Juan Cámara

Juan Cámara
Personal information
Full name Juan del Carmen Cámara Mesa
Date of birth (1994-02-13) 13 February 1994
Place of birth Jaén, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Miedź Legnica
Youth career
2006–2011 Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Villarreal C 34 (8)
2012–2014 Villarreal B 70 (15)
2014–2016 Barcelona B 61 (12)
2016–2018 Barcelona 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Girona (loan) 3 (0)
2017–2018 → Reus (loan) 17 (0)
2018– Miedź Legnica 0 (0)
National team
2009 Spain U16 4 (0)
2010 Spain U17 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 June 2018

Juan del Carmen Cámara Mesa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxuaŋ ˈkamaɾa];[upper-alpha 1] born 13 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Polish club Miedź Legnica mainly as a left winger.

Club career

Born in Jaén, Andalusia, Cámara finished his formation with Villarreal. 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, 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 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 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's 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 came on for Ivan Rakitić in the 76rd minute of a 1–1 away draw against Valencia in the second leg of Copa del Rey semi-finals, providing the assist for Wilfrid Kaptoum's goal.[8] This scoreline also served to extend Barcelona's unbeaten run to 29 games, breaking the previous record of 28 set under Pep Guardiola in the 2010–11 campaign.[9]

On 31 August 2016, Cámara was loaned to Girona in the second level, for one year.[10] After appearing rarely but still achieving promotion, he moved to fellow league team Reys Deportiu on 10 August 2017, also on a one-year loan deal.[11]

On 9 August 2018, free agent Cámara moved abroad for the first time in his career, after signing a three-year deal with Miedź Legnica in the Polish Ekstraklasa.[12]

Club statistics

As of 10 February 2016[13]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Villarreal B 2011–12 10—10
2012–13 336—336
2013–14 369—369
Total 7015—7015
Barcelona B 2014–15 306—306
2015–16 185—185
Total 4811—4811
Barcelona 2015–16 00101[lower-alpha 1]0—20
Total 001010—20
Career totals 118261010—12026
  1. ↑ All appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Barcelona

Notes

  1. ↑ In isolation, Juan is pronounced [ˈxuan].

References

  1. ↑ Un Deportivo de récord (A record Deportivo); Marca, 3 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Juan Cámara refuerza el Barça B (Juan Cámara bolsters Barça B); FC Barcelona, 3 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ El debutante Kasim salva al Mallorca con un doblete (Debutant Kasim saves Mallorca with a brace); Marca, 28 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Athletic Bilbao 0–1 Barcelona: Luis Suarez seals the points in Liga opener". Goal.com. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cámara y Kaptoum debutan en Champions" [Cámara and Kaptoum make Champions debut] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Leverkusen fall just short against Barcelona". UEFA.com. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Barça salvage 1–1 King's Cup draw against improved Valencia". Reuters. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "El FC Barcelona, a la final de la Copa del Rey con récord" [FC Barcelona, to the King's Cup final with record] (in Spanish). Sport. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "El migcampista Juan Cámara, nova incorporació del Girona" [Midfielder Juan Cámara, new addition of Girona] (in Catalan). Girona FC. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Juan Cámara llega cedido al Reus" [Juan Cámara arrives on loan at Reus] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Były piłkarz FC Barcelona zagra w Miedzi Legnica!" [Former FC Barcelona footballer will play in Miedź Legnica!] (in Polish). Miedź Legnica. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Juan Cámara at Soccerway
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