Joel Campbell
Campbell with Arsenal in 2014
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| Full name | Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1992 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Forward / Winger | ||||||||
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Current team
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Sporting CP (on loan from Arsenal) |
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| Number | 7 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Liga Deportiva Alajuelense | ||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Saprissa | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2009–2011 | Saprissa | 3 | (0) | ||||||
| 2011 | → Puntarenas (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||
| 2011– | Arsenal | 23 | (3) | ||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Lorient (loan) | 25 | (3) | ||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Real Betis (loan) | 28 | (2) | ||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 32 | (8) | ||||||
| 2015 | → Villarreal (loan) | 15 | (1) | ||||||
| 2016– | → Sporting CP (loan) | 16 | (3) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Costa Rica U17 | 9 | (8) | ||||||
| 2010–2011 | Costa Rica U20 | 13 | (10) | ||||||
| 2011– | Costa Rica | 70 | (14) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
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Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels (pronounced: [ʒoˈel ˈkambel]; born 26 June 1992) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Sporting Clube de Portugal, on loan from Arsenal, and the Costa Rica national team. Campbell plays as a forward but can also be deployed on the wings.
Campbell joined Arsenal in 2011, but spent his first three seasons out on loan at three clubs in three different countries: Lorient, Real Betis and Olympiacos. He made his competitive Arsenal debut as the club won the 2014 FA Community Shield, and had another loan at Villarreal before scoring his first Arsenal goal in 2015.
Campbell has earned 50 caps for Costa Rica from his senior international debut in 2011, and was selected for that year's CONCACAF Gold Cup and Copa América. He was a key part of their squad which reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Campbell's career began with Saprissa in 2009 before being sent on loan to Puntarenas in January 2011.
On 28 July 2011, Costa Rican television reported that Campbell had come to an agreement with Arsenal, after having been discovered by club scout Daniel Karbassiyoon, although the player later admitted that while he had not yet signed talks were taking place. On 6 August, Costa Rican media reported that Campbell was set to sign a five-year deal with Arsenal after rejecting Sevilla and Fiorentina.
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