Rafael Euclides Soares Camacho (born 22 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger.
 Camacho with Liverpool in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael Euclides Soares Camacho[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 2000[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2013 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2013–2016 | Manchester City | ||
| 2016 | → Real S.C. (loan) | ||
| 2016–2019 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Liverpool | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2024 | Sporting CP | 19 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Sporting CP B | 7 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Rio Ave (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | → B-SAD (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Aris (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Portugal U17 | 9 | (4) |
| 2018 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Portugal U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Portugal U20 | 6 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:10, 1 October 2019 (UTC) | |||
Club career
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Liverpool
editBorn in Lisbon of Angolan descent,[3][4] Camacho joined Liverpool’s academy from Sporting CP at the end of the 2015–16 season following a successful trial. He is a versatile player who can play anywhere across the front line but had also featured at right back and wing back.[5][6]
Camacho was named on the substitutes' bench for the Merseyside Derby against Everton in the Premier League on 7 April 2018 as a late injury replacement for Alberto Moreno but did not make an appearance.[7] In December 2018 he was named on the bench for games against Burnley and Manchester United.[8] He made his senior debut in the FA Cup third round against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 7 January 2019,[9][10] and his league debut 12 days later, coming on as a late substitute in a 4–3 win over Crystal Palace.[11]
Sporting CP
editOn 27 June 2019, Camacho rejoined Sporting CP on a five-year contract for a reported fee of £7 million.[12][13]
On 1 February 2021, Camacho agreed to a loan move to Rio Ave for the remainder of the season.[14]
Career statistics
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edit- As of match played 5 June 2023
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 2018–19[16] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Sporting | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Sporting CP B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Rio Ave (loan) | 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | ||||
| Belenenses (loan) | 2021–22 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Aris (loan) | 2022–23 | Superleague Greece | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 32 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 79 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 8 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
edit- ^ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Rafael Camacho: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Angolano de 17 anos na equipa principal do Liverpool". Novo Jornal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Rafael Camacho. O 'Black Ronaldo' está a caminho do Sporting". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Rafael Camacho". Liverpool Football Club. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018.
- ^ Pearce, James (2 January 2019). "The latest on Rafa Camacho's Liverpool future". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Pearce, James (7 April 2018). "Rafa Camacho now on the bench for #LFC. Moreno suffering with a thigh injury in the warm up". Twitter. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool transfer news: Sporting Lisbon make loan move for Rafa Camacho". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Liverpool - 7 January 2019 - Soccerway". Uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Prenderville, Liam (7 January 2019). "Liverpool teenagers handed full debuts in FA Cup clash". mirror. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Carroll, James (21 January 2019). "Klopp: I told Rafa he'd made the most important challenge of his life!". Liverpool Football Club. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Comunicado Sporting Clube De Portugal - Futebol, SAD". Sporting CP. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool sells winger Camacho to Sporting CP". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "Ataque rioavista reforçado com Camacho" [Rio Ave's striking line reinforced by Camacho] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Άρης μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον δανεισμό του Καμάτσο από τη Σπόρτινγκ". www.sport24.gr. 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Rafael Camacho in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
External links
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- Rafael Camacho national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Rafael Camacho – UEFA competition record (archive)
