Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michel Campo | ||
Place of birth | Lerida, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1957–1958 | Toronto Tridents | ||
1958 | Toronto Italia | ||
1959–1960 | Toronto Tridents | ||
1960–1961 | Montreal Cantalia | ||
1960–1961 | Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals | ||
1962 | Toronto Roma | ||
1962 | Toronto City | ||
1963–1965 | Montreal Italica | ||
1967 | Montreal Hungaria | ||
1969 | Montreal Inter-Italia | ||
1971 | Montreal Olympique | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1969 | Montreal Inter-Italia | ||
1970 | Montreal Superga | ||
1971 | Montreal Olympique | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mike Campo is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender and as a football manager.
Campo was born in Lerida, Spain, and played football with various teams in Spain, and France.[1] He played in the National Soccer League in 1957 with the Toronto Tridents.[2] He re-signed with the Tridents for the 1958 season but was traded to Toronto Italia later in the season.[3][4] He returned to his former club Tridents in 1959 and re-signed for the 1960 season.[5][6] In the middle of the season, he was traded to league rivals Montreal Cantalia.[6] In late 1960 he played in the American Soccer League with the Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals, where he assisted in winning the league championship.[7]
In 1961, he played in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League as Montreal Cantalia was a charter club.[8] After the departure of Montreal in 1962, he signed with league rivals Toronto Roma.[9] In late 1962, he was traded to Toronto City and he returned to play with Montreal Cantalia for the 1963 season.[10][11] He signed with Montréal Italica in 1964 and re-signed for the 1965 season.[12][13] He played his final season with Montreal Italica in 1966.[14]
The following season he played in the Quebec Major Soccer League with Montreal Hungaria.[15] In 1969, he returned to play in the National Soccer League with Montreal Inter-Italia.[16] In 1971, he played in the North American Soccer League with Montreal Olympique and served as an assistant coach.[17][18]
Campo transitioned into managing in the National Soccer League with Montreal Inter-Italia for the 1969 season.[19] The following season, he became a player-coach with Montreal Superga in the Quebec Major Soccer League.[20]
He served as the assistant coach under Renato Tofani for the Montreal Olympique in 1971.[21] After the resignation of Tofani in early May he became the head coach for Montreal on an interim basis.[22] He was succeeded by Sebastiano Buzzin on June 15, 1971.[23]