_(cropped).jpg) Camavinga in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Eduardo Celmi Camavinga[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 November 2002[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cabinda, Angola | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Drapeau-Fougères | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Rennes | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Rennes II | 13 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Rennes | 71 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Real Madrid | 98 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | France U21 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | France | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:01, 9 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:59, 14 November 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Eduardo Celmi Camavinga (born 10 November 2002) is a professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Real Madrid and the France national team. He is known for his tackling, versatility, and mobility. His usual positions are central or defensive midfielder[4] and left-back.[5][6]
Camavinga began his career in Ligue 1 with Rennes, making his senior debut at the age of 16, and quickly established himself as a regular first-team player. In 2021, he signed for Real Madrid for a fee of €31 million, winning a La Liga and UEFA Champions League double in his first season.
Born in Angola, to Congolese refugees, Camavinga moved to France at a young age, eventually representing the country at under-21 level. He made his first senior appearance for the France national team in 2020 at the age of 17, becoming the nation's youngest debutant in over a century. He was part of the French squad that finished runners-up at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 12. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Eduardo Camavinga: Overview". ESPN. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Camavinga". Real Madrid CF. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Casemiro, Rodri, Partey: Who is the world's best defensive midfielder?". GiveMeSport. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ Cheval, Bastien (23 March 2023). "Eduardo Camavinga on his left-back role: "It's a different way of defending."". OneFootball. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Didier Deschamps confirms Eduardo Camavinga as a left-back for France". Get French Football News. 16 March 2023. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.