| Rakel Karvelsson | |
| Height: | 5feet |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Panorama City, Los Angeles, U.S. |
| Position: | Forward |
| Collegeyears1: | 1995–1998 |
| College1: | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| Collegecaps1: | 102 |
| Collegegoals1: | 40 |
| Years1: | 1997–2000 |
| Clubs1: | Breiðablik |
| Caps1: | 26 |
| Goals1: | 33 |
| Years2: | 2001 |
| Clubs2: | Philadelphia Charge |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Totalcaps: | 43 |
| Totalgoals: | 34 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2000 |
| Nationalteam1: | Iceland U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1999–2000 |
| Nationalteam2: | Iceland |
| Nationalcaps2: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 7 |
Rakel Bjork Campbell[1] née Karvelsson (Icelandic name: Rakel Björk Ögmundsdóttir)[2] [3] (born 4 January 1977) is a former professional soccer player. Born and raised in the United States, she represented Iceland internationally.
Karelsson was born in the United States to Icelanders Ögmundur Karvelsson and Sigurlína Björgvinsdóttir. Her brothers, Ómar and Róbert, both played football.[2]
Karvelsson played college soccer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1995 to 1998, and gained a reputation as a super sub.[4] She started just 8 of her 102 appearances for the Tar Heels, but contributed 40 goals and 33 assists.
She was named Icelandic Women's Footballer of the Year in 2000.[5] She made 10 appearances for the Iceland women's national football team, scoring 7 goals. In the 2001 season, she played for the Philadelphia Charge of the Women's United Soccer Association,[6] after a sting at Breiðablik in Iceland.[7] She suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury while in training for the 2002 season.[8]
Karvelsson attended McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, Georgia.[9] She and her husband Lance Campbell, a pharmaceutical executive who played soccer at Texas Lutheran University,[10] have four children, a son and three daughters. Cole Campbell, the eldest, is a professional soccer player, while two of the three younger children also play soccer.[11]