Luís Campos (football)

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Reis Pedrosa and the second or paternal family name is Campos.
Luís Campos
Personal information
Full name Luís Filipe Hipólito Reis Pedrosa Campos
Date of birth (1964-09-06) 6 September 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Fão, Portugal[1]
Position(s) Right-back[2]
Team information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
(Football Advisor)
Youth career
1980–1981 Fão
1981–1983 Esposende
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1984 Esposende
1984–1985 Fão
Managerial career
1992–1993 Leiria
1995–1996 Esposende
1996–1998 Aves
1998 Esposende
1998–1999 Leça
1999–2000 Penafiel
2000–2001 Gil Vicente
2002–2003 Vitória de Setúbal
2003 Varzim
2003–2004 Gil Vicente
2004–2005 Beira-Mar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2019

Luís Filipe Hipólito Reis Pedrosa Campos (born 6 September 1964) is a Portuguese football executive and former manager who works as Football Advisor for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.

Career

As a player, Campos had a relatively short career, playing as a right-back for his local clubs Esposende and Fão.[3]

Campos began coaching in the lower leagues of Portugal at the age of 27 with Leiria, and managed several amateur teams and eventually professional teams in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. As manager of Gil Vicente, Campos ended José Mourinho's 27-game unbeaten streak with Porto. In 2012, Campos was a scout and tactical analyst for Real Madrid under Mourinho.[citation needed]

Campos made his name as sporting director at Monaco from 2013 to 2016. He oversaw the transfers of Radamel Falcao, João Moutinho, James Rodríguez, Fabinho, Anthony Martial, Ricardo Carvalho, Dimitar Berbatov, Bernardo Silva, Tiémoué Bakayoko, Geoffrey Kondogbia, and Thomas Lemar amongst others. He became the sporting director of Lille in 2017.[4][5][6] On 18 December 2020, Campos left Lille after a change of ownership at the club.[7]

On 10 June 2022, Campos joined French champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) as Football Advisor. According to the club, the role of Football Advisor entails "focus on the performance, recruitment, and organisational side" of the team.[8] Campos continued in his position as an external advisor for La Liga club Celta de Vigo.[9] In his first transfer window at Paris Saint-Germain, he oversaw the arrivals of Vitinha, Hugo Ekitike, Nordi Mukiele, Renato Sanches, Fabián Ruiz, and Carlos Soler for a total in the region of €100 million.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] On 23 December 2023, Campos ceased his duties as external advisor for Celta Vigo.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Luís Campos, de Fão a Paris: a história do filho do professor Albino". zerozero.pt. ZeroZero. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Luís Campos, de Fão a Paris: a história do filho do professor Albino". zerozero.pt. ZeroZero. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ^ da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (24 June 2022). "Luís Campos, de Fão a Paris: a história do filho do professor Albino" [Luís Campos, from Fão to Paris: the story of teacher Albino's son]. ZeroZero (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Luís Campos: The rise of football's most underrated sporting director".
  5. ^ "Luis Campos: The transfer chief with the Midas touch". Sky Sports.
  6. ^ "Luis Campos, l'homme invisible qui tire les ficelles à Monaco". Eurosport. 16 April 2014.
  7. ^ Deniran-Alleyne, Tashan (18 December 2020). "'Written in the stars!' - Excited Tottenham fans react to big Luis Campos announcement". football.london. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Luis Campos is Paris Saint-Germain new Football Advisor". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Official | Celta Vigo confirm Luis Campos as external advisor - Get French Football News". 15 June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  10. ^ Aouna, Santi; Léger-Moëc, Aurélien (26 July 2022). "PSG : les détails du bon coup Nordi Mukiele" [PSG: details of the good deal Nordi Mukiele]. Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  11. ^ Morlain, Thibault (26 July 2022). "PSG : Les dessous de l'opération Mukiele sont dévoilés" [PSG: The underside of the Mukiele operation is revealed]. Le10sport.com (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  12. ^ Aouna, Santi (16 July 2022). "PSG : option d'achat obligatoire pour Hugo Ekitike". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Mercato: PSG offers Vitinha! (official)". California18. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  14. ^ "PSG : Renato Sanches est officiellement parisien". Le Parisien (in French). 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  15. ^ "PSG signs Napoli midfielder Fabian Ruiz". beIN Sports. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Official | PSG sign Valencia midfielder Carlos Soler on a 5-year deal". Get French Football News. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  17. ^ "El RC Celta y el asesor deportivo Luis Campos separan sus caminos" [RC Celta and sports advisor Luis Campos separate their paths] (in European Spanish). RC Celta. 23 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.