Juan Cámara
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan del Carmen Cámara Mesa | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Jaén, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Barcelona B | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2011 | Villarreal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011–2012 | Villarreal C | 34 | (8) |
| 2012–2014 | Villarreal B | 70 | (15) |
| 2014– | Barcelona B | 48 | (11) |
| 2015– | Barcelona | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2009 | Spain U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | Spain U17 | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2016. | |||
Juan del Carmen Cámara Mesa (born 13 February 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B mainly as a left winger.
Club career
Born in Jaén, Andalusia, Cámara finished his formation with Villarreal CF. On 3 June 2012, the very last day of the season in Segunda División, he made his debut as a professional, playing 27 minutes for the reserves in a 0–1 home defeat against Deportivo de La Coruña.[1]
On 3 July 2014 Cámara joined another reserve team, FC Barcelona B also in the second level.[2] He scored his first professional goal on 28 September, netting his side's second in a 3–3 away draw against RCD Mallorca.[3] He finished his first year with six goals in 30 matches, including a brace in a 3–1 home win over Recreativo de Huelva on 18 January 2015.[4]
Cámara was first included in FC Barcelona's main squad on 23 August 2015, remaining an unused substitute in their 1–0 La Liga win at Athletic Bilbao which was the season opener.[5] He first appeared in the UEFA Champions League on 9 December, replacing Jordi Alba for the last 16 minutes of an eventual 1–1 away draw to Bayer 04 Leverkusen as the Spaniards had already secured the first place in their group.[6][7]
On 10 February 2016, Cámara replacing Ivan Rakitić in the 76rd minute of a 1–1 away draw against Valencia CF in the second leg of Copa del Rey semifinals, providing assists for Wilfrid Kaptoum goal.[8] His goal also served to extend the FC Barcelona's unbeaten run to 29 games, breaking the previous record of 28 games set under Pep Guardiola in the 2010–11 season.[9][10]
Club statistics
- As of 10 February 2016[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Villarreal B | 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2012–13 | 33 | 6 | — | 33 | 6 | ||||||
| 2013–14 | 36 | 9 | — | 36 | 9 | ||||||
| Total | 70 | 15 | — | 70 | 15 | ||||||
| Barcelona B | 2014–15 | 30 | 6 | — | 30 | 6 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 18 | 5 | — | 18 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 48 | 11 | — | 48 | 11 | ||||||
| Barcelona | 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career totals | 118 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 120 | 26 | ||
- ↑ All appearances in UEFA Champions League
References
- ↑ Un Deportivo de récord (A record Deportivo); Marca, 3 June 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ Juan Cámara refuerza el Barça B (Juan Cámara bolsters Barça B); Barcelona's official website, 3 July 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ El debutante Kasim salva al Mallorca con un doblete (Debutant Kasim saves Mallorca with a brace); Marca, 28 September 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ "3–1. Un Barça B gris coge aire para hundir al Recreativo" [3–1. A grey Barça B takes a breather to sink Recreativo] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ "Athletic Bilbao 0–1 Barcelona: Luis Suarez seals the points in Liga opener". Goal.com. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ "Cámara y Kaptoum debutan en Champions" [Cámara and Kaptoum make Champions debut] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ↑ "Leverkusen fall just short against Barcelona". UEFA.com. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ↑ "Barça salvage 1-1 King's Cup draw against improved Valencia". Reuters. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ↑ "Valencia 1-1 Barcelona (agg 1-8): Neville denied rare win as Barça break record". goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ↑ "El FC Barcelona, a la final de la Copa del Rey con récord" [Kaptoum extends Barça's unbeaten run as Luis Enrique's side stroll into Copa final]. Sport (in Spanish). 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ↑ Juan Cámara profile at Soccerway
External links
- Juan Cámara profile at BDFutbol
- Juan Cámara profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
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