_(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 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 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 | 94 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | France U21 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | France | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:55, 25 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:38, 9 July 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. A versatile and technically gifted player, he is mostly 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, 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.