Samuele Campo (born 6 July 1995) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Youth football

Campo, son of a Swiss mother and an Italian father grew up in the Hirzbrunnen quarter of Kleinbasel (Lesser Basel). He joined

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as six-year-old in 2002 and played his entire youth football at the club, advancing to their U-21 team during the 2012/13 season. For the U-21 team he played 54 games scoring 13 goals. During this period, he had three appearances in test matches for the first team. In the winter break of the

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season he left Basel and joined

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Lausanne-Sport

, with head coach

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, at that time played in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. Campo made his professional debut with his new club on 31 July 2016 as they played a 4–4 draw with

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. At the end of the 2015–16 Challenge League season Lausanne won the league and secured promotion to the

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. The attacking midfielder then established himself in the top division in the following season 2016/2017, scoring six goals and just as many assists. In the next season, the player matured into a top performer within Lausanne's ranks and scored four goals and eight assists in the 19 league games up until the winter break, as he left the club to return to his club of origin.

Basel

On 27 December 2017, FC Basel announced that Campo would return to the club, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract dated up until June 2022. Campo joined Basel's first team for during the winter break of their 2017–18 season under head coach

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. After playing in five test games Campo played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the

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on 4 February 2018 as Basel were defeated 1–0 by

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. He scored his first goal for his club in the home game on 29 April. It was the second goal of the match as Basel won 6–1 against

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. Under trainer Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16

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1–0. In the quarter finals

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were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi-finals

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were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against

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scored the first goal,

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the second for Basel, then

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netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. Campo played in two cup games and scored a goal in the match against Echallens. On 14 October 2020 Campo was tested positive on the Corona virus. Following his illness, his recovery was slow and he did not return to fitness before the winter break.

Loan to Darmstadt

On 1 February 2021, the last day of the 2020–21 winter transfer window, Campo joined

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club

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on loan for the rest of the 2020–21 season.

Return to Basel

Following his loan period he returned to Basel, but on 2 July 2021 the club announced that Campo would move on to

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. During his time with the club, Campo played a total of 112 games for Basel's first team scoring a total of 23 goals. 61 of these games were in the

, seven in the

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, 16 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 28 were friendly games. He scored 15 goals in the domestic league, two in the cup, two in the

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and the other four were scored during the test games.

Luzern

Luzern confirmed on 2 July 2021 the transfer deal, stating Campo had signed a three-year contract up until the summer 2024. Campo joined Luzern's team for their 2021/22 season under head coach

International career

Campo is of Italian descent. He was a youth international for Switzerland.

Honours

Lausanne-Sport *

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: 2015–16 Basel *

: 2018–19

References

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

Samuele Campo profile at fcl.ch
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campo, Samuele 1995 births Footballers from Basel Living people Swiss men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Switzerland men's youth international footballers Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers Swiss people of Italian descent Swiss Super League players FC Lausanne-Sport players FC Basel players SV Darmstadt 98 players FC Luzern players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany