moments and especially the bad moments together with Ami supporting me and making my days happy, even though with you every day is Saint Valentine, I love you beautiful @majoohbarbeito.” Lucas Ocampos wife also posted a photo for their anniversary and wrote: “A day like today we were married and fortunately with our two princesses who are the most important thing in our lives.”

She added: “Just wanted to tell you that I love you as the first day and more, thank you for every moment, for every smile, for every tear, for every word, for the simple echo for being there in every important moment of my life, I appreciate this beautiful family we formed, the truth I feel lucky to have met a person like you, I hope I can always give you the same and more for your happiness it’s mine, I love you baby for many more years together.” Find out facts about

Lucas Ocampos children

in the following.

Lucas Ocampos Children

The couple is happily married and blessed with two beautiful girls. According to the facts about

Lucas Ocampos personal life

, the pair don’t share details about their children for their own safety. In a post on Instagram Ocampos celebrated mother’s day and captioned: “Happy mother’s day the love of my life. Thank you for making us happy every day of the year, I hope we can make you spend a beautiful day with the kids, we love you, beautiful mommy.” Apparently, the couple had their children before they got married in 2017.

In 2015 Majooh posted a sonogram photo of her first child and showed how much she is happy being pregnant and can’t wait to have her child in her arms. A few months later she gave birth to her firstborn child with Lucas.

Lucas Ocampos age

was only 20 when he experienced parenthood. In December 2016, Majooh posted another sonogram photo and she wrote: “second princess on the way, love you my little Logan.” Find out more top facts about Lucas Ocampos.

Lucas Ocampos Salary and Net Worth

Now let’s get into the details of

Lucas Ocampos salary

and income. As we mentioned before the talented footballer was the most expensive league 2 signing in the history of football. The football star signed a contract worth €11 million with Ligue 2 side AS Monaco. However, the earnings from the contract weren’t directly credited to Ocampos, and the fee split between Quilmes, River, and a group of investors.

Lucas Ocampos had the opportunity to play for prominent clubs in Europe and make a name for himself. He got recognition for his style of play and remarkable goal-scoring abilities. So far he must have amassed a fortune for himself by serving at these clubs. Lucas Ocampos salary is less than €5 million per year and more than €500k per month.

Lucas Ocampos net worth

is estimated to be around €6 million.

Lucas Ocampos Social Media Accounts

Now let’s get into the details of

Lucas Ocampos Social Media Accounts

. The young footballer is very popular on Instagram and he has more than 500k followers on his account. Recently he posted a photo of his mother congratulating her birthday. He captioned: “Happy birthday mommy. Almost two years without seeing you, I love you and I miss you.” So far the young star posted more than 500 posts of his daily life. He also posted a photo along with his wife for valentine’s day and wrote: “Happy valentine’s day beautiful.”

He added: “Thank you for every moment lived together, thank you for accompanying me in every moment of my life and for being in the bad times above all things, I love you the same way today as 10 years ago when we met and that’s the important thing. Thank you for the family we formed and for those two princesses who make our world perfect. I love you

@majoohbarbeito

.”

Lucas Ocampos is available by the username of

@lucasocampos11

. You can follow him and get more updates. As for other Lucas Ocampos Social Media Accounts, he has an account on Twitter, and he is signed up by the username of

@Locampos15

. The football star has more than 170k followers on this platform. He also has an account on Facebook which is available by the username of

@locampossitiooficial

and less than 500k follow him on this platform.


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