D. J. Campbell
DJ Campbell as a player of FC Blackpool ( 2010)
Dudley Junior " D. J. " Campbell ( born November 12, 1981 in London ) is an English professional footballer. The striker is since August 2011 at the Premier League club Queens Park Rangers under contract.
Career
Non -League football
Between 2000 and 2005 DJ Campbell spent his career as a player in the so-called Non -League football field of English football. Numerous Goals unterklassigen the clubs he recommended himself for a chance at a professional club. Especially when Yeading FC Campbell was characterized by scoring 65 goals in 88 league games. On 7 June 2005 Campbell signed a contract with FC Brentford
D. J. Campbell in professional football
His new club acted at that time in the third-tier Football League One. DJ Campbell quickly earned a regular place and scored nine goals in 23 league games, before he re- joined the club already on 31 January 2006 and joined for £ 500,000 transfer fee Birmingham City. His new club from Birmingham played in the first division, but increased at the end of the season from the Premier League 2005 /06 from. Campbell was in the Premier League no match succeeded, but he acted in the Football League Championship successful and celebrated at the end of the season the resurgence of his team in the Football League Championship 2006/07. City took second place in the standings behind the AFC Sunderland and thus returned to the Premier League.
At the start of the new season signed Campbell for 1.6 million pounds transfer fee a 4- year contract with the English second division club Leicester City. The start at his new club was very disappointing as Leicester went surprisingly from the Football League Championship 2007/ 08 in the third-class Football League One. Only one point was missing on the table space -saving 21 and Coventry City. Campbell could not fulfill the expectations placed in him at Leicester City and was loaned out to Blackpool FC during the 2008 /09 season. There he could choose between Januar and June 2009 show his qualities better striker and scored nine goals in 20 missions in the Football League Championship 2008 /09.
Also in the Football League Championship 2009/10 acted DJ Campbell on loan. From November 2009 to January 2010, he scored three goals in eight games for Derby County. Then he returned from February to June 2010 Blackpool FC back, which has since been coached by Ian Holloway and already had been with Leicester City Campbell coach. There he again proved to be accurate and provided with eight goals in 15 games with that Blackpool finished sixth at the end of the season and moved into the play-offs. There Blackpool won the first leg 2-1 at home to Nottingham Forest, before Campbell with three goals was a 4-3 victory in the return game for the acclaimed hero. After a 3-2 victory in the final at Wembley against Cardiff City, the club was promoted to the Premier League, to the surprise of all. After the season, Campbell was forced to return to Leicester City, as the new coach Paulo Sousa did not want to do without him. However, on 31 August 2010 he signed a two - year contract in Blackpool.
Also in the Premier League 2010 /11, Campbell found around quickly and scored in his first 18 league inserts seven goals. Also the FC Blackpool distanced himself until the end of the first round surprisingly clear of the relegation places.