Javier Edgardo Cámpora (born 7 January 1980 in

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) is a former

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player who played as a striker.

Career

He is a striker who has played professional football in

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and

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in Greece. Cámpora's most notable achievement to date, was becoming the top scorer in the

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2005 tournament of the

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. He scored 13 goals despite the fact that Tiro Federal finished 19th and was relegated to Primera B Nacional.

Aris

In 21, January 2009 he signed a 1-and-a-half year contract with

After nine games in

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(season 2008–09) he achieved to score five times. After having bad times with the club's former coach, Iomar

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, he finally found his position on the team with the coming of

Héctor Cúper Héctor Raúl Cúper (; born 16 November 1955) is an Argentine football manager and former player. As a player, he was a defender who spent most of his career at Club Ferro Carril Oeste, where played 463 games. His nickname was "Cabezón" ("Big ...

. He scored 11 times in 26 games at the Greek Superleague, including two goals against PAOK and two for the Greek Cup (season 2009–2010). In April 2010 he signed a two-year contract with

but unexpectedly two months later he left from the club for personal reasons.

Later years

One month later he signed on Chilian giants

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but he failed to become a part of the team although he scored 4 goals on 13 matches. After leaving Colo-Colo he signed with Argentinian

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where although he had very good presence, 20 matches – 11 goals, the club finally relegated after a 2–0 loss from

Gimnasia La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasia ...

in Argentina's relegation playoffs in June 2011.

Veria

Cámpora debuted for

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on 24 August 2014 against

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. He also played as a team regular in matchday 2 against OFI in

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. He scored his first goal against

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on 14 August 2014 equalizing Javito's early goal. He scored his second goal for Veria in the

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first matchday against

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. He scored his second league goal against

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

with a close header after Battión's first header in the six yard box. Cámpora scored his third goal for Veria in a 2–2 home draw against

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...

with an amazing bicycle kick which was named as the best goal of 9th matchday. Cámpora has also provide three assists to his teammates. He scored his fourth championship goal in a 2–0 home win against

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during the thirteen round of Superleague, taking the rebound from Ben's 35 yard shot. Cámpora scored the opening goal in a 2–0 home win against

Niki Volos Niki Volou Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Νίκη Βόλου) is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Volos, in the region of Magnesia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of Greek football ...

. Javier scored again, in a 2–1 away defeat against

during the

. Cámpora's contract was set to expire on 31 June 2015 but it was terminated after mutual consistency on 26 May 2015. During his spell at Veria he scored five times, had three assists and appeared in twenty eight league games. He also scored twice in four appearances in the Greek Cup.Αποδεσμεύσεις ποδοσφαιριστών
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