Cristian Luca Campagna (born November 29, 2001) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Estonian

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club Narva Trans.

Early life

Born in Vancouver, he moved to nearby Surrey at age 2, where he began playing soccer at age four with Surrey United SC. In August 2015, he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy and began playing for the Vancouver Whitecaps U23 in 2021.

College career

In June 2020, he committed to the

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to play for the men's soccer team. He made his debut on February 19, 2021 against the

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. After starting all nine games, he was named an America East All-Rookie selection. He was also named to the FTF Canada All-Freshman First Team. He departed Albany after one season.

Club career

In March 2022, he signed a professional contract with

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. He made his professional debut on March 26 against Houston Dynamo 2. He served as team captain during his time with WFC2. In August 2022, Campagna signed a contract through the 2023 season, with an option for 2024, with

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club HFX wanderers. He made his debut on August 28 against

FC Edmonton FC Edmonton was a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club was founded in 2010 and competed in the North American Soccer League (2011–2017), North American Soccer League (NASL) from 2011 t ...

. In November 2022, Campagna joined 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Nürnberg on an off-season training stint. In December 2022, he went on trial with German

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club

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. In December 2023, the Wanderers declined his option for 2024. In March 2024, he signed with

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in the Finnish third tier

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. In January 2025, he signed with Estonian

club Narva Trans.

International career

He played for Western Canada at the Danone Nations Cup national final in 2013. In February 2016, he was called up to a national youth team camp for the first time with the Canada U15. In 2021 and 2022, he was a regular training squad member (despite not being an official call-up) with the Canada national team during their

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schedule.

Personal

He is the older brother of fellow professional soccer player Matteo Campagna.

Career statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campagna, Cristian Living people 2001 births Men's association football defenders Canadian men's soccer players Whitecaps FC 2 players MLS Next Pro players HFX Wanderers FC players Canadian Premier League players FC Jazz players Ykkönen players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen JK Narva Trans players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia