Kevin Campbell, former Arsenal and Everton striker, has died at the age of 54 after “a short illness.”
The former football player and commentator died while being rushed to hospital, according to ‘The Sun’ newspaper.
The Gunner team confirmed the death of the English striker through their social networks
Arsenal admits it is “devastated” by the news. “We are devastated to learn that our former striker Kevin Campbell has passed away after a short illness. Kevin was adored by everyone at the club. We are all thinking of his friends and family at this difficult time. Rest in peace Kevin ❤️”, reads the emotional message.
Campbell, who played 542 games and scored 148 goals throughout his career, was a professional between 1988 and 2007 and spent the best years of his career at Arsenal, with whom he played 163 games and scored 46 goals, and with Everton. , with whom he participated in 137 games and scored 36 goals.
Former Arsenal striker Kevin Campbell
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The English forward won a league, an FA Cup, a League Cup and a European Cup Winners’ Cup with the ‘Gunners’.
Everton, a team for which he played between 1998 and 2005, have also mourned his sudden death: “Everyone at Everton is deeply saddened by the death of our former striker Kevin Campbell at the age of 54. Not only a true hero of Goodison Park and an icon of English football, but also an incredible person, as anyone who has met him will know,” the Liverpool-based club lamented.
