Tate Campbell

Early life and club career

Campbell was born in Birmingham, and attended Priory School in the Edgbaston district. He joined Birmingham City's academy in 2009, and took up a scholarship with the club in July 2018. According to coach Steve Spooner, the 16-year-old Campbell "can play in defence or midfield. Where he is at the moment he's a better midfield player. Tate's like the lad at Chelsea, the big midfield player John Obi Mikel. He gets it, passes it, breaks play up and protects the ball well. And he is strong in the challenge." Campbell himself "regards his biggest strength as his understanding of the game". Campbell was one of a number of Birmingham youth players who spent a few weeks on loan at non-league clubs in late 2018, as a section of the development programme designed to "take them out of their comfort zone" and give them experience of the realities of adult football. His spell was with Alvechurch of the Southern League Premier Division Central, but unlike some of his fellows he made no first-team appearances. Birmingham made him an offer of professional terms in April 2020, and in July he signed a one-year contract with an option for a second year.

Birmingham City

Described in the Birmingham Mail as "a physically powerful defensive central midfielder who can also slot in at centre half", Campbell was selected among the substitutes for Birmingham's first Championship fixture of 2021, away to Blackburn Rovers on 2 January, but remained…

As of match played 31 October 2026