Luís Filipe Hipólito Reis Pedrosa Campos (born 6 September 1964) is a Portuguese

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executive and former

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who works as Football Advisor for

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club

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

Career

As a player, Campos had a relatively short career, playing as a

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for his local clubs

Esposende Esposende () is a city and a municipality in Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 34,254, in an area of 95.41 km2. The city itself (the parish Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra) had a population of 9,197 in 2001. It gained city ...

and Fão. Campos began coaching in the lower leagues of Portugal at the age of 27 with

Leiria Leiria () is a city and municipality in the Central Region, Portugal, Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, after Coimbra, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat o ...

, and managed several amateur teams and eventually professional teams in the Portuguese

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. As manager of

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, Campos ended

José Mourinho José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix (; born 26 January 1963) is a Portuguese professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Fenerba ...

's 27-game unbeaten streak with

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. In 2012, Campos was a scout and tactical analyst for

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under Mourinho. Campos made his name as

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from 2013 to 2016. He oversaw the transfers of

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, João Moutinho,

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, Fabinho, Anthony Martial,

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, Bernardo Silva,

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, Geoffrey Kondogbia, and

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amongst others. He became the sporting director of

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in 2017. On 18 December 2020, Campos left Lille after a change of ownership at the club. On 10 June 2022, Campos joined French champions

(PSG) as Football Advisor. According to the club, the role of Football Advisor entails "focus on the performance, recruitment, and organisational side" of the team. Campos continued in his position as an external advisor for

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club

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. In his first

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at Paris Saint-Germain, he oversaw the arrivals of Vitinha, Hugo Ekitike, Nordi Mukiele,

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, and Carlos Soler for a total in the region of €100 million. On 23 December 2023, Campos ceased his duties as external advisor for Celta Vigo.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, Luis 1964 births Living people People from Esposende Sportspeople from Braga District Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks A.D. Esposende players C.F. Fão players Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers U.D. Leiria managers C.D. Aves managers F.C. Penafiel managers Gil Vicente F.C. managers Vitória F.C. managers Varzim S.C. managers S.C. Beira-Mar managers Real Madrid CF non-playing staff AS Monaco FC non-playing staff RC Celta de Vigo non-playing staff Galatasaray S.K. (football) non-playing staff Lille OSC non-playing staff Paris Saint-Germain FC non-playing staff 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen