Noel Campbell (footballer)

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Noel Campbell
Personal information
Full name Noel Campbell
Date of birth (1949-12-11) 11 December 1949 (age 71)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1971 St Patrick's Athletic 87 (26)
1971–1979 Fortuna Köln 194 (27)
1980–1983 Shamrock Rovers 15 (0)
National team
1971–1977 Republic of Ireland 11 (0)
Teams managed
1983 Shamrock Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Noel Campbell (born 11 December 1949) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career[]

Born in Dublin, Campbell began his career in 1966 with St. Patrick's Athletic F.C. in the League of Ireland where alongside his brother Johnny played in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup against Girondins de Bordeaux with Noel scoring twice in the Stade Chaban-Delmas. He had played in the 1967 FAI Cup Final losing to Shamrock Rovers. He was the club's top scorer in 1968–69 and 1969–70.

While with St. Patrick's he made his full international debut on 30 May 1971.[1]

The following season Campbell moved to SC Fortuna Köln in Germany. From 1971 to 1973 he made 51 appearances and scored nine goals in the Regionalliga West; he also played five games and scored two goals in the promotion play-off to the Bundesliga. In 1973–74 he played 29 Bundesliga games and when he played against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 11 August 1973, he became the first Irishman to play in the Bundesliga. From 1974 to 1979 he scored 16 goals in 110 2. Bundesliga games.

Campbell won 11 caps for Ireland, one in his St. Patrick's Athletic days and a further ten whilst under contract to Fortuna Köln (becoming, in 1972, the first Irishman to appear in the national colours whilst on the books of a club based in mainland Europe.) He departed the international stage in somewhat ignominious circumstances, dismissed (rather arbitrarily, in the view of contemporary observers) within a minute of his introduction as a substitute in a 1977 World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria in Sofia.

Campbell made his debut for Shamrock Rovers on 3 December 1980 in a Leinster Senior Cup tie.[2] He took over as assistant manager the following season to John Giles and then from February 1983 until May 1983 he was team manager.[3]

He is the uncle of Dave Campbell.

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistics: Republic of Ireland". Soccerscene.ie. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Registration required". The Irish Times.
  3. ^ "Registration required". The Irish Times.

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