Share to: share facebook share twitter share wa share telegram print page

Junior Tchamadeu

Junior Tchamadeu
Personal information
Full name Junior Baptiste Tchamadeu[1]
Date of birth (2003-12-22) 22 December 2003 (age 20)[2]
Place of birth Barking, London, England
Position(s) Full-back
Team information
Current team
 Stoke City
Number 22
Youth career
2013–2020 Charlton Athletic
2020 Colchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Colchester United 82 (6)
2023– Stoke City 30 (0)
International career‡
2023– Cameroon 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:12, 26 November 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

Colchester United

Tchamadeu was born in Barking, London,[3] and attended Gascoigne Primary School and All Saints Catholic School.[4][5] He joined the Charlton Athletic academy at the age of ten but was released at 16. After trials with Luton Town and Tottenham Hotspur Tchamadeu joined League Two side Colchester United on a scholarship.[6][7] He became Colchester United's youngest ever starting debutant at 16-years and 349 days on 5 December 2020 when he was named in the starting eleven for Colchester's 2–1 victory against Grimsby Town.[8]

On 5 July 2021, he signed a three-year contract extension with the club.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] At the end of the 2021–22 season, Tchamadeu won the EFL League Two Apprentice of the Season award at the 2022 EFL Awards.[12] 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.[13] In 2022–23 Tchamadeu made 46 appearances, scoring five goals as Colchester avoided relegation finishing in 20th position.[14] At the end of the season Tchamadeu was named Colchester's Player of the Year.[15] Following his success with Colchester, Tchamadeu was linked with a move to Championship clubs in the summer of 2023.[16]

Stoke City

Tchamadeu signed for EFL Championship side Stoke City on 1 September 2023 for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract.[17] Tchamadeu's first season with Stoke was disrupted as after playing for Cameroon at the Africa Cup of Nations he suffered a ankle injury on his return.[18] He made 15 appearances for Stoke in 2023–24 as the team avoided relