Diego Campos (Costa Rican footballer)

Diego Campos (born 1 October 1995) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who will play for Degerfors IF in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football.

Diego Campos
Campos with Chicago Fire in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-10-01) 1 October 1995
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger, Forward
Club information
Current team
 Degerfors
Number 8
Youth career
2013–2014 Montverde Academy
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Clemson Tigers 81 (23)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 SIMA Águilas 8 (6)
2018–2020 Chicago Fire 33 (1)
2018 → Indy Eleven (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 Jerv 46 (13)
2022- Degerfors IF 0
National team
Costa Rica U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:03, 24 December 2021 (UTC+1)

Career

Campos played four years of college soccer at Clemson University. During his time with the Tigers, Campos scored 23 goals and tallied 22 assists in 81 appearances.[1]

Campos also appeared for USL PDL side SIMA Águilas in 2017.[2]

Chicago Fire

On January 19, 2018, Campos was selected with the 38th overall pick of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft by the Chicago Fire.[3] Campos signed with the club on February 28, 2018.[4]

Campos made his professional debut on March 31, 2018, as a half-time substitute during a 2–2 draw with Portland Timbers.[5]

FK Jerv

He signed for FK Jerv for the 2020-2021 season on a free transfer from Chicago Fire.

Degerfors IF

Diego Campos will play for Degerfors IF from the 2022 season in Allsvenskan. He signed on a three year deal and he's the first player from Costa Rica to ever play for Degerfors IF[6]

References
  1. "Clemson Tigers - Clemson University Athletics". Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site.
  2. https://www.uslpdl.com/diego-campos
  3. Pando, José Luis Sánchez. "Son of former Barça star comes to Chicago Fire". chicagotribune.com.
  4. "Chicago Fire Soccer Club Signs 2018 MLS SuperDraft Picks Diego Campos and Elliot Collier | Chicago Fire FC".
  5. "Chicago 2:2 Portland". MLS. March 31, 2018.
  6. "Diego Campos klar för Degerfors IF". Degerfors IF (in Swedish). 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2021-12-24.


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