Rafael Camacho

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Soares and the second or paternal family name is Camacho.

Rafael Euclides Soares Camacho (born 22 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Croatian HNL club Vukovar 1991.

Rafael Camacho

Camacho with Liverpool in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Rafael Euclides Soares Camacho[1]
Date of birth	(2000-05-22) 22 May 2000 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position	Winger
Team information
Current team	Vukovar 1991
Youth career
2008–2013	Sporting CP
2013–2016	Manchester City
2016	→ Real S.C. (loan)
2016–2019	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Liverpool	1	(0)
2019–2024	Sporting CP	19	(0)
2020–2021	Sporting CP B	7	(1)
2021	→ Rio Ave (loan)	11	(3)
2021–2022	→ B-SAD (loan)	16	(0)
2022–2023	→ Aris (loan)	25	(2)
2025–	Vukovar 1991	0	(0)
International career‡
2015–2016	Portugal U16	11	(3)
2016–2017	Portugal U17	9	(4)
2018	Portugal U18	3	(2)
2018–2019	Portugal U19	8	(0)
2018–2019	Portugal U20	6	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:10, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Camacho (right) playing for Manchester City in 2014.

Liverpool

Born in Lisbon of Angolan descent,^[3][4] 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.^[5][6]

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.^[7] In December 2018 he was named on the bench for games against Burnley and Manchester United.^[8] He made his senior debut in the FA Cup third round against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 7 January 2019,^[9][10] and his league debut 12 days later, coming on as a late substitute in a 4–3 win over Crystal Palace.^[11]

Sporting CP

On 27 June 2019, Camacho rejoined Sporting CP on a five-year contract for a reported fee of £7 million.^[12][13]

On 1 February 2021, Camacho agreed to a loan move to Rio Ave for the remainder of the season.^[14]

On 12 July 2022, he joined Aris on a season-long loan.^[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 June 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Liverpool	2018–19[16]	Premier League	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
Sporting	2019–20	Primeira Liga	19	0	0	0	3	1	4[a]	0	0	0	26	1
	2020–21		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		19	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	26	1
Sporting CP B	2020–21	Campeonato de Portugal	7	1	—		—		—		—		7	1
Rio Ave (loan)	2020–21	Primeira Liga	11	3	—		—		—		—		11	3
Belenenses (loan)	2021–22		16	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		17	0
Aris (loan)	2022–23	Superleague Greece	25	2	3	0	—		4	1	—		32	3
Career total			79	6	5	0	3	1	8	1	0	0	95	8

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League