He had his best time in Olympiacos: Who is Joel Campbell?

The famous football player, whose full name is Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels, was born on June 22, 1992, in San Jose, Costa Rica, to a family with four children.

Campbell, who started his football career in Deportivo Saprissa SAD in 2009, was sent on loan to the Costa Rican club Puntarenas in January 2011. The football player, who played for the Puntarenas team for a short time, rejected the offers of Sevilla and Fiorentina teams and signed a 5-year contract with the famous English club Arsenal on August 19, 2011.

Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels (born 26 June 1992) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga FPD club Alajuelense and the Costa Rica national team.

Eight days after the signings were made, it was revealed that the necessary permissions to play in England could not be obtained. After problems with permits, Campbell was loaned to the French club Lorient to play in the 2011-2012 season. After playing for one season in Lorient, Campbell was loaned to Real Betis, one of the La Liga teams, on July 6, 2012, and was able to score 2 goals in 28 league matches.

Although Campbell received the necessary permissions to play in England in July 2013, he was sent on loan to Olympiacos, one of the Greek teams, to play that season.

Campbell was able to score 8 goals in 32 league matches. After Olympiacos, he returned to the Arsenal team, led by manager Arséne Wenger, in 2014.

Campbell, who ended the season by scoring only 1 goal in the English Premier League in the 2014-2015 season, was sent on loan to Villarreal, one of the La Liga teams, until the end of the 2015 season.

He could only score 1 goal in 14 matches for Villarreal.

Campbell took part in the Costa Rica National Team in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The biggest surprise of the 2014 World Cup was Joel Campbell, the star of the Costa Rican National Team, which reached the quarter-finals.