Rafael Camacho

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Rafael Camacho
Rafa Camacho Liverpool May 2018.jpg
Camacho with Liverpool in 2018
Personal information
Full name Rafael Euclides Soares Camacho [1]
Date of birth (2000-05-22) 22 May 2000 (age 24) [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*
YearsTeamApps(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)
*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)

Rafael Euclides Soares Camacho (born 22 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger.

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Club career

Camacho (right) playing for Manchester City in 2014. Next Generation Trophy 2014 41.JPG
Camacho (right) playing for Manchester City in 2014.

Liverpool

Born 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

On 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]

On 12 July 2022, he joined Aris on a season-long loan. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 June 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2018–19 [16] Premier League 10100000—20
Sporting 2019–20 Primeira Liga 19000314 [lower-alpha 1] 000261
2020–21 00000000—00
Total19000314000261
Sporting CP B 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal 71————71
Rio Ave (loan) 2020–21 Primeira Liga 113————113
Belenenses (loan) 2021–22 1601000——170
Aris (loan) 2022–23 Superleague Greece 25230—41—323
Career total79650318100958
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

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References

  1. ↑ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Rafael Camacho: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Angolano de 17 anos na equipa principal do Liverpool". Novo Jornal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rafael Camacho. O 'Black Ronaldo' está a caminho do Sporting". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Rafael Camacho". Liverpool Football Club. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Pearce, James (2 January 2019). "The latest on Rafa Camacho's Liverpool future". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "Liverpool transfer news: Sporting Lisbon make loan move for Rafa Camacho". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Liverpool - 7 January 2019 - Soccerway". Uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Prenderville, Liam (7 January 2019). "Liverpool teenagers handed full debuts in FA Cup clash". mirror. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "Comunicado Sporting Clube De Portugal - Futebol, SAD". Sporting CP. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  13. ↑ "Liverpool sells winger Camacho to Sporting CP". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "Άρης μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον δανεισμό του Καμάτσο από τη Σπόρτινγκ". www.sport24.gr. 12 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Rafael Camacho in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2019.


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