Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Cole Campbell [1] | ||
Date of birth | February 20, 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Houston, Texas, United States [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Dortmund | ||
Youth career | |||
–2020 | Atlanta United Academy | ||
2020–22 | FH U19 | ||
2022– | Borussia Dortmund U19 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | FH | 2 | (0) |
2022 | Breiðablik | 1 | (0) |
2022– | Borussia Dortmund | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | Iceland U17 | 7 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, February 7, 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, May 29, 2023 (UTC) |
William Cole Campbell (born February 20, 2006) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. A former Iceland youth international, his one-time switch of international affiliation to the United States was approved by FIFA in March 2024. [3]
Campbell was born in Houston [2] to American-born Iceland international and University of North Carolina soccer player Rakel Karvelsson [4] and pharmaceutical executive Lance Campbell, himself a soccer player at Texas Lutheran University. [5] In 2015, his family moved to Peachtree City, Georgia, [6] where his father drove more than an hour each way so he could train with Atlanta United FC's youth academy. [2] Campbell regularly visited Iceland during the summers and trained with the professional side Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (FH) starting at age 8. [4]
In January 2020, Campbell moved to Iceland, joining the Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar youth team. [4] He made his first-team debut in 2021, coming on as a substitute for Jónatan Ingi Jónsson in a 5–0 win over Leiknir Reykjavík, becoming the second youngest player in FH history after Logi Hrafn Róbertsson. [4]
On May 16, 2022, following another appearance for FH, it was announced[ by whom? ] that Campbell would join the German side Borussia Dortmund that summer. [7] [8] The following day, he joined Breiðablik on a short-term deal, effective until his move to Dortmund in July. [9] [10] He left Iceland in June 2022, following one appearance with Breiðablik. [11]
In January 2024, Campbell was one of several Dortmund youth players who joined the senior team's winter training camp before the second half of the 2023–24 season in Marabella, south Spain. [12] At the camp however, the club disciplined Campbell and Paris Brunner for leaving the team hotel after their midnight curfew. [13]
Eligible at birth to represent both Iceland and the United States, FIFA approved Campbell's one-time switch of nationalities to play for the United States after previously playing for Iceland's under-17 team. [3] [4] [1] [14]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FH | 2021 | Úrvalsdeild | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | Besta deild karla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Breiðablik | 2022 | Besta deild karla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Borussia Dortmund | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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