Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for Liga MX club León and the Costa Rica national team.
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Campbell joined Arsenal in 2011 and was thereafter loaned out to French side Lorient, Spanish club Real Betis and Greek outfit Olympiacos.
He made his competitive Arsenal debut as the club won the 2014 FA Community Shield. He was again sent on loan to La Liga team Villarreal before he scored his first Arsenal goal in 2015.
Campbell has so far earned over 110 caps for Costa Rica and was a member of the squad which won the 2014 Copa Centroamericana. He was also part of the Costa Rican side which reached the last eight of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and played in the 2018 World Cup as well.
Campbell additionally helped Costa Rica get to the quarter-finals of 2015, 2019 and 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cups, as well as the semi-finals of the 2017 Gold Cup.
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Joel Campbell Children: Meet His Daughter Brianna Campbell
Joel Campbell and his wife have two children, a firstborn daughter and later a son. Fernanda gave birth to a beautiful baby girl whom the couple named Brianna Campbell.
Joel Campbell is emotional and sensitive and cares deeply about matters of the family and their home. Both Joel Campbell, his wife and his lovely daughter love to go on vacation to different beautiful natural destinations.
Having a beautiful wife and a lovely kid surely makes Campbell change for the better, thus becoming very close to God. Joel sees his wife, mother and daughter as the second pillar in his life, with the first being God.
Roxana Samuels, Joel’s mother, revealed that before each match, her son reads Psalm 27. Ideally, this practice began as a recommendation from both his wife and mother. It is a way in which Campbell gets belief in his performances.
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