Jhasmani Campos Dávalos (born 10 May 1988) is a Bolivian professional

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who plays as a

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or winger for Independiente Petrolero and the Bolivia national team.

Club career

Campos began his career at an early age with the Ramon Tahuichi Aguilera Academy. While playing at a youth football tournament in Uruguay with the academy in 2005, he was spotted by a talent scout from Brazilian club Grêmio, who brought him to Porto Alegre to join the youth team later that year. After six months of negotiations, Grêmio did not come to a mutual agreement with Tahuichi to acquire Campos, and he returned to Bolivia in 2006. That same year, he signed with first division club

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and in short time he earned his place in the starting line-up. As the season developed Campos proved to be a vital part of the team. He displayed such a great technique, that with only 18 years of age he turned into one of the most significant players in the league. In May 2009, Brazilian team

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was close from signing Campos, but due to some economic disparities among parts his transfer was frustrated. Campos was the most expensive player in Bolivian Football receiving $750.000. He scored a brace in Bolivar's 2–1 round of 16 victory against reigning Copa Libertadores champions

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. In July 2013 Campos was loaned to Qatari first division club

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for one year.

International career

In 2007 Campos joined the Bolivia U20 national team for the

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held in Paraguay, where he scored two goals in four games. He also received his first call-up to the senior national team for a friendly match against

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on 28 March. In June of that year, he played for Bolivia in

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, scoring his first international goal against

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. As of 1 June 2015, he has represented his country in 13

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matches.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.''

Honors

Oriente Petroleo *

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**Winner: 2010 Clausura **Runner-up: 2010 Apertura The Strongest *

runner-up: 2018 Apertura, 2018 Clausura, 2019 Apertura, 2019 Clausura

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