Rakel Karvelsson
Icelandic footballer
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Rakel Bjork Campbell (née Karvelsson; Icelandic name: Rakel Björk Ögmundsdóttir; born 4 January 1977) is a former professional footballer. Born in the United States, she represented Iceland internationally. In 2000 she was named Icelandic Women's Footballer of the Year.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name |
Rakel Bjork Karvelsson[a] Rakel Björk Ögmundsdóttir[b] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Panorama City, Los Angeles, U.S.[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3] | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
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 football 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 football player, while two of the three younger children also play soccer.[11] Her Icelandic name is Rakel Björk Ögmundsdóttir.[2][12]
