Leonardo Campana Romero (born 24 July 2000) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, on loan from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, and the Ecuador national team.
![]() Campana with Grasshopper in 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Leonardo Campana Romero[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 (age 22)[2] | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Inter Miami (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) | |||||||||||||||
Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Barcelona SC | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Barcelona SC | 16 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2020– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Famalicão (loan) | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2021 | → Grasshopper (loan) | 14 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2022– | → Inter Miami (loan) | 26 | (11) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | Ecuador U20 | 16 | (6) | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Ecuador U23 | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Ecuador | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:11, 6 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2021 |
He began his career with Barcelona SC in 2016.[3] He scored his first professional goal on 21 April 2019 against Delfín de Manta.
On 21 January 2020 he moved to English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers in a three-and-a-half-year deal.[4]
On 19 September, he joined Primeira Liga side, Famalicão, on a season long loan.[5] Campana made his debut for Famalicão on September 28, 2020, being substituted for Rubén del Campo in a 2–1 victory over Belenenses SAD.[6] Campana scored his first goal for Famalicão on April 22, 2021, during a 3–0 victory versus Gil Vicente F.C.[7]
On 16 July 2021, Campana joined Swiss Super League side Grasshopper on a season-long loan deal.[8] His first appearance for the Swiss side came in a 2–0 defeat against Basel, where he conceded an own goal.
On 20 January 2022, it was announced that Campana would join Major League Soccer club Inter Miami on a season-long loan.[9] Campana made his debut for Inter Miami on February 26, 2022, starting in a 0–0 draw versus Chicago Fire FC.[10] Campana scored his first goal for Inter Miami on March 6, 2022, their only goal in a 5–1 loss to Austin FC.[11] Campana was named MLS Player of the Week for Week 6 of the 2022 season on April 11, 2022, for his hat trick against the New England Revolution.[12]
Campana started to gather attention at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship where he scored six goals in nine games as Ecuador were crowned champions.[13]
Campana is the son of former professional tennis player turned politician Pablo Campana, who after representing Ecuador at the 1996 Olympics is now Minister for commerce in the Ecuadorean government. His great-grandfather, Gabriel, won six Ecuadorian league winners’ medals in the 1920s, and his grandfather, Isidro Romero, was the president of Barcelona Sporting Club for 15 years and the team's stadium in Guayaquil, where Campana used to play, is named after him.[14] Campana is also a United States citizen.[15]
Club | Season | League | Domestic cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Barcelona SC | 2019 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 16 | 3 | — | — | — | 16 | 3 | |||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
2021–22 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Famalicão (loan) | 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
Grasshopper (loan) | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | |||
Inter Miami (loan) | 2022 | Major League Soccer | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 12 | ||
Total | 65 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 20 |
Ecuador U20
Inter Miami CF – current squad | |
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Ecuador squad – 2021 Copa América | ||
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South American Youth Football Championship awards | |
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Top goalscorer |
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