{{short description|Portuguese footballer (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Portuguese name|Soares|Camacho}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Rafael Camacho |image = Rafa Camacho Liverpool May 2018.jpg |image_size = |caption = Camacho with Liverpool in 2018 |full_name = Rafael Euclides Soares Camacho<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/844127|title=2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed|publisher=Premier League|date=3 September 2018|access-date=13 August 2022}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|5|22|df=y}}<ref name="PremProfile"/> |birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal |height = {{convert|1.75|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="PremProfile">{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/23820/Rafael-Camacho/overview|title=Rafael Camacho: Overview|publisher=Premier League|access-date=13 August 2022}}</ref> |position = Winger |currentclub = Vukovar 1991 | clubnumber = |youthyears1 = 2008–2013 |youthclubs1 = Sporting CP |youthyears2 = 2013–2016 |youthclubs2 = Manchester City |youthyears3 = 2016 |youthclubs3 = → Real S.C. (loan) |youthyears4 = 2016–2019 |youthclubs4 = Liverpool | years1 = 2018–2019 | clubs1 = Liverpool | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2019–2024 | clubs2 = Sporting CP | caps2 = 19 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = Sporting CP B | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2021 | clubs4 = → Rio Ave (loan) | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2021–2022 | clubs5 = → B-SAD (loan) | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2022–2023 | clubs6 = → Aris (loan) | caps6 = 25 | goals6 = 2 | years7 = 2025– | clubs7 = Vukovar 1991 | caps7 =9 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2015–2016 | nationalteam1 = Portugal U16 | nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalyears2 = 2016–2017 | nationalteam2 = Portugal U17 | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 4 | nationalyears3 = 2018 | nationalteam3 = Portugal U18 | nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals3 = 2 | nationalyears4 = 2018–2019 | nationalteam4 = Portugal U19 | nationalcaps4 = 8 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2018–2019 | nationalteam5 = Portugal U20 | nationalcaps5 = 6 | nationalgoals5 = 1 |club-update = 28 December 2025 (UTC) |nationalteam-update = 00:10, 1 October 2019 (UTC) }} '''Rafael Euclides Soares Camacho''' (born 22 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Croatian HNL club Vukovar 1991.
==Club career== [[File:Next Generation Trophy 2014 41.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Camacho (right) playing for Manchester City in 2014.]]
=== Liverpool === Born in Lisbon of Angolan descent,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://novojornal.co.ao/desporto/interior/angolano-de-17-anos-na-equipa-principal-do-liverpool-42299.html|title=Angolano de 17 anos na equipa principal do Liverpool|website=Novo Jornal|language=pt|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/desportos/interior/rafael-camacho-o-black-ronaldo-esta-a-caminho-do-sporting-10387915.html|title=Rafael Camacho. O 'Black Ronaldo' está a caminho do Sporting|work=Diário de Notícias|language=pt|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref> Camacho joined Liverpool’s academy from Sporting CP at the end of the 2015–16 season following a successful trial. He is a versatile player who can play anywhere across the front line but had also featured at right back and wing back.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/academy/player/rafael-camacho | title=Rafael Camacho | website = |publisher=Liverpool Football Club | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418234629/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/academy/player/rafael-camacho |archive-date=18 April 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-no-rush-make-rafa-15620877|title=The latest on Rafa Camacho's Liverpool future|first=James|last=Pearce|date=2 January 2019|work=Liverpool Echo|accessdate=7 January 2019}}</ref>
