Tag: Costa Rica

Tracking the journey of Joel Campbell, the ex-Arsenal talent who now finds a new home with Alajuelense in Costa Rica

Lucas Torreira missed Uruguay's second match of the international break against the USA on Wednesday morning, after picking up a knock in their opening game victory over Costa Rica.

Joel Campbell would be forgiven for thinking he was finally getting to start a new chapter of his life after sealing a permanent move away from the club.

Joel Campbell insists he isn't playing for a move at the World Cup this summer, and only wants to help Costa Rica to success at the tournament.

In this third podcast of our summer World Cup series, Anita recaps day four of the action which featured Costa Rica (Joel Campbell) v Serbia, Germany (Mesut Ozil) v Mexico (Carlos Vela), and Brazil v Switzerland (Granit Xhaka and Stephan Lichtsteiner).

Joel Campbell insists he's motivated as he continues his recovery from knee surgery.

Arsenal’s Joel Campbell isn’t likely to feature again until 2018 after having picked up a knee injury in the Gold Cup for Costa Rica.

Joel Campbell has pulled out of the Gold Cup after suffering a knee injury in Costa Rica's game against Canada.

Joel Campbell married his long-term girlfriend, Fernanda Mora, in a ceremony in his homeland last weekend.

Arsenal and Costa Rica winger Joel Campbell was in a playful mood after a series of medical tests were conducted on him and seven other players ahead of the upcoming CONCACAF Gold Cup in July.

With so many Arsenal players potentially away on international duty, we took a look at the matches you should keep an eye out for this summer.

Joel Campbell's assist after just 45 seconds helped Costa Rica to an important three points during their World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago.

Having been called up by Costa Rica, Joel Campbell has been working with a personal trainer for the last month in order to maintain his fitness with international fixtures coming up.

Joel Campbell's lack of minutes at club level in recent months has seen the 24-year-old forward drop down his national team rankings based on current form, according to Argentine newspaper La Nación.

According to various reports, Joel Campbell could be playing Premier League football next season for newly-promoted side Brighton & Hove Albion.

Alexis Sanchez, Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud, Mohamed Elneny, David Ospina, Joel Campbell and Ainsley Maitland-Niles have all been in action for the respective countries.

Joel Campbell has said that he feels ‘happy and motivated’ after receiving a callup to the Costa Rican national side despite struggling in Portugal.

Egypt’s silver medal at this year’s AFCON has seen the nation enter the Top 25 FIFA rankings after the governing body released the latest table.

Joel Campbell won and scored an injury-time penalty to give Costa Rica a dramatic 4-3 win over Russia in a friendly that took place on Sunday.

Joel Campbell has given a young fan a moment he will never forget when he not only gave him his shirt after the game, but he put it on for him.

Joel Campbell and Costa Rica are heading home from the Copa America after the end of the group stages while David Ospina watched on from the bench as Colombia lost 3-2 to Joel’s team in Houston, Texas.

Joel Campbell played 67 minutes as Costa Rica opened their Copa America campaign with a scoreless draw against Paraguay.

Joel Campbell grabbed an assist for his country as they beat Venezuela 2-1. Watch the highlights here.

Arsenal forward Joel Campbell started for Costa Rica on Friday night but couldn't help the side to anything more than a 1-1 draw against Jamaica.

Just over a week ago, ten Arsenal players left for international duty. 13 appearances later, it seems that all 10 are set to return injury free....