# Fraizer Campbell
**Fraizer Campbell** (born 1987 in [Huddersfield](https://www.edgepedia.org/huddersfield), England) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward, most prominently for Manchester United's academy, Hull City, Sunderland, Cardiff City, and Crystal Palace, and who won one full England cap in 2012.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987, Huddersfield, England; height 1.80 m |
| Position | Forward[1](https://www.11v11.com/players/fraizer-campbell-49711/) |
| Breakthrough | 15 goals in 34 appearances on loan at Hull City in 2007-08, helping Hull win promotion to the Premier League through the play-offs[2](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/international/campbell-s-super-show-lifts-pearce-1026089.html) |
| Premier League totals | 150 appearances, 18 goals, 7 assists[3](https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/28541/fraizer-campbell/career) |
| Major injury | Cruciate ligament injury in August 2010; two operations and an 18-month absence[4](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/football-league/frazier-campbell-adds-finishing-touch-to-strong-cardiff-squad-8479128.html) |
| England | One senior cap (February 2012, as a substitute against the Netherlands); 13 Under-21 caps with 4 goals[4](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/football-league/frazier-campbell-adds-finishing-touch-to-strong-cardiff-squad-8479128.html) • [5](https://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/fraizer-campbell/108440/) |
| Clubs | Manchester United (2006-2009), Sunderland (2009-2013), Cardiff City (2013-2014), Crystal Palace (2014-2017), Hull City (2017-2019), with loans at Royal Antwerp, Hull, and Tottenham[1](https://www.11v11.com/players/fraizer-campbell-49711/) |
## Youth career and loans
Campbell was a product of Manchester United's youth set-up, where he scored prolifically at junior and reserve team levels, but he did not feature regularly in senior football until a loan spell.[5](https://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/fraizer-campbell/108440/) His first loan took him to Belgian club Royal Antwerp for the 2006-07 season, where he scored 24 goals in 38 appearances.[6](https://safcstats.co.uk/players/596/fraizer-campbell)
**Hull City, 2007-08.** In October 2007 he joined Hull City on loan in the Championship, and the season became his breakthrough. He scored 15 goals in 34 league appearances as Hull reached the play-offs, and he played in the semi-final victories over Watford and the final against Bristol City that won Hull promotion to the Premier League for the first time.[1](https://www.11v11.com/players/fraizer-campbell-49711/) • [2](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/international/campbell-s-super-show-lifts-pearce-1026089.html) England Under-21 coach [Stuart Pearce](https://www.edgepedia.org/stuart-pearce), who gave him his Under-21 debut against Poland in March 2008, described him that autumn as a goalscorer and "a constant danger to defenders because of his pace and his ability to get in behind", and suggested he could follow [Theo Walcott](https://www.edgepedia.org/theo-walcott)'s path into the senior squad.[2](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/international/campbell-s-super-show-lifts-pearce-1026089.html)
**Tottenham Hotspur, 2008-09.** Campbell spent the 2008-09 season on loan at [Tottenham](https://www.edgepedia.org/tottenham), but rarely featured in the starting line-up, making 10 Premier League appearances, 9 of them as a substitute, with one league goal.[5](https://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/fraizer-campbell/108440/) • [1](https://www.11v11.com/players/fraizer-campbell-49711/) He had partnered [Wayne Rooney](https://www.edgepedia.org/wayne-rooney) in Manchester United's attack on the first day of that campaign, at Newcastle.[7](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/premier-league/fraizer-campbell-nomadic-striker-keen-to-put-down-roots-at-cardiff-8517517.html)
## Sunderland
Campbell signed for [Sunderland](https://www.edgepedia.org/sunderland) from Manchester United in July 2009, becoming manager [Steve Bruce](https://www.edgepedia.org/steve-bruce)'s first signing for the club, on a four-year contract.[5](https://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/fraizer-campbell/108440/) • [1](https://www.11v11.com/players/fraizer-campbell-49711/) Mainly deployed from the bench at first, he found a regular place on the right side of midfield and featured often in 2009-10.[5](https://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/fraizer-campbell/108440/)
