Cole Campbell
{{Short description|American soccer player (born 2006)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cole Campbell
| image =
| upright =
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| full_name = William Cole Campbell{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce233/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Borussia Dortmund (GER) |publisher=FIFA |page=6 |date=June 15, 2025 |access-date=June 15, 2025}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|2|20}}
| birth_place = Houston, Texas, United States{{cite news |first=Jonas |last=Ortmann|title=The Duranvilles and the Campbells – Siblings at BVB |url=https://www.bvb.de/eng/News/Overview/The-Duranvilles-and-the-Campbells-Siblings-at-BVB |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=bvb.de |date=25 January 2024}}
| height = 1.7mhttps://www.whoscored.com/players/513605/show/cole-campbell
| position = Winger
| currentclub = Borussia Dortmund
| clubnumber = 37
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2020
| youthclubs1 = Atlanta United
| youthyears2 = 2020–2022
| youthclubs2 = FH
| youthyears3 = 2022–
| youthclubs3 = Borussia Dortmund
| years1 = 2021–2022
| clubs1 = FH
| caps1 = 2
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2022
| clubs2 = Breiðablik
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2024–
| clubs3 = Borussia Dortmund II
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2024–
| clubs4 = Borussia Dortmund
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2021
| nationalteam1 = Iceland U17
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 2024
| nationalteam2 = United States U19
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2024–
| nationalteam3 = United States U20
| nationalcaps3 = 2
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| club-update = March 16, 2025
| nationalteam-update = 16:34, August 12, 2024 (UTC)
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William Cole Campbell (born February 20, 2006) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.
Early life
Campbell was born in Houston to American-born Iceland international and University of North Carolina soccer player Rakel Karvelsson{{cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/20212143864d|title=Velur Ísland yfir Bandaríkin til að feta í fótspor móður sinnar|trans-title=Chooses Iceland over the United States to follow in his mother's footsteps|first=Valur Páll|last=Eiríksson|date=August 16, 2021|accessdate=February 7, 2023|website=visir.is|language=Icelandic}} and pharmaceutical executive Lance Campbell, himself a soccer player at Texas Lutheran University.{{cite news |last1=Maines |first1=Don |title=He was drawn to compounding pharmacy |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/pearland-news/article/He-was-drawn-to-compounding-pharmacy-2213071.php |access-date=March 15, 2024 |work=Houston Chronicle |date=October 11, 2011}} In 2015, his family moved to Peachtree City, Georgia,{{cite news |author1=MOBA Soccer Academy |title=We are excited to add Lance Campbell to our team! Lance will be an assistant coach, as well as a mentor for our Youth Program! |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=467351076940218 |access-date=March 15, 2024 |publisher=Facebook |date=March 17, 2017}} where his father drove more than an hour each way so he could train with Atlanta United FC's youth academy. Campbell regularly visited Iceland during the summers and trained with the professional side Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (FH) starting at age 8.
Club career
In January 2020, Campbell moved to Iceland, joining the Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar youth team. 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.
On May 16, 2022, following another appearance for FH, it was announced that Campbell would join the German side Borussia Dortmund that summer.{{cite web|url=https://sport.sky.de/fussball/artikel/borussia-dortmund-transfers-bvb-schnappt-sich-top-talent-cole-campbell/12614650/34090|title=Aus Island! BVB schnappt sich Top-Talent|trans-title=From Iceland! BVB grabs top talent|first1=Sven|last1=Westerschulze|first2=Jesco|last2=von Eichmann|date=May 16, 2022|accessdate=February 7, 2023|website=sport.sky.de|language=German}}{{cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/20222263914d|title=William Cole frá FH til Borussia Dortmund|trans-title=William Cole from FH to Borussia Dortmund|first=Runólfur Trausti|last=Þórhallsson|date=May 16, 2022|accessdate=February 7, 2023|website=visir.is|language=Icelandic}} The following day, he joined Breiðablik on a short-term deal, effective until his move to Dortmund in July.{{cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/20222264390d/william-cole-aefir-med-blikum-thar-til-hann-heldur-til-dortmund|title=William Cole æfir með Blikum þar til hann heldur til Dortmund|trans-title=William Cole trains with Blikum until he goes to Dortmund|first=Hjörtur Leo|last=Guðjónsson|date=May 17, 2022|accessdate=February 7, 2023|website=visir.is|language=Icelandic}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2022/05/17/fh_ingurinn_aefir_med_breidabliki_adur_en_hann_fer_/|title=FH-ingurinn æfir með Breiðabliki áður en hann fer til Dortmund|trans-title=The FH player trains with Breiðablik before he goes to Dortmund|date=May 17, 2022|accessdate=February 7, 2023|website=mbl.is|language=Icelandic}} He left Iceland in June 2022, following one appearance with Breiðablik.{{cite web|url=https://www.dv.is/433/2022/6/28/william-cole-campbell-yfirgefur-kopavoginn-og-er-maettur-til-thyskalands/|title=William Cole Campbell yfirgefur Kópavoginn og er mættur til Þýskalands|trans-title=William Cole Campbell leaves Kópavogur and has arrived in Germany|first=Hörður Snævar|last=Jónsson|date=June 28, 2022|accessdate=February 7, 2023|website=dv.is|language=Icelandic}}
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.{{cite news |title=The BVB squad for the training camp in Marbella | url = https://www.bvb.de/eng/News/Overview/The-BVB-squad-for-the-training-camp-in-Marbella |access-date=March 15, 2024 |work=bvb.de |date=January 2, 2024}} At the camp however, the club disciplined Campbell and Paris Brunner for leaving the team hotel after their midnight curfew.{{cite news | title = Dortmund's bleak midwinter: Curfew breakers, delayed transfers, Terzic uncertainty | url = https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5188245/2024/01/10/borussia-dortmund-transfer-analysis/ |access-date=March 15, 2024 |work=The Athletic | first = Raphael | last = Honigstein | authorlink=Raphael Honigstein |date=January 10, 2024}}
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.{{cite news | title = U.S. youth star Cole Campbell makes Borussia Dortmund debut | url = https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/42015898/usa-youth-cole-campbell-borussia-dortmund-debut-bundesliga |access-date=October 26, 2024 |work=ESPN (via the Associated Press) |date=October 26, 2024}}
International career
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39678288/borussia-dortmund-cole-campbell-switch-usa-iceland|title=Dortmund U19 forward Campbell switches to U.S. from Iceland|first=|last=|date=March 7, 2024|accessdate=March 7, 2024|website=ESPN.com|language=English}}{{WorldFootball.net|william-campbell_2}}{{KSÍ player|311149}} 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.
Career statistics
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{{updated|March 16, 2025}}{{Soccerway|william-cole-campbell/762300}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|National cup{{efn|Includes Icelandic Men's Football Cup, DFB-Pokal}} !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=3|FH
|2021 |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2 | Total
!2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Breiðablik
|2022 |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Borussia Dortmund II
|11 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Borussia Dortmund
|4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=UCL|Appearance in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| colspan=3 | Career total
!18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
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References
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Category:Icelandic people of American descent
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Category:Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:American people of Icelandic descent
Category:Soccer players from Houston
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