Sergio Campbell

Sergio Campbell
Personal information
Full name Sergio Akeen Campbell[1]
Date of birth (1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Clarendon, Jamaica
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Stumptown Athletic
Number 4
Youth career
Portmore United
2007–2011 Clarendon College
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Central Arkansas Bears 8 (0)
2012–2014 Connecticut Huskies 64 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Columbus Crew SC 1 (0)
2015 → Austin Aztex (loan) 2 (0)
2016 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 26 (0)
2017 Rochester Rhinos 13 (0)
2018 AFC Ann Arbor 0 (0)
2019– Stumptown Athletic 6 (0)
International career‡
2010– Jamaica 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Jamaica
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Runner-up 2017 United States Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:39, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Sergio Akeen Campbell (born 16 January 1992) is a Jamaican international footballer who plays as a defender for Stumptown Athletic in the National Independent Soccer Association.

Career

Youth and club

Campbell began his career playing school boy football for Clarendon College.[2] After completing secondary school, Campbell then played for University of Central Arkansas in the USA.[3] Campbell transferred to the UConn Huskies at the University of Connecticut in August 2012.[4]

On 15 January 2015, Campbell was selected by the Columbus Crew in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.[5][6] Campbell was the 19th pick in the First Round of the draft. In late January, Campbell was the center of a dispute between his former club Portmore United and MLS. The Jamaican club want training compensation as Campbell was trained by United prior to moving to the United States.[7] Campbell is the nephew of Rodolph Austin.[7] On 12 February 2016 Campbell was waived by Columbus.[8] On 1 April 2016 Campbell was cleared to play for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds.[9][10]

International career

He made his international debut for Jamaica in 2010, coming on as a second half substitute against Guyana in Group I of the 2010 Caribbean Cup. In the next match of the Caribbean Cup, against Grenada in the semi-final, he received a red card after coming on as an extra-time substitute.[2][11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Jamaica's 40 player provisional list to Copa Centenario". Jamaica Football Federation. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Sergio Campbell". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Profile". University of Central Arkansas.
  4. ^ "Sergio Campbell". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ^ Jardy, Adam (15 January 2015). "Soccer: Crew trades down, takes UConn defender in SuperDraft". The Columbus Dispatch. Gannett Co. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. ^ @ColumbusCrewSC (15 January 2015). "'#CrewSC selects defender Sergio Campbell from UCONN with the 19th overall pick. #SuperDraft'" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 December 2017 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ a b Walker, Howard (28 January 2015). "Pay us!". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Crew SC announces roster updates during second preseason camp". Columbus Crew SC. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Campbell Cleared For Season Opener". Pittsburgh Riverhounds. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  10. ^ Ryan, Megan (23 February 2016). "Riverhounds to sign defender Sergio Campbell". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  11. ^ Burnett, Ian (4 December 2010). "Extra time strike sends Jamaica to final". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  12. ^ Burnett, Ian (6 December 2010). "The ref cheated me, screams Sergio". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 16 June 2020.


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