Joel Campbell

Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels ( born June 26, 1992) is a Costa Rican football player at the position of a striker. Since 2011 he is at Arsenal under contract.

Club career

Career start at record champions

His career as a player began in Campbell offspring of the Costa Rican championship record in football, Deportivo Saprissa. There he went through all the youth leagues and was primarily for his offensive performance, which earned him several appearances in the U-16 and U -17 Costa Rica. After several years in junior, he was the age of 17 for the first time División in the men's team with gaming operations in the Primera de Costa Rica brought where Campbell finally made ​​his debut in the season 2009/10. He was set up on 15 November 2009 in a 4-1 victory over his later Leihverein and made his debut as he, after 86 minutes for his offensive game Jairo Obando colleagues came on. In the Invierno 2009 or Titellos, the team brought in the subsequent Verano 2010 after completing the final round of the championship. Campbell spent this time mostly in the club's young and only came back in the 2010/11 season back to the pros, where he was finally brought from the Invierno 2010 often in the team or even used. In a match against CF Universidad de Costa Rica on August 9, 2010, only unused substitute, Joel Campbell was in the subsequent round of his debut from the start. In the 0-2 defeat against the AD Santos de Guápiles he eventually played by well over the full period, but remained goalless. His next assignment was followed again until the end of September, when he was brought during the CONCACAF Champions League 2010/ 11 in a match against the Mexican representative CF Monterrey in the professional squad. In the 2-2 draw against the Mexicans, he replaced the 63rd minute from the actual midfielder Esteban Sirias. Shortly thereafter, he still completed a brief appearance in La Liga and was thereafter used exclusively in the offspring, although he was still a few more times without the use on the bench.

Interest from foreign clubs

After he was placed in the qualifying rounds for the CONCACAF U- 20 Championship 2011 for his homeland and here was also successful as a scorer, he brought it early February 2011 on loan to league rivals FC Puntarenas. For the season 2010/11 he also came increasingly to his missions in the top division of the country. His debut for Puntarenas he was here on February 6, when he came in the 2-0 victory over Santos de Guápiles from the second half for his teammates Ariel Santana on the lawn. To date (as of June 6, 2011 ) was followed by further four league appearances, in which Campbell brought in by his previous five league appearances for Puntarenas FC only one over the full duration. Mainly because of its outstanding performance in the CONCACAF U- 20 Championship 2011, which earned him, among other things, the scorer crown, numerous international organizations were aware of the young offensive talent Deportiva Saprissa, besides numerous clubs from Italy.

For the season 2011/12 Campbell moved to Arsenal, but was initially awarded to Betis Sevilla to FC Lorient and later for the 2012/13 season. In the summer of 2013 he was loaned for another year to the Greek giants Olympiakos Piraeus.

National team career

His career in the Costa Rican youth teams started Campbell already during his youth at Deportivo Saprissa. At that time he was already used in the U-16 National Team in Costa Rica and took the team among other things, the Copa Centroamericana U-16 tournament in 2007, where he was able to establish itself as a scorer. After that, he was also used in the U -17 Costa Rica, with the participated among others in the qualifiers for the CONCACAF U-17 Championship 2009 and scored four goals in a game against the age counterparts from Nicaragua. As the tournament was stopped early because of the swine flu outbreak, Costa Rica qualified as group runner-up in Group B for the subsequent U-17 World Cup 2009. During the CONCACAF U -17 Championship Campbell was twice entered in the scoresheet and was thus the most successful Costa Ricans in the competition. Here Joel Campbell was also the Costa Rican squad and was used in all three games of his native country, where he in the group match against the age colleagues and New Zealand also the single point of his team in the competition contributed after a 1-1 draw in which he in the 35th minute scored the equalizer. Following the departure of the group stage, he returned to his homeland, where he was to give it his professional debut for Deportivo Saprissa soon.

From about 2010, the offensive player for the U -20 Costa Rica was used. For the juniors, he completed include some games in qualifying for the CONCACAF U- 20 Championship 2011, where he met in an encounter against Nicaragua in a double. After the Costa Ricans will take place after play-offs could barely qualify for the CONCACAF U- 20 Championship 2011 in Guatemala, Campbell became the tournament in March and April 2011, a key figure of his national team. In addition to other key players, such as his strike partner Mynor Miller and Joshua Diaz, Campbell appeared in the tournament very professional and Deadly marksman in appearance and secured with six hits not only the crown scorer of the competition, but also the interest of many foreign clubs. With Costa Rica made ​​it in the tournament until the final, where, however, the same age Mexicans defeated with 1:3. Due to his achievements Joel Campbell was brought shortly thereafter by Ricardo La Volpe in the 23-man squad Costa Rica, participating in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup in June 2011. Slightly more than a week after Campbell graduated already his first international match for the national team of Costa Rica, as it was used in the friendly match against Nigeria as a substitute. During the subsequent tournament in Guatemala, the attacker was used in the first group match against Cuba. He came in the 58th minute for Marco Ureña on the lawn and scored 13 minutes later the goal for a 5-0 final score. After completion of the Gold Cup Campbell is also seen for a starting place in the Costa Rican junior team until August 2011 participates in June at the 2011 World Junior Championships in Colombia.

In September 2013 he became the subject of controversy arose in a World Cup qualifying game for unsportsmanlike conduct when a video of his monstrous swallow against the U.S. National player Matt Besler. The clear Schwalbe Besler brought a yellow card and subsequent ban. The spread of the recordings have generated extensive discussion on the quality of the CONCACAF refereeing, and whether such fraud after the game should provide for disciplinary action.

Achievements

  • Finalist of the CONCACAF U- 20 Championship: 2011
  • Scorer in the CONCACAF U- 20 Championship: 2011
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