Gaspar Campos-Ansó Fernández (born 27 March 2000) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Campos was born in

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, and joined

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in 2008, aged eight. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 10 March 2019, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–3

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away loss against

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. Definitely promoted to the B-team for the 2019–20 campaign, Campos scored his first senior goal on 1 December 2019, netting the equalizer in a 2–1 home win against

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. He made his first team debut the following 25 June, starting in a 1–1 draw at

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in the

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championship. Campos started to feature regularly for the main squad in the 2020–21 season, and scored his first professional goals on 25 November 2020, netting a brace in a 3–1 home win against

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. On 18 August 2022, he was loaned to fellow second division side

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, for one year.

Personal life

Campos' grandfather Juan Manuel was a

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for Asturias during the 2000–2004 period.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, Gaspar 2000 births Living people Footballers from Gijón Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Sporting de Gijón B players Sporting de Gijón players Burgos CF footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers