Jeaustin Campos
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Jeaustin Campos Madriz (born June 30, 1971) is a Costa Rican soccer player and coach. He was one of the most famous Costa Rican soccer midfielders during the 1990s and played most of his career with Deportivo Saprissa, where he won four national championships and two CONCACAF Champions Cup, in 1993 and 1995. He also played for Municipal Pérez Zeledón and FC Seoul of the Korean K-League, then known as LG Cheetahs, and during the 90's played frequently for the Costa Rica national football team.
After retiring from professional football, Campos was appointed as Football Operations Manager in Saprissa, during the years that Hernan Medford was head coach, and played a very important role in the achievements accomplished by Saprissa during that period, such as 2 national tournaments, the Uncaf Cup and the CONCACAF Champions Cup, giving them the right to compete in the second FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup in Japan, in december of 2005, in which Saprissa ended up finishing 3rd.
Since Hernan Medford and his coaching staff were announced by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol as the new coaches for the Costa Rica national football team, Campos was named by Saprissa as their new head coach.
