Juan Cámara

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 Jagiellonia Białystok mainly as a left winger.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cámara and the second or maternal family name is Mesa.
Juan Cámara
Personal information
Full name Juan del Carmen Cámara Mesa
Date of birth (1994-02-13) 13 February 1994[1]
Place of birth Jaén, Spain[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Jagiellonia Białystok
Number 10
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)
2018–2019 Miedź Legnica 27 (3)
2019– Jagiellonia Białystok 22 (2)
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 28 February 2020

Club career

Born in Jaén, Andalusia, Cámara finished his youth career 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.[2]

On 3 July 2014, Cámara joined another reserve team, FC Barcelona B also of the second level.[3] He scored his first professional goal on 28 September, netting his side's second in a 3–3 away draw to RCD Mallorca;[4] 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.[5]

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's opener.[6] 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.[7][8]

On 10 February 2016, Cámara came on for Ivan Rakitić in the 76rd minute of a 1–1 away draw against Valencia CF in the second leg of Copa del Rey semi-finals, providing the assist for Wilfrid Kaptoum's goal.[9] 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.[10]

On 31 August 2016, Cámara was loaned to division two club Girona FC for one year.[11] After appearing rarely in an eventual promotion, he moved to fellow league side CF Reus Deportiu on 10 August 2017, also on a one-year loan deal.[12]

On 9 August 2018, free agent Cámara moved abroad for the first time in his career, after signing a three-year contract with Miedź Legnica in the Polish Ekstraklasa.[13] The following 31 May, he joined Jagiellonia Białystok of the same league on a four-year deal.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of 10 February 2016[15]
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. "Juan Cámara". Eurosport. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. Un Deportivo de récord (A record Deportivo); Marca, 3 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  3. Juan Cámara refuerza el Barça B (Juan Cámara bolsters Barça B); FC Barcelona, 3 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. El debutante Kasim salva al Mallorca con un doblete (Debutant Kasim saves Mallorca with a brace); Marca, 28 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. "3–1. Un Barça B gris coge aire para hundir al Recreativo" [3–1. A grey Barça B take a breather to sink Recreativo] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  6. "Athletic Bilbao 0–1 Barcelona: Luis Suarez seals the points in Liga opener". Goal. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. "Cámara y Kaptoum debutan en Champions" [Cámara and Kaptoum make Champions debut] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  8. "Leverkusen fall just short against Barcelona". UEFA. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  9. "Barça salvage 1–1 King's Cup draw against improved Valencia". Reuters. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  10. "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.
  11. "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.
  12. "Juan Cámara llega cedido al Reus" [Juan Cámara arrives on loan at Reus] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  13. "Były piłkarz FC Barcelona zagra w Miedzi Legnica!" [Former FC Barcelona footballer will play in Miedź Legnica!] (in Polish). Miedź Legnica. 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  14. "Oficjalnie: Camara przenosi się do Jagiellonii" [Official: Camara moves to Jagiellonia] (in Polish). Przegląd Sportowy. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  15. Juan Cámara at Soccerway
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