Camacho was named on the substitutes' bench for the Merseyside Derby against Everton in the Premier League on 7 April 2018 as a late injury replacement for Alberto Moreno but did not make an appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jamespearceecho/status/982576591699152896|title=Rafa Camacho now on the bench for #LFC. Moreno suffering with a thigh injury in the warm up|first=James|last=Pearce|date=7 April 2018|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=7 January 2019}}</ref> In December 2018 he was named on the bench for games against Burnley and Manchester United.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/sporting-cp-make-loan-move-for-liverpools-rafa-camacho/9y0hk5h1mcs21tckaz4mtbzr2|title=Liverpool transfer news: Sporting Lisbon make loan move for Rafa Camacho|website=Goal.com|accessdate=7 January 2019}}</ref> He made his senior debut in the FA Cup third round against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 7 January 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2019/01/07/england/fa-cup/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/liverpool-fc/2943531/|title=Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Liverpool - 7 January 2019 - Soccerway|website=Uk.soccerway.com|accessdate=7 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-teenagers-rafael-camacho-curtis-13825739|title=Liverpool teenagers handed full debuts in FA Cup clash|last=Prenderville|first=Liam|date=2019-01-07|website=mirror|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref> and his league debut 12 days later, coming on as a late substitute in a 4–3 win over Crystal Palace.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/335036-jurgen-klopp-rafael-camacho-crystal-palace|title=Klopp: I told Rafa he'd made the most important challenge of his life!|publisher=Liverpool Football Club|last=Carroll|first=James|date=21 January 2019|accessdate=21 January 2019}}</ref>
=== Sporting CP === On 27 June 2019, Camacho rejoined Sporting CP on a five-year contract for a reported fee of £7 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/noticias/clube/comunicados/2019-06-27/comunicado-sporting-clube-de-portugal-futebol-sad-0 | title=Comunicado Sporting Clube De Portugal - Futebol, SAD | publisher=Sporting CP | date=27 June 2019 | accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Liverpool sells winger Camacho to Sporting CP|url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/06/28/liverpool-confirm-departure-rafael-camacho-sporting-cp-permanent-deal|access-date=2020-07-19|website=Sports Illustrated|language=en-us}}</ref>
On 1 February 2021, Camacho agreed to a loan move to Rio Ave for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ataque rioavista reforçado com Camacho|trans-title=Rio Ave's striking line reinforced by Camacho|url=https://rioavefc.pt/destaque/ataque-rioavista-reforcado-com-camacho/|date=2021-02-01|access-date=2021-02-02|publisher=Rio Ave F.C.|language=pt}}</ref>
On 12 July 2022, he joined Aris on a season-long loan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/aris-metagrafes-anakoinose-ton-kamatso.9694183.html |title=Άρης μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον δανεισμό του Καμάτσο από τη Σπόρτινγκ |publisher=www.sport24.gr |date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 5 June 2023}}
{| 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|Europe !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total |- !League!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Liverpool |2018–19<ref name=sb1819>{{soccerbase season|111604|2018|name=Rafael Camacho|accessdate=8 January 2019}}</ref> |Premier League |1||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Sporting |2019–20 |rowspan="2"|Primeira Liga |19||0||0||0||3||1||4{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0||0||0||26||1 |- |2020–21 |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !19||0||0||0||3||1||4||0||0||0||26||1 |- |Sporting CP B |2020–21 |Campeonato de Portugal |7||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||1 |- |Rio Ave (loan) |2020–21 |rowspan="2"|Primeira Liga |11||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||3 |- |Belenenses (loan) |2021–22 |16||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||0 |- |Aris (loan) |2022–23 |Superleague Greece |25||2||3||0||colspan="2"|—||4||1||colspan="2"|—||32||3 |- !colspan=3|Career total !79||6||5||0||3||1||8||1||0||0||95||8 |}
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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{FPF national player}} * {{UEFA player}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Camacho, Rafael}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Lisbon Category:Portuguese men's footballers Category:Portuguese people of Angolan descent Category:Sportspeople of Angolan descent Category:Black Portuguese sportspeople Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Liverpool F.C. players Category:Sporting CP footballers Category:Sporting CP B players Category:Rio Ave F.C. players Category:B-SAD players Category:Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Category:Premier League players Category:Primeira Liga players Category:Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Category:Super League Greece players Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen