Camora (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Malico and the second or paternal family name is Paulino.
Camora
Camora with CFR Cluj in 2022
Personal information
Full name Mário Jorge Malico Paulino[1]
Date of birth (1986-11-10) 10 November 1986 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Samora Correia, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 CFR Cluj
Number 45
Youth career
1994–2005 Samora Correia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Valdevez 10 (2)
2006–2009 Beira-Mar 24 (1)
2006 → Avanca (loan) 4 (1)
2007 → Pampilhosa (loan) 10 (1)
2009–2011 Naval 64 (2)
2011– CFR Cluj 399 (13)
International career‡
2020–2023 Romania 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2023

Mário Jorge Malico Paulino (born 10 November 1986), known as Camora, is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga I club CFR Cluj, which he captains.

He spent most of his professional career at CFR Cluj in Romania, with which he won nine domestic trophies since signing in 2011.[2] Previously, he totalled 66 matches in the Primeira Liga over four seasons, 64 of those with Naval.

Born in Portugal, Camora acquired Romanian citizenship in 2020 and began representing the national team later that year.

  1. ^ a b c "Camora" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. ^ Marques, David (5 February 2019). "O português que reina na Transilvânia do conde Drácula" [The Portuguese who reigns in count Dracula's Transylvania] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 February 2019.