Rakel Karvelsson

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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 48)
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 (née Karvelsson; Icelandic name: Rakel Björk Ögmundsdóttir; born 4 January 1977) is a former Icelandic-American professional soccer player. Born and raised in the United States, she represented Iceland internationally. In 2000 she was named Icelandic Women's Footballer of the Year.

Early life

Rakel Bjork Karvelsson was born on 4 January 1977, in Panorama City, California,[3] to Icelandic parents Ögmundur Karvelsson and Sigurlína Björgvinsdóttir. Her brothers, Ómar and Róbert, both played soccer.[2]

Career

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.[4] 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.[5] She made 10 appearances for the Iceland national 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.[6] She suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury while in training for the 2002 season.[7]

Personal life

Karvelsson attended McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, Georgia.[8] She and her husband Lance Campbell (whose surname she adopted upon marriage),[9] is a pharmaceutical executive who played soccer at Texas Lutheran University.[10] They 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.[11] Her Icelandic name is Rakel Björk Ögmundsdóttir.[2][12]

Notes

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

References

  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 e "Rakel Karvelsson". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 3 January 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Icelandic adventure". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 9 August 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  5. ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ó. (1 May 2003). "Iceland - Women's Players' Footballer of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Rakel Björk Ögmundsdóttir" (in Icelandic). Breiðablik (sports club). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ^ French, Scott (12 August 2002). "Epidemic: Torn ACLs". Soccer America. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Rakel Karvelsson". goheels.com.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Maines, Don (11 October 2011). "He was drawn to compounding pharmacy". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  11. ^ Ortmann, Jonas (25 January 2024). "The Duranvilles and the Campbells – Siblings at BVB". bvb.de. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Íslensk valkyrja vekur athygli vestanhafs". Morgunblaðið. 21 June 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2020.


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