{{short description|Cameroonian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bobby Kamwa | fullname = Bobby-Emmanuel Kamwa<ref>{{Cite web |title=Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Leeds United |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/efl-professional-retain-list--free-transfers---2018-19.pdf |access-date=5 September 2019 |publisher=English Football League |page=17}}</ref> | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|03|18|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Player Profile: Bobby Kamwa |url=https://www.dafc.co.uk/people.php?SID=First%20Team&ID=194|access-date=5 September 2019 |publisher=Dunfermline Athletic}}</ref> | birth_place = Douala, Cameroon | height = 1.83 m<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newport-county.co.uk/player/93|title=B. Kamwa|publisher=Newport County A.F.C.|access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref> | position = Forward, attacking midfielder | currentclub = Newport County | clubnumber = 7 | youthyears1 = 2014–2021 | youthclubs1 = Leeds United | years1 = 2021–2022 | clubs1 = Leeds United | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2022 | clubs2 = → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2022–2024 | clubs3 = Burton Albion | caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 2024– | clubs4 = Newport County | caps4 = 83 | goals4 = 14 | club-update = 16:42, 2 May 2026 (UTC) }} '''Bobby-Emmanuel Kamwa''' (born 18 March 2000) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for {{English football updater|NewportC}} club Newport County.
==Club career== ===Leeds United=== Kamwa was born in Douala, Cameroon, but moved with his family to Leeds, England, at the age of nine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/2955312/bobby-kamwa-marcelo-bielsa-leeds-united-murderball-dunfermline/|title=Bobby Kamwa talks Marcelo Bielsa, Leeds United 'Murderball' and journey from Douala to Dunfermline|first=Alan|last=Temple|date=29 January 2022|access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newport-county.co.uk/news/newport-county-sign-former-leeds-forward-bobby-kamwa|title=Newport County sign former Leeds forward Bobby Kamwa|publisher=Newport County A.F.C.|access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref> Kamwa joined the Leeds United academy aged 13<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hart |first=Ross |date=2022-02-07 |title='Murderball', Bielsa and Pars shop window: Leeds loan star Kamwa on East End move |url=https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/19896750.dunfermline-bobby-kamwa-leeds-united-marcelo-bielsa-pars-loan-move/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |work=Dunfermline Press |language=en}}</ref> and in July 2020, he signed a two-year contract with the club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leedsunited.com/en/news/bobby-kamwa-pens-two-year-deal|title=Bobby Kamwa pens two-year deal|date=3 July 2020|publisher=Leeds United F.C.}}</ref> Kamwa was released by Leeds at the end of the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/29977/leeds-united-2022-23-retained-list|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610100643/https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/29977/leeds-united-2022-23-retained-list|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2022|title=Leeds United 2022/23 retained list|date=10 June 2022|publisher=Leeds United F.C.}}</ref>
===Dunfermline Athletic (loan)=== In January 2022 Kamwa joined Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cv6g0wzyqq5o|title=Kamwa heads out on loan|website=BBC Sport|date=28 January 2022 }}</ref>
===Burton Albion=== He signed for League One club Burton Albion in October 2022,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63118307|title=Burton bring in former Leeds forward Kamwa|work=BBC Sport |date=3 October 2022 }}</ref> before signing a new contract in February 2023 to keep him at the club until June 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/news/2023/february/0102-kamwa/|title=BOBBY KAMWA {{!}} FORWARD SIGNS NEW BURTON ALBION CONTRACT UNTIL 2024|website=www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk|date=1 February 2023|access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref>
Following the conclusion of the 2023–24 season, it was confirmed Kamwa was to leave the club upon the expiration of his contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/sport/football/oshilaja-among-seven-released-albion-9291738|title=Oshilaja among seven released as Albion list is out|website=Staffordshire Live|last=Crawford|first=Colston|date=17 May 2024|access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref>
===Newport County=== On 2 August 2024, Kamwa joined EFL League Two club Newport County.<ref name="auto"/> He made his debut for Newport on 10 August 2024 in the 3-2 EFL League Two defeat to Cheltenham Town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cjdk5ky8zj9t|title=Cheltenham Town 3-2 Newport County|website=BBC Sport|access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref> Kamwa scored his first goal for Newport on 17 August 2024 in the 3-1 League Two win against Doncaster Rovers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c4gxepd18zgt|title=Newport County vs Doncaster Rovers: League Two|website=BBC Sport|access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref> On 21 December 2024 he scored his first career hat-trick in the 6-3 League Two win against Milton Keynes Dons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cy9q84xd8zyt|title=Newport County 6-3 MK Dons: Bryn Morris and Bobby Kamwa hat-tricks earn rampant Exiles victory|website=BBC Sport|access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Updated|match played 2 May 2026}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Leeds United |2021–22<ref name="S21">{{Soccerbase season|136091|2021|access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref> |Premier League |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- |Dunfermline Athletic (loan) |2021–22<ref name="S21"/> |Scottish Championship |7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Scottish Championship play-offs}}||0||8||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Burton Albion |2022–23<ref>{{Soccerbase season|136091|2022|access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref> |League One |17||2||2||1||0||0||2{{efn|name="EFT"|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}}||0||21||3 |- |2023–24<ref>{{Soccerbase season|136091|2023|access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref> |League One` |25||2||0||0||1||0||0||0||26||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !42!!4!!2!!1!!1!!0!!2!!0!!47!!5 |- |rowspan="3"|Newport County |2024–25<ref>{{Soccerbase season|136091|2024|access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref> |League Two |43||9||1||0||1||0||3{{efn|name="EFT"}}||0||48||9 |- |2025–26<ref>{{Soccerbase season|136091|2025|access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref> |League Two |40||5||2||0||2||0||3{{efn|name="EFT"}}||0||47||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !83!!14!!3!!0!!3!!0!!6!!0!!95!!14 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !132!!18!!5!!1!!4!!0!!9!!0!!150!!19 |} {{notelist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamwa, Bobby}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Cameroonian men's footballers Category:Footballers from Douala Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Leeds United F.C. players Category:Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Category:Burton Albion F.C. players Category:Newport County A.F.C. players Category:Scottish Professional Football League players Category:English Football League players Category:Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in England Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Wales Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Wales
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