Cole Campbell

William Cole Campbell (born February 20, 2006) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. A former Iceland youth international, his one-time switch of international affiliation to the United States was approved by FIFA in March 2024.

Early life
Campbell was born in Houston to American-born Iceland international and University of North Carolina soccer player Rakel Karvelsson and pharmaceutical executive Lance Campbell, himself a soccer player at Texas Lutheran University. In 2015, his family moved to Peachtree City, Georgia, where his father drove more than an hour each way so he could train with Atlanta United FC's youth academy. Campbell regularly visited Iceland during the summers and trained with the professional side Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (FH) starting at age 8.

Club career
In January 2020, Campbell moved to Iceland, joining the Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar youth team. He made his first-team debut in 2021, coming on as a substitute for Jónatan Ingi Jónsson in a 5–0 win over Leiknir Reykjavík, becoming the second youngest player in FH history after Logi Hrafn Róbertsson.

On May 16, 2022, following another appearance for FH, it was announced that Campbell would join the German side Borussia Dortmund that summer. The following day, he joined Breiðablik on a short-term deal, effective until his move to Dortmund in July. He left Iceland in June 2022, following one appearance with Breiðablik.

In January 2024, Campbell was one of several Dortmund youth players who joined the senior team's winter training camp before the second half of the 2023–24 season in Marabella, south Spain. At the camp however, the club disciplined Campbell and Paris Brunner for leaving the team hotel after their midnight curfew.

International career
Eligible at birth to represent both Iceland and the United States, FIFA approved Campbell's one-time switch of nationalities to play for the United States after previously playing for Iceland's under-17 team.