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The Huddersfield-born forward capped a man-of-the-match performance in Tuesday night's 2-0 victory over Czech Republic at Bramall Lane by netting his first international goal.

Following on from scoring three times in his last two appearances for Tottenham Hotspur, it underlined the huge progress made by Campbell since joining the Tigers on loan in October last year.

The Manchester United striker had spent the 2006-07 season with feeder club Royal Antwerp but it was his 15 goals for Hull last term that thrust him into the spotlight and led to a call-up from Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce.

A first international goal on Tuesday continued that rapid progress and Campbell is quick to pay tribute to the striker he has modelled his game on since being a youngster.

He said: "I was 10 when I signed for Manchester United and I had a few heroes. I liked John Barnes and Paul Ince, but I liked Andy Cole the most.

"When I was younger, I didn't really support a team – I just supported Andy Cole. He was the one I watched every week and he was someone who helped me.

"I am not sure how it really happened because obviously I was a lot younger than him when he was playing at United. It was probably just because he was around the club so much that we started chatting.

"I asked him to be my mentor and it went from there."

Campbell could not have picked a more suitable striker to model his game on with Cole having been one of the Premier League's all-time greats during his time with the Uniteds of Newcastle and Manchester.

The former England international, who earlier this month announced his retirement from the game, won five Premier League titles, a Champions League and two FA Cups during his career.

Campbell, who is on loan at Spurs this season after being used as a makeweight in the transfer that brought Dimitar Berbatov to Old Trafford on deadline day last August, said: "I still chat to Andy now and he will tell me things about my game.

"He passes on the experience he had in the game, the sort of things he did in training. It is all good advice.

"I always looked up to him so it is great to get advice like that. I watched him so much that when I was younger I would say things like 'I want to be Andy Cole today'.

"It would be nice to work with him in the future."

As well as hoping to secure a place in the Under-21 squad for next summer's European Championships, Campbell also admits to being hugely encouraged by Michael Mancienne having recently been promoted to the senior squad.

The Chelsea defender has been rewarded for his outstanding form this season while on loan with Championship leaders Wolves and 21-year-old Campbell is hoping to catch Fabio Capello's eye in the future.

He said: "You see some of the (Under-21) lads getting a chance and that shows that anything is possible. It shows that if you do well in this team then you might get a chance with the seniors.

"We are all delighted to see Michael make the step-up and we just hope we can all get our chance too one day. If I can keep scoring then I cannot do much more than that.

"It was great to score (against the Czech Republic). I have been in good form lately so I feel quite confident.

"The defender tried a back header and I reacted first. I didn't think it had gone in at first, but thankfully it did."

On England's chances next summer, Campbell added: "I went to a tournament when I was in the Under-17s and it was great because we got to play all the best young players from Europe. It would be great to be involved (next summer).

"It would be even better to go there and win, we have the players to do that. And it helps a player's career because it has more exposure now than it probably did."