Claude Campos

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Claude Campos
Personal information
Place of birth Brazil
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1970 Syracuse Scorpions
1970–1974 Rochester Lancers 65 (0)
1974 Rochester Lancers (indoor)
1976 New Jersey Americans
Total 65+ (0+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Claude Campos is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career[edit]

Campos played in the United States for the Syracuse Scorpions (in the ASL), the Rochester Lancers (in the NASL), and the New Jersey Americans (in the ASL).[1]

In 1971, Graham Leggat kicked Campos in the face in a game between the Lancers and the Toronto Metros. The kick broke Campos' jaw in five places.[2] In 1977, he was named to the Rochester Lancers Team of the Decade.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "NASL-Claude Campos". www.nasljerseys.com.
  2. ^ "OFFSIDE REMARKS: Now this was some derby". Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  3. ^ Lewis, Michael (3 August 1977). "Lancers can win title only by optimum output". Democrat and Chronicle. p. 50.