Jayro Rolando Campos León (born July 18, 1984) is an Ecuadorian former

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defender.

Club career

Early career

Campos rose through the youth ranks at

Guayaquil Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is ...

club

Barcelona Sporting Club Barcelona Sporting Club (), internationally known as Barcelona de Guayaquil, is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of ...

. However, he never played for the senior. He instead moved to Europe to play for Belgian club

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in 2002. After a year and a half at the club in which he played 6 official games, he return to Ecuador to play for

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based club Aucas. After one season with the club, he moved to cross-town rivals

LDU Quito Liga Deportiva Universitaria () is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. They play their home games at the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgad ...

LDU Quito

2005-2009

Since joining Liga, he has become a key figure in the squad earning starting roles in important matches. He was part of the squad that won the two Ecuadorian titles (2005 Apertura and 2007). Campos participated in LDU Quito's unforgettable

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campaign where he became instrumental as a defender for the club, stopping the likes of Salvador Cabanas and

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. He played an astounding 1st leg game against

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, scoring the 3rd goal in their 4–2 home victory, and though he missed a penalty in the game-ending penalty shoot-out, he won the

. He also won the

2009 Recopa Sudamericana The 2009 Recopa Sudamericana was the 17th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions. The match was contested by Ecuadorian club LDU Quito, the 2 ...

against Internacional de Porto Alegre. His final title came against past finals rivals Fluminense, defeating them in aggregate 5–4, winning the

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. Thus has become an unforgettable icon for the club's history taking LDU Quito to become Ecuador's best football club of the decade 2000–10.

Atlético Mineiro

2010-11

After five successful years at

, Campos signed with Brazilian Club

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on December 20, 2009.

Deportivo Quito

2011 Season

On 20 January 2011, Campos signed for

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on loan from Atlético Mineiro until the end of the season. Jayro Campos once again became an important factor into an Ecuadorian club. Their most impressive defender, Campos scored 3 goals and played a great

2011 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A The 2011 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (known as the 2011 Copa Credife Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 53rd season of the Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league. The season began on January 30 and ended on December 1 ...

which led to qualifying for the finals of the season. Campos led the club's defense, shutting out Emelec, winning both legs 1-0 and thus crowned themselves 2011 Serie A champions.

Barcelona SC

2012 Season

In 2012 season, Campos signed a three-year contract with

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. After being teamed up with

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mate Frickson Erazo, the pairing led to

reaching their first finals in Ecuadorian football in 15 years. His ever impressive defensive displays has led to interests of clubs from England and France, though Campos has stated he wants to be league champions before he leaves the club. On November 28, Campos became 2012 Serie A champion after SD Quito defeated Emelec 2–0, which helped Barcelona secure their first Ecuadorian league title since 1997, their 14th title in their history.

2013 Season

International career

Jairo has participated in

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's 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign. He is a key player to Sixto Vizuete's starting line-up as a center back.

Honors

LDU Quito *

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

: 2005 Apertura,

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Atlético Mineiro *

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: 2010 Deportivo Quito *

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Barcelona SC *

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References

External links

Campos' FEF player card
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, Jayro 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Ibarra, Ecuador Footballers from Imbabura Province Ecuadorian men's footballers 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen Men's association football defenders Ecuador men's international footballers Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil K.A.A. Gent players S.D. Aucas footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers Clube Atlético Mineiro players S.D. Quito footballers Barcelona S.C. footballers C.D. El Nacional footballers Imbabura S.C. footballers Copa Sudamericana–winning players Copa Libertadores–winning players