Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels (Spanish pronunciation: [?o'el 'kambel]; born 26 June 1992) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club León and the Costa Rica national team as a forward, but can also be deployed on the wings.
Campbell joined Arsenal in 2011 and was thereafter loaned out to French side Lorient, Spanish club Real Betis and Greek outfit Olympiacos.
He made his competitive Arsenal debut as the club won the 2014 FA Community Shield.
He was again sent on loan to La Liga team Villarreal before he scored his first Arsenal goal in 2015.Campbell has so far earned 80 caps for Costa Rica and was a member of the squad which won the 2014 Copa Centroamericana.
He was also part of the Costa Rican side which reached the last eight of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and played in the 2018 FIFA World Cup as well.
Campbell also helped Costa Rica get to the quarter-finals of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the semi-finals of the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.