Leonardo Campana

Ecuadorian footballer (born 2000)

Leonardo Campana
Campana warming up for Inter Miami in 2024
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Campana Romero[1]
Date of birth (2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Inter Miami
Number 8
Youth career
2016–2019 Barcelona SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Barcelona SC 16 (3)
2020–2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Famalicão (loan) 9 (2)
2021 → Grasshoppers (loan) 14 (3)
2022 → Inter Miami (loan) 26 (11)
2023– Inter Miami 32 (11)
International career‡
2019 Ecuador U20 16 (6)
2019–2020 Ecuador U23 6 (1)
2019– Ecuador 15 (0)
Medal record
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Leonardo Campana Romero (born 24 July 2000) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Ecuador national team.

Club career

Barcelona SC

Campana began his career with Barcelona SC in 2016.[3] He scored his first professional goal on 21 April 2019 against Delfín de Manta.

Wolverhampton

On 21 January 2020, Campana moved to English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers in a three-and-a-half-year deal.[4]

Famalicão

On 19 September, Campana joined Primeira Liga side, Famalicão, on a season long loan.[5] He made his debut for Famalicão on 28 September 2020, being substituted for Rubén del Campo in a 2–1 victory over Belenenses SAD.[6] He scored his first goal for Famalicão on 22 April 2021, during a 3–0 victory versus Gil Vicente.[7]

Grasshoppers

Leo Campana with Grasshopper in 2021

On 16 July 2021, Campana joined Swiss Super League side Grasshoppers on a season-long loan deal.[8] His first appearance for the Swiss side came in a 2–0 defeat against Basel, where he conceded an own goal.

Inter Miami

On 20 January 2022, it was announced that Campana would join Major League Soccer club Inter Miami on a season-long loan.[9] He made his debut for Inter Miami on 26 February 2022, starting in a 0–0 draw versus Chicago Fire FC.[10] Campana scored his first goal for Inter Miami on 6 March 2022, their only goal in a 5–1 loss to Austin FC.[11] Campana was named MLS Player of the Week for Week 6 of the 2022 season on 11 April 2022, for his hat trick against the New England Revolution.[12] Campana signed with Miami on a permanent basis on 20 January 2023. He occupies a Young Designated Player roster slot and is signed through the end of the 2025 season, with a club option to extend through 2026.[13]

On 19 August 2023, Inter Miami won the 2023 Leagues Cup in penalties, with Campana scoring the third penalty after getting subbed on for Josef Martínez.

Campana in the 2023 U.S. Open Cup

Campana scored two goals assisted by Lionel Messi in the 2023 U.S Open Cup semifinal on 24 August as Inter Miami advanced to their second final of the season,[14] which they lost against the Houston Dynamo 2–1.

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.[15]

Personal life

Campana is the son of former professional tennis player turned politician Pablo Campana, who much after representing Ecuador at the 1996 Olympics became Minister of Commerce in the Ecuadorean government of Lenin Moreno. 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.[16] He is a relative of President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa Azin, through his grandmother, Isabel Noboa.[17] He is also a citizen of the United States.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 March 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona SC 2019 Ecuadorian Serie A 16 3 5 1 — — 21 4
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019–20 Premier League 0 0 — — — 0 0
Famalicão (loan) 2020–21 Primeira Liga 9 2 1 0 — — 10 2
Grasshoppers (loan) 2021–22 Swiss Super League 14 3 1 0 — — 15 3
Inter Miami (loan) 2022 MLS 26 11 2 1 — — 28 12
Inter Miami 2023 MLS 26 9 4 2 — 7[b] 0 37 11
2024 MLS 6 2 — 1[c] 0 — 7 2
Total 32 11 4 2 1 0 7 0 44 13
Career total 97 30 13 4 1 0 7 0 118 34

International

As of 22 November 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ecuador 2019 4 0
2020 1 0
2021 5 0
2022 2 0
2023 3 0
Total 15 0

Honours

Inter Miami

Ecuador

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Leonardo Campana: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Leonardo Campana at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Wolves secure Campana signing". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Loan move for Campana". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  6. ^ "BELENENSES VS. FAMALICÃO 1 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  7. ^ "GIL VICENTE VS. FAMALICÃO 0 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Campana makes loan move to Grasshoppers". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  9. ^ Inter Miami CF Signs Ecuadorian International Forward Leonardo Campana on Loan | Inter Miami CF, Inter Miami CF Communications Department, 20 January 2022, archived from the original on 13 May 2022
  10. ^ "INTER MIAMI VS. CHICAGO FIRE 0 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  11. ^ "AUSTIN VS. INTER MIAMI 5 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Inter Miami striker Leonardo Campana named Week 6 Player of the Week". mlssoccer.com. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Inter Miami CF Completes Permanent Transfer of Forward Leonardo Campana". InterMiamiCF.com. Inter Miami CF. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  14. ^ mlssoccer. "Lionel Messi & Inter Miami! Open Cup final awaits after FC Cincinnati thriller | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ FIFA.com
  17. ^ "Isabel Noboa, su límite es el mundo" [Isabel Noboa, Her Limit is the World]. Hoy (in Spanish). 7 March 2005. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Inter Miami CF Signs Ecuadorian International Forward Leonardo Campana on Loan | Inter Miami CF".
  19. ^ Leonardo Campana at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  20. ^ Sigal, Jonathan (20 August 2023). "Lionel Messi & Inter Miami are Leagues Cup champions!". MLS Soccer. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  21. ^ "Mina sparks historic finish for Ecuador". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.

External links

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Inter Miami CF – current squad
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Ecuador squad – 2021 Copa América
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South American Youth Football Championship awards
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