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Moving from Category:People from San Miguel Department (El Salvador) to Category:Sportspeople from San Miguel Department (El Salvador) using Cat-a-lot

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{{Short description|Salvadoran footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Alexander Campos
| fullname = Juan Alexander Campos Hernández
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|5|8}}
| birth_place = La Morita, [[San Miguel Department (El Salvador)|San Miguel]], [[El Salvador]]
| height = 1.75 m
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
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| years1 = 1999–2002
| years2 = 2002–2003
| years3 = 2003–2008
| years4 = 2008
| years5 = 2009–2010
| years6 = 2010–2011
| years7 = 2011–2012
| years8 = 2012
| years9 = 2013
| years10 = 2013–2014
| years11 = 2014
| years12 = 2015
| years13 = 2016
| years14 = 2016
| years15 = 2016
| years16 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = [[C.D. Los Andes|Los Andes]]
| clubs2 = [[Jocoro F.C.|Jocoro]]
| clubs3 = [[C.D. Águila|Águila]]
| clubs4 = [[Alianza F.C. (El Salvador)|Alianza]]
| clubs5 = [[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo|Luis Ángel Firpo]]
| clubs6 = [[C.D. Atlético Balboa|Atlético Balboa]]
| clubs7 = [[Once Municipal]]
| clubs8 = [[C.D. Universidad de El Salvador|UES]]
| clubs9 = [[Juventud Independiente]]
| clubs10 = [[C.D. Dragón|Dragón]]
| clubs11 = [[C.D. Topiltzín|Topiltzín]]
| clubs12 = [[C.D. Pasaquina|Pasaquina]]
| clubs13 = [[C.D. Dragón|Dragón]]
| clubs14 = [[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo|Luis Ángel Firpo]]
| clubs15 = [[C.D. Pasaquina|Pasaquina]]
| clubs16 = [[Jocoro F.C.|Jocoro]]
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| nationalyears1 = 2003–2007
| nationalteam1 = [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]]
| nationalcaps1 = 23
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{{family name hatnote|Campos|Hernández|lang=Spanish}}
'''Juan Alexander Campos Hernández''' (born May 8, 1980) is a [[Salvadoran]] professional [[Association football|football]] player.

==Club career==
===Águila===
Nicknamed ''El Murciélago'' (the Bat), Campos started his career at [[Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño|Tercera División]] club [[C.D. Los Andes|Los Andes]], then had a spell at [[Jocoro F.C.|Jocoro]], before making his [[Salvadoran Primera División|Primera División]] debut for [[C.D. Águila|Águila]] in 2003. He immediately became the league top scorer with 13 goals in [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2003|his first season]].

One of his most important moments with the team of [[San Miguel, El Salvador|San Miguel]] came during the [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2006|Clausura 2006]] final against [[C.D. FAS|FAS]], in that game Campos scored a goal against the [[Santa Ana, El Salvador|Santa Ana]] team, helping [[C.D. Águila|Águila]] to win his 14th title, under the coaching of [[Serbs|Serbian]] [[Vladan Vićević]].

With Águila he also lost the final of the [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2003|Apertura 2003]].

===Alianza===
He joined [[Alianza F.C. (El Salvador)|Alianza]] in 2008, only to leave them for [[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo|Luis Ángel Firpo]] after inexplicably failing to turn up for training with Alianza.

===Luis Ángel Firpo===
Campos signed with Luis Ángel Firpo for the [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2009|Apertura 2009]], reaching the semi-finals of that tournament, before being eliminated 0–3 by Águila on aggregate.

===Atlético Balboa===
In 2010, he signed with [[C.D. Atlético Balboa|Atlético Balboa]]. With the team of [[La Unión, El Salvador|La Unión]], Campos became the top scorer of the [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2010|Apertura 2010]] with 9 goals, beating other scorers like [[Rodolfo Zelaya]] and [[Anel Canales]].

===Once Municipal===
In the [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2011|Apertura 2011]], Campos signed with [[Once Municipal]]. With the team of [[Ahuachapán]] reached the final of that tournament, but they were defeated by [[A.D. Isidro Metapán|Isidro Metapán]]. Campos played the final as substitute.

===UES===
He signed with [[C.D. Universidad de El Salvador|UES]] for the [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2012|Apertura 2012]].

===Juventud Independiente===
Campos signed with [[Juventud Independiente]] for the [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2013|Clausura 2013]].

===Dragón===
In December 2013, he signed with [[C.D. Dragón|Dragón]].

===Topiltzín===
In 2014, he signed with [[C.D. Topiltzín|Topiltzín]].

===Pasaquina===
Campos signed with [[C.D. Pasaquina|Pasaquina]] for the [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2015|Clausura 2015]]. Later, at the Apertura 2015, Campos played 11 games and could not finish his contract for a year with Pasaquina after being fired by the directive. However, Campos filed a lawsuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laprensagrafica.com/deportes/El-Murcielago-Campos-demando-al-Pasaquina-20160118-0079.html|title="El Murciélago" Campos demandó al Pasaquina|accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref>

===Return to Dragón===
Before starting the Clausura 2016, Campos played with Dragón some friendly matches during the pre-season.

===Return to Luis Ángel Firpo===
In 2016, he joined to Luis Ángel Firpo of [[Segunda División de El Salvador|Segunda División]].

===Return to Pasaquina===
Campos played with Pasaquina for the Apertura 2016. He scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory against [[C.D. Municipal Limeño|Municipal Limeño]] at the [[Estadio San Sebastián]].

===Jocoro===
In 2017, Campos signed with [[Jocoro F.C.|Jocoro]].

==International career==
Campos made his debut for [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador national team]] in a February 2003 [[UNCAF Nations Cup]] match against [[Panama national football team|Panama]] and has earned a total of 23 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in only 1 [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] match and played at the [[2003 UNCAF Nations Cup|2003]] and [[2005 UNCAF Nations Cup]]s and at the [[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/03gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024020759/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/03gc-full.html |date=2008-10-24 }} – RSSSF</ref> and [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]s.

His final international game was a June 2007 [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] match against the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerway|juan-alexander-campos/10214}}

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[[Category:El Salvador men's international footballers]]
[[Category:2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players]]
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[[Category:C.D. Águila footballers]]
[[Category:Alianza F.C. (El Salvador) footballers]]
[[Category:C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers]]
[[Category:Atlético Balboa footballers]]
[[Category:C.D. Once Municipal footballers]]

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