His 2010-11 season ended almost before it began: he suffered a cruciate ligament injury in a 1-0 victory over Manchester City in August 2010, an injury that required two operations and kept him out for 18 months.[4](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/football-league/frazier-campbell-adds-finishing-touch-to-strong-cardiff-squad-8479128.html) • [5](https://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/fraizer-campbell/108440/) He returned to training in March 2011 but suffered further problems and was still not recovered by the start of 2011-12.[5](https://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/fraizer-campbell/108440/)
**England cap.** Within a month of his return to fitness he won his first and only senior England cap, coming on as a late substitute against the Netherlands in a friendly on 29 February 2012, the same night his daughter was born.[4](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/football-league/frazier-campbell-adds-finishing-touch-to-strong-cardiff-squad-8479128.html) • [1](https://www.11v11.com/players/fraizer-campbell-49711/) He scored only one further league goal for Sunderland before leaving.[4](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/football-league/frazier-campbell-adds-finishing-touch-to-strong-cardiff-squad-8479128.html)
## Cardiff City and Crystal Palace
Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay signed Campbell for £600,000 in January 2013, a decision vindicated immediately: on his debut at Leeds, as a 61st-minute substitute, he scored the only goal within two minutes, deflecting a [Craig Bellamy](https://www.edgepedia.org/craig-bellamy) shot past Paddy Kenny.[4](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/football-league/frazier-campbell-adds-finishing-touch-to-strong-cardiff-squad-8479128.html) Mackay, who had faced Campbell's Hull as a Watford coach in the 2007-08 play-off semi-finals, called him "a really willing runner, an intelligent footballer and someone who knows where the goal is".[4](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/football-league/frazier-campbell-adds-finishing-touch-to-strong-cardiff-squad-8479128.html) In 2013-14, Cardiff's first Premier League season, he made 32 league appearances and scored 6 goals.[1](https://www.11v11.com/players/fraizer-campbell-49711/)
He joined Crystal Palace in July 2014 on a three-year contract. His most productive Palace season was 2014-15, with 4 Premier League goals in 13 starts; he was used increasingly as a substitute afterward, and his final Palace campaign, 2016-17, consisted of 12 substitute appearances with one goal.[1](https://www.11v11.com/players/fraizer-campbell-49711/) • [3](https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/28541/fraizer-campbell/career)
## Return to Hull and later career
Campbell re-joined Hull City in July 2017 on a two-year contract, returning to the club where he had made his name a decade earlier.[1](https://www.11v11.com/players/fraizer-campbell-49711/) In 2017-18 he made 23 Championship starts and scored 6 league goals.[1](https://www.11v11.com/players/fraizer-campbell-49711/)
Across his Premier League career with Sunderland, Cardiff, and Crystal Palace he totaled 150 appearances, 18 goals, and 7 assists.[3](https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/28541/fraizer-campbell/career)
## Playing style
Contemporaries described a mobile, intelligent forward rather than a pure target man. Pearce emphasized his pace and runs in behind defenses;[2](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/international/campbell-s-super-show-lifts-pearce-1026089.html) Mackay highlighted his willingness to run, football intelligence, and finishing.[4](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/football-league/frazier-campbell-adds-finishing-touch-to-strong-cardiff-squad-8479128.html) At Sunderland he was also used on the right side of midfield.[5](https://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/fraizer-campbell/108440/)
## References
1. [Fraizer Campbell Football Player Statistics, 11v11.com](https://www.11v11.com/players/fraizer-campbell-49711/)
2. [Campbell's super show lifts Pearce, The Independent (19 November 2008)](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/international/campbell-s-super-show-lifts-pearce-1026089.html)
3. [Fraizer Campbell, Profile & Stats, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/28541/fraizer-campbell/career)
4. [Frazier Campbell adds finishing touch to strong Cardiff squad, The Independent (4 February 2013)](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/football-league/frazier-campbell-adds-finishing-touch-to-strong-cardiff-squad-8479128.html)
5. [Fraizer Campbell, Crystal Palace Football Club profile, football.co.uk](https://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/fraizer-campbell/108440/)
6. [Fraizer Campbell, Sunderland AFC Stats, Appearances & Goals, SAFC Stats](https://safcstats.co.uk/players/596/fraizer-campbell)
7. [Fraizer Campbell: nomadic striker keen to put down roots at Cardiff, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/premier-league/fraizer-campbell-nomadic-striker-keen-to-put-down-roots-at-cardiff-8517517.html)
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