External links
- Cole Campbell at Soccerway.com
- Cole Campbell at WorldFootball.net
- Cole Campbell at Soccerbase.com
- Cole Campbell at FBref.com
- Cole Campbell at kicker (in German)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Cole Campbell [1] | ||
| Date of birth | February 20, 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Houston, Texas, United States [2] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [3] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Number | 37 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | Atlanta United | ||
| 2020–2022 | FH | ||
| 2022– | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | FH | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | Breiðablik | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Borussia Dortmund II | 11 | (2) |
| 2024– | Borussia Dortmund | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Iceland U17 | 7 | (2) |
| 2024 | United States U19 | 2 | (2) |
| 2024– | United States U20 | 2 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of September 13, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:34, August 12, 2024 (UTC) | |||
William Cole Campbell (born February 20, 2006) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.
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 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 Marbella, south Spain. [12] At the camp however, the club disciplined Campbell and Paris Brunner for leaving the team hotel after their midnight curfew. [13]
On October 26, 2024, Campbell made his professional debut for Borussia Dortmund, coming on as a substitute for Donyell Malen in a 2–1 loss to FC Augsburg. [14]
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. [15] [4] [16] [17] In March 2024, Campbell accepted a call up to the United States under-19 team, for which he debuted on March 24 against England under-19s, marking his debut with a match-winning brace in a 3–2 win for the United States.
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | 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 II | 2024–25 | 3. Liga | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | |||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
