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Mike Campo
Personal information
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.

Career

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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]

Managerial career

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Campo replaces Tofani as coach for Olympics". Montreal Gazette. May 13, 1971. p. 18.
  2. ^ Waring, Ed (May 6, 1957). "Upsets Feature National Soccer League: Tridents Nip Eagles, Sparta, Hungarians End in 1-1 Stalemate". The Globe and Mail. p. 27.
  3. ^ Waring, Ed (May 19, 1958). "Cantalia Eleven Beaten Twice". The Globe and Mail. p. 20.
  4. ^ Waring, Ed (October 14, 1958). "Montreal Hungaria, Italia in NSL Final". The Globe and Mail. p. 21.
  5. ^ Waring, Ed (May 19, 1959). "Toronto Stars Shade Montrealers, 1-0". The Globe and Mail. p. 21.
  6. ^ a b Waring, Ed (June 5, 1960). "South Americans Added; Tridents Score First Win". The Globe and Mail. p. 33.
  7. ^ "Ukes Clobber Portuguese, 8-1, In Loop Soccer". Philadelphia Inquirer. November 21, 1960. p. 27.
  8. ^ Waring, Ed (May 25, 1961). "7,515 See Mudie Score 3 Goals as City Beats Cantalia". The Globe and Mail. p. 29.
  9. ^ Waring, Ed (May 28, 1962). "Italia Nips Roma 2-1; White Eagles Blank Toronto City: Leaders Suffer Initial Defeat". The Globe and Mail. p. 22.
  10. ^ Waring, Ed (August 16, 1962). "City Triumphs in Overtime 3-2". The Globe and Mail. p. 22.
  11. ^ Waring, Ed (September 16, 1963). "ltalia Struggles to Win As Four Regulars Absent". The Globe and Mail. p. 22.
  12. ^ Waring, Ed (July 6, 1964). "Norman Sykes Ejected for Abuse of His Own Teammates: Referee Refuses to Tolerate Language; Toronto City Wallops Hamilton Steelers". The Globe and Mail. p. 20.
  13. ^ Waring, Ed (June 7, 1965). "Italia Wallops Montreal Eleven 7-1". The Globe and Mail. p. 24.
  14. ^ Waring, Ed (May 9, 1966). "Falcons too Primo 1-0 in drab opener; Roma ties Italica". The Globe and Mail. p. 24.
  15. ^ Gillespie, Norman (June 16, 1967). "Lachine In Front Of Soccer Loop". Montreal Gazette. p. 24.
  16. ^ Waring, Ed (July 14, 1969). "Hellas moves to first place on 4-2 victory over Olympia". The Globe and Mail. p. 18.
  17. ^ Onorato, Andre (June 3, 1971). "Olympics to stress defence". Montreal Gazette. p. 16.
  18. ^ "NASL-Michel Campo". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  19. ^ "1969 Montreal Inter-Italia". Canadian National Soccer League. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  20. ^ Onorato, Andre (June 19, 1970). "Spania routs Rangers 2-0 Superga wins". Montreal Gazette. p. 17.
  21. ^ McLean, Dan (May 15, 1971). "Olympics face soccer opener at home with a new idea: Let's get some goals". Montreal Gazette. p. 14.
  22. ^ "Montreal needs new soccer coach". Toronto Daily Star. May 13, 1971. p. 13.
  23. ^ "Buzzin becomes third Olympics coach". Montreal Gazette. June 15, 1971. p. 15.
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