Sol Campbell information

Sol Campbell

Campbell in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Sulzeer Jeremiah Campbell[1]
Date of birth	(1974-09-18) 18 September 1974 (age 49)[1]
Place of birth	Plaistow, London, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1988–1989	West Ham United
1989–1992	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–2001	Tottenham Hotspur	255	(10)
2001–2006	Arsenal	135	(8)
2006–2009	Portsmouth	95	(2)
2009	Notts County	1	(0)
2010	Arsenal	11	(0)
2010–2011	Newcastle United	7	(0)
Total		504	(20)
International career
	England U15
	England U16
	England U18
1994–1996	England U21	11	(2)
1994–2006	England B	2	(0)
1996–2007	England	73	(1)
Managerial career
2018–2019	Macclesfield Town
2019–2020	Southend United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell (born 18 September 1974) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of National League club Southend United. A centre-back, he spent 20 years playing in the Premier League and had an 11-year international career with the England national team.

Born in East London to Jamaican parents, Campbell began his career with Tottenham Hotspur in December 1992. He spent nine years at Spurs, scoring 10 goals in 255 appearances, and captaining the team to victory in the 1999 Football League Cup Final against Leicester City. In 2001, he joined Tottenham's North London rivals Arsenal on a free transfer, and as a result has remained a deeply unpopular figure amongst Spurs supporters. In his five years and 195 appearances at Arsenal, he won two Premier League winners medals and three FA Cup winners medals, encompassing the 2001–02 league and FA Cup double, and being part of the team that became known as The Invincibles for their undefeated 2003–04 Premier League campaign. He scored Arsenal's only goal in their 2–1 defeat to Barcelona in the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final.

In August 2006, he joined Portsmouth on a free transfer. His three years with the club included captaining them to victory in the 2008 FA Cup Final. He had a brief stint at League Two side Notts County before making a brief return to Arsenal and ending his career with Newcastle United.

Campbell gained his first of 73 full caps for England aged 21. In May 1998, Campbell became what was then England's second-youngest captain, after Bobby Moore, aged 23 years 248 days. In 2006, he became the only player to have represented England in six consecutive major tournaments, playing in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 UEFA European Championships; and the 1998, 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. He was named in the Team of the Tournament for the 2002 World Cup. He was in the PFA Team of the Year three times, in 1999, 2003 and 2004.