Leonardo Campana
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| Full name | Leonardo Campana Romero | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Barcelona SC | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Barcelona SC | 16 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Ecuador U20 | 9 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Ecuador | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 17, 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 10, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Leonardo Campana Romero (born 24 July 2000) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for English club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Ecuador national team. Leonardo Campana holds a Spanish passport due to his heritage.
Club career
He began his career with Barcelona SC in 2016.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
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. [4]
Career statistics
- As of 23 February 2020[1]
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | ||
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[5]
References
- ^ a b Leonardo Campana at Soccerway
- ^ "Wolves secure Campana signing". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/amp/ecuadors-campana-boosted-by-family-backing
- ^ "Mina sparks historic finish for Ecuador". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019.
External links
- Leonardo Campana profile at Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol (in Spanish)
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