Eileen Campbell
{{Short description|Austrian footballer (born 2000)}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Eileen Campbell
| image = 2020 Eileen Campbell (cropped).jpg
| caption = Campbell in 2020
| full_name = Eileen Michelle Campbell
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|9|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria
| position = Forward
| currentclub = SC Freiburg
| clubnumber = 10
| youthyears1 = 2008–2013
| youthclubs1 = SC Tisis
| youthyears2 = 2013
| youthclubs2 = FC Sulz
| youthyears3 = 2013–2015
| youthclubs3 = FC Blau-Weiß Feldkirch
| years1 = 2015
| clubs1 = FC Blau-Weiß Feldkirch
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2015–2019
| clubs2 = FC Rot-Weiß Rankweil
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2019–2024
| clubs3 = SPG SCR Altach/FFC Vorderland
| caps3 = 67
| goals3 = 35
| years4 = 2024–
| clubs4 = SC Freiburg
| caps4 = 12
| goals4 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2018
| nationalteam1 = Austria U19
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = Austria
| nationalcaps2 = 15
| nationalgoals2 = 7
| club-update = 19:35, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 19:35, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
}}
Eileen Michelle Campbell (born 17 September 2000) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga side SC Freiburg and the Austria national team.{{Worldfootball.net|eileen-campbell|access-date=31 January 2022}} She previously played for ÖFB Frauen Bundesliga club SPG SCR Altach/FFC Vorderland.
Early life
Campbell was born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg to a Northern Irish mother and a father from Vorarlberg.{{cite web |title=Eileen Campbell: Zwischen 42-Stunden-Woche und Nationalteam |trans-title=Eileen Campbell: Between a 42-hour week and the national team |url=https://www.laola1.at/de/red/fussball/oefb-nationalteam/damen/eileen-campbell--zwischen-42-stunden-woche-und-nationalteam/ |website=laola1.at |access-date=28 November 2023 |language=German |date=25 October 2023}} She began playing football at SC Tisis at the age of 8.{{cite web |title=Campbell ist Fußballspielerin der Saison |trans-title=Campbell is footballer of the season |url=https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3227638/ |website=vorarlberg.ORF.at |access-date=28 November 2023 |language=German |date=22 October 2022}} For years, as late as the U16 team at FC Blau-Weiß Feldkirch, she played in boys' teams as the only girl. In 2018 she earned her Matura at the Gymnasium Mehrerau in Bregenz.
Club career
In summer 2015 Campbell had a trial with Frauen-Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and moved to FC Rot-Weiß Rankweil of the Austrian second tier.{{cite news |last1=Rauch |first1=Sebastian |title=Mit Talent und Ehrgeiz zurück zu den Wurzeln |trans-title=Back to the roots with talent and ambition |url=https://epaper.neue.at/sport/2015/11/18/mit-talent-und-ehrgeiz-zurueck-zu-den-wurzeln.neue |access-date=28 November 2023 |work=Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung |date=19 November 2015 |pages=50–51 |language=German}}
In 2019, Campbell joined ÖFB Frauen Bundesliga side SPG SCR Altach/FFC Vorderland, then called FFC Vorderland. After the 2022–23 season, during which she scored 15 goals in 17 appearances, she earned the award of the best female footballer of the season in Austria, becoming the first person from Vorarlberg to achieve this feat.
In November 2023 it was announced that Campbell would join Frauen-Bundesliga club SC Freiburg in January 2024.{{cite web |title=Frauen-Bundesliga: Eileen Campbell wechselt nach Freiburg |trans-title=Frauen-Bundesliga: Eileen Campbell moves to Freiburg |url=https://www.kicker.de/neue-nummer-zehn-altach-torjaegerin-campbell-wechselt-nach-freiburg-981455/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=28 November 2023 |language=German |date=28 November 2023}}
International career
Born to a Northern Irish mother, Campbell only had British citizenship until 2015 when she was called up to the Austria U17 national team and obtained an Austrian passport. For the Austria U19 she played in two matches.{{cite web |title=Eileen Campbell |url=https://www.oefb.at/NT-Profile/Spieler/1215413/U19 |website=oefb.at |access-date=28 November 2023 |language=German}} She made her debut for the senior national team on 15 November 2022, in a 3–0 win in a friendly against Slovakia.
Outside football
Career statistics
:Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Campbell goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Eileen Campbell | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1 | 17 February 2023 | Gozo Stadium, Gozo, Malta | {{fbw|NED}} | style="text-align:center"|1–1 | style="text-align:center"|2–1 | Friendly |
| style="text-align:center"|2 | 22 September 2023 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | {{fbw|NOR}} | style="text-align:center"|1–1 | style="text-align:center"|1–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| style="text-align:center"|3 | 31 October 2023 | Estádio do Varzim, Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal | {{fbw|POR}} | style="text-align:center"|2–1 | style="text-align:center"|2–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| style="text-align:center"|4 | 5 December 2023 | NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, Austria | {{fbw|NOR}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | style="text-align:center"| 2–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| style="text-align:center"|5 | rowspan=2| 5 April 2024 | rowspan=2| Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria | rowspan=2| {{fbw|GER}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|2–3 | rowspan=2| UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| style="text-align:center"|6 | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | |||||
| style="text-align:center"|7 | 9 April 2024 | Stadion Miejski w Gdyni, Gdynia, Poland | {{fbw|POL}} | style="text-align:center"|3–1 | style="text-align:center"|3–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| style="text-align:center"|8 | 4 June 2024 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | {{fbw|ISL}} | style="text-align:center"|1–1 | style="text-align:center"| 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
References
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External links
- {{kicker|eileen-michelle-campbell}}
{{SC Freiburg (women) squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Eileen}}
Category:Footballers from Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
Category:Austrian women's footballers
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Austria women's international footballers
Category:Austria women's youth international footballers
Category:ÖFB Frauen Bundesliga players
Category:Frauen-Bundesliga players
Category:SC Freiburg (women) players
Category:Austrian expatriate women's footballers
Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany