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Rakel Karvelsson
Personal information
Full name Rakel Bjork Karvelsson[a]
Rakel Björk Ögmundsdóttir[b]
Date of birth (1977-01-04) 4 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Panorama City, Los Angeles, U.S.[3]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 North Carolina Tar Heels 102 (40)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Breiðablik 26 (33)
2001 Philadelphia Charge 17 (1)
Total 43 (34)
International career
2000 Iceland U21 3 (3)
1999–2000 Iceland 10 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rakel Bjork Campbell[4] née Karvelsson (Icelandic name: Rakel Björk Ögmundsdóttir)[2][5] (born 4 January 1977) is a former professional soccer player. Born and raised in the United States, she represented Iceland internationally.

Early life

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Karelsson was born in the United States to Icelanders Ögmundur Karvelsson and Sigurlína Björgvinsdóttir. Her brothers, Ómar and Róbert, both played soccer.[2]

Career

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Karvelsson played college soccer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1995 to 1998, and gained a reputation as a super sub.[6] She started just 8 of her 102 appearances for the Tar Heels, but contributed 40 goals and 33 assists.[3]

She was named Icelandic Women's Footballer of the Year in 2000.[7] She made 10 appearances for the Iceland women's national football team, scoring 7 goals. In the 2001 season, she played for the Philadelphia Charge of the Women's United Soccer Association,[3] after a stint at Breiðablik in Iceland.[8] She suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury while in training for the 2002 season.[9]

Personal life

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Karvelsson attended McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, Georgia.[10] She and her husband Lance Campbell, a pharmaceutical executive who played soccer at Texas Lutheran University,[11] have four children, a son and three daughters. Cole Campbell, the eldest, is a professional soccer player, while two of the three younger children also play soccer.[12]

Notes

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  1. ^ Full name in her American nationality.[1]
  2. ^ Full name in her Icelandic nationality.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "May 1999, Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees – The College of Arts and Sciences: Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies". Commencement. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 16 May 1999. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Lék með sigursælasta háskólaliði Bandaríkjanna" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 15 August 1999. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Rakel Karvelsson". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 3 January 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ Moba Soccer Academy (12 May 2017). "We are excited to announce Rakel Campbell as the Women's Coach for our new Youth Program!". Facebook. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Íslensk valkyrja vekur athygli vestanhafs". Morgunblaðið. 21 June 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Icelandic adventure". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 9 August 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  7. ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ó. (1 May 2003). "Iceland - Women's Players' Footballer of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Rakel Björk Ögmundsdóttir" (in Icelandic). Breiðablik (sports club). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. ^ French, Scott (12 August 2002). "Epidemic: Torn ACLs". Soccer America. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Rakel Karvelsson". goheels.com.
  11. ^ Maines, Don (11 October 2011). "He was drawn to compounding pharmacy". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  12. ^ Ortmann, Jonas (25 January 2024). "The Duranvilles and the Campbells – Siblings at BVB". bvb.de. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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