Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cameron Mitchel Puertas Castro [1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 August 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Lausanne, Switzerland [2] | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Union SG | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
Renens | |||
Forward Morges | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2022 | Lausanne-Sport | 94 | (10) |
2022– | Union SG | 81 | (16) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 |
Cameron Mitchel Puertas Castro (born 18 August 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Union SG. Born in Switzerland, he is a citizen of Spain.
Puertas started his career with Swiss amateur club Renens, before joining Forward-Morges in the fifth division at the age of 16, where he was soon considered to be the best player in the regional group. [3]
In 2020, he made first appearance in the Swiss Super League with Lausanne-Sport.
On 22 January 2022, Puertas signed a 3.5-year contract with Union SG in Belgium. [4]
Despite being born and raised in Switzerland, Puertas only holds Spanish citizenship, inherited from his parents. [5] He was about to become a Swiss national in 2021, but the naturalization process has been halted after he drove without a license. He will not receive his Swiss passport until 2025 at the earliest. [6] [7] [8]
Club | Season | League | Cup [lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lausanne-Sport | 2018–19 | Swiss Challenge League | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
2019–20 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 5 | |||
2021–22 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||||
Total | 94 | 10 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 101 | 11 | ||||
Union SG | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 47 | 6 | |||
2023-24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | — | 17 | 3 | |||
Total | 55 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 73 | 9 | |||
Career total | 149 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 20 |
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