| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 May 2005 [2] | ||
| Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2022 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | (5) |
| 2024–2025 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 23 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | England U19 | 2 | (1) |
| 2024 | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:02, 23 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:03, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri (born 9 May 2005) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Sheffield Wednesday.
Cadamarteri joined the Sheffield Wednesday youth team at the age of 8. [3] In October 2021 he scored 4 goals to help the club's under-18 team to a 6–5 win, having come back from losing 5–1. [4] In January 2022 he was linked with a transfer to a Premier League club, [5] and later that month he spoke about the challenge the youth team was facing in the FA Youth Cup. [6] In February 2022 he was again linked with a transfer away to the Premier League. [7] [8]
Cadamarteri signed his first professional contract on 8 June 2022. [9] [10] [11] [12] He made his senior debut in the EFL Trophy against Leicester City U21 on 18 October 2022. [13] He then returned to the under-18 team, [14] and the under-21 team, [15] although continued to be involved around the first-team, [16] [17] but manager Darren Moore said he was not ready for first-team football yet. [18] The club also rejected loan offers for him. [19]
He suffered an injury later that season, undergoing surgery, [20] and being ruled out for the rest of the campaign. [21] He missed part of the 2023–24 pre-season whilst recovering from the injury. [22] He started the season playing with the under-21s, [23] with the club later saying that they would not rush him into the first-team. [24]
He made his league debut on 11 November 2023, appearing as a half-time substitute in a 4–0 defeat, and was praised by manager Danny Röhl. [25] [26] His first senior goal came against Blackburn Rovers helping his side win 3–1. [27] After impressing Röhl, he signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract at the club on 11 December 2023. [28] [29] After starting every game, scoring three goals and getting one assist for the month of December, Cadamarteri won the EFL Young Player of the Month award. [30]
On 28 August 2024, it was announced that Cadamarteri had signed a season-long loan with League One side Lincoln City. [31] [32] He made his debut on 31 August 2024, coming off the bench in a 1–0 win against Stevenage. [33] His first goal came against Cambridge United scoring the second in a 2–0 win. [34] He was ruled out for the remainder of his loan in March with a groin injury, having already struggled for game time in the second half of the season due to the same injury. [35] [36] He played a total of 31 times scoring 8 goals across all competitions during his season-long loan spell. [37]
After returning from his loan spell with Lincoln, Cadamarteri returned to the Sheffield Wednesday lineup on the opening day of the 2025–26 season, playing in a 2–1 defeat to recently relegated Leicester City. [38] His first goal on after his return was the equaliser away to Wrexham in a 2–2 draw. [39]
On 14 March 2024, he was selected for the Jamaica national team, [40] before also being called-up by the and England under-19 national team the next day. [41] He made his England U19 debut coming off the bench for Will Lankshear against Morocco under-19 on 21 March 2024. [42] On 24 May 2024, Cadamarteri was called up to the England Men's Elite League squad. [43]
Born in Leeds, he is of Italian, Irish and Jamaican descent. [3] He is the son of former footballer Danny Cadamarteri. [44] [45] His younger brother Caelan-Kole is also a footballer. [46]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2022–23 [47] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023–24 [48] | Championship | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 5 | ||
| 2024–25 [37] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 [49] | Championship | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| Total | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | ||
| Lincoln City (loan) | 2024–25 [37] | League One | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 [a] | 3 | 31 | 8 | |
| Career total | 49 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 14 | ||
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