Junior Tchamadeu
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Junior Baptiste Tchamadeu[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 22 December 2003||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Stoke City | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2020 | Charlton Athletic | ||
2020 | Colchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Colchester United | 82 | (6) |
2023– | Stoke City | 15 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Cameroon | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:31, 4 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:52, 18 November 2023 (UTC) |
Junior Baptiste Tchamadeu (born 22 December 2003) is a Cameroon professional footballer who plays as a right back for EFL Championship club Stoke City. Born in England, he plays for the Cameroon national team.
Career[edit]
Colchester United[edit]
Born in England,[3] Tchamadeu joined League Two side Colchester United from Charlton Athletic in 2020.[4] He became Colchester United's youngest ever starting debutant on 5 December 2020 when he was named in the starting eleven for Colchester's 2–1 victory against Grimsby Town.[5] He was aged 16-years and 349 days old.[2] On 5 July 2021, he signed a three-year contract extension with the club.[6]
On 19 October 2021, he was sent off for the first time in his career for violent conduct following an altercation with Bristol Rovers' Trevor Clarke.[7] On 26 March 2022, Tchamadeu scored a first career senior goal with a 95th minute winner against Tranmere Rovers securing a vital win to move Colchester closer to safety.[8] At the end of the 2021–22 season, Tchamadeu won the EFL League Two Apprentice of the Season award at the 2022 EFL Awards.[9] He was awarded the EFL Young Player of the Month award for January 2023 having featured in every minute played as they took thirteen points from six matches.[10]
Stoke City[edit]
On 1 September 2023, Tchamadeu signed for EFL Championship side Stoke City for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract.[11]
International career[edit]
In November 2023, Tchamadeu was called up to the Cameroon national team by Rigobert Song.[12]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 4 May 2024
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Colchester United | 2020–21[13] | League Two | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2021–22[14] | League Two | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
2022–23[15] | League Two | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 46 | 5 | |
2023–24[16] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 82 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 95 | 6 | ||
Stoke City | 2023–24[16] | Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
Career Total | 97 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 6 |
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
International[edit]
Source:[17]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Cameroon | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours[edit]
Individual
- EFL League Two Young Player of the Season: 2022–23[18]
- EFL League Two Team of the Season: 2022–23[19]
- PFA Team of the Year: 2022–23 League Two[20]
- EFL League Two Apprentice of the Season: 2021–22[9]
- EFL Young Player of the Month: January 2023[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "EFL Club List of Registered Players as at 15th May 2021" (PDF). EFL.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Junior Tchamadeu". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Junior Tchamadeu – Defender". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Waldron, Jonathan (7 December 2020). "Colchester United debutant Junior Tchamadeu impressed". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Colchester United 2–1 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Colchester United: New deals for Tommy Smith, Junior Tchamadeu & Brendan Wiredu". BBC Sport. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Colchester United 1–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Colchester United 1–0 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Junior Wins EFL Award". www.cu-fc.com. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Junior Wins EFL Young Player Award". www.cu-fc.com. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ "Tchamadeu checks in with Potters". Stoke City. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "International call-up for Stoke City summer signing after switch of allegiance". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Junior Tchamadeu in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Junior Tchamadeu in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Junior Tchamadeu". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Games played by Junior Tchamadeu in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ Junior Tchamadeu at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Middlesbrough's Chuba Akpom takes Sky Bet Championship Player of the Season". English Football League. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "EFL Team of the Season line-ups revealed". English Football League. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Erling Haaland: Manchester City forward wins PFA men's Player of the Year award". BBC Sport. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
External links[edit]
- Junior Tchamadeu at Soccerbase
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the London Borough of Redbridge
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Cameroon men's international footballers
- English men's footballers
- English people of Cameroonian descent
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Black British sportsmen
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players