Leonardo Campana
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| Full name | Leonardo Campana Romero[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 July 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guayaquil, Ecuador | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Inter Miami (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Barcelona SC | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Barcelona SC | 16 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| 2020– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Famalicão (loan) | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Grasshopper (loan) | 14 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| 2022– | → Inter Miami (loan) | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ecuador U20 | 16 | (6) | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Ecuador U23 | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2019– | Ecuador | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 July 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
Leonardo Campana Romero (born 24 July 2000) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Inter Miami, on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers. He also represents the Ecuador national team.
Club career[]
He began his career with Barcelona SC in 2016.[2] He scored his first professional goal on 21 April 2019 against Delfín de Manta.
On 21 January 2020 he moved to English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers in a three-and-a-half-year deal.[3]
On 19 September, he joined Primeira Liga side, Famalicão, on a season long loan.[4]
On 16 July 2021, Campana joined Swiss Super League side Grasshopper on a season-long loan deal.[5] His first appearance for the Swiss side came in a 2–0 defeat against Basel, where he conceded an own goal.
On 20 January 2022, it was announced that Campana would join Major League Soccer club Inter Miami on a season-long loan.[6]
International career[]
Campana started to gather attention at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship where he scored six goals in nine games as Ecuador were crowned champions.[7]
Personal life[]
Campana is the son of former professional tennis player turned politician Pablo Campana, who after representing Ecuador at the 1996 Olympics is now Minister for commerce in the Ecuadorean government. His great-grandfather, Gabriel, won six Ecuadorian league winners’ medals in the 1920s, and his grandfather, Isidro Romero, was the president of Barcelona Sporting Club for 15 years and the team’s stadium in Guayaquil, where Campana used to play, is named after him.[8] Campana is also an United States citizen.[9]
Career statistics[]
- As of 29 August 2021
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona SC | 2019 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Famalicão (loan) | 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Grasshoppers (loan) | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| Inter Miami (loan) | 2022 | Major League Soccer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 9 | ||
Honours[]
Ecuador U20
- South American U-20 Championship Champion: 2019
- South American U-20 Championship Top scorer: 2019
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Third place: 2019[10]
References[]
- ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Leonardo Campana at Soccerway
- ^ "Wolves secure Campana signing". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Loan move for Campana". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Campana makes loan move to Grasshoppers". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Inter Miami CF Signs Ecuadorian International Forward Leonardo Campana on Loan | Inter Miami CF".
- ^ Alarcón, Fabián (27 February 2019). "El día en que Leonardo Campana hizo expulsar a un jugador de Liga ante BSC". Redacción Bendito Fútbol (D). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ "Inter Miami CF Signs Ecuadorian International Forward Leonardo Campana on Loan | Inter Miami CF".
- ^ "Mina sparks historic finish for Ecuador". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019.
External links[]
- Leonardo Campana profile at Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol (in Spanish)
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