Emilio Campos (August 22, 1954 – September 18, 2022)
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was a
Venezuela
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football (soccer)
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player
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. Campos played for
ULA. He played as
defender.
International career
Campos made 17 appearances for the senior
Venezuela national football team
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from 1979 to 1985. He also competed for Venezuela at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in
Moscow
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,
Soviet Union
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, where the team was eliminated after the preliminary round.
References
1954 births
2022 deaths
Venezuelan footballers
Venezuela international footballers
Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Venezuela
Association football defenders
Estudiantes de Mérida managers
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