Former Arsenal and Everton striker Kevin Campbell has died at the age of 54 after a short illness, both clubs confirmed on Saturday.
“Kevin was adored by everyone at the club. We are all thinking of his friends and family at this difficult time,” Arsenal said in a post on X.
The striker joined the club's youth system in 1985, before making his senior debut in 1988.
During his time at Highbury, Campbell won the English First Division (the predecessor of the Premier League) in 1990-91, an FA Cup, a League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. He scored 59 goals for the north London club.
“Everyone at Everton is deeply saddened by the death of our former striker Kevin Campbell at the age of just 54,” Everton wrote in a statement.
“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.”
Campbell scored 51 goals in 164 games for Everton, who had said he was “very unwell” and in hospital in early June.
Campbell became the first black player to captain Everton in 2001.
Reuters reporting contributed to this report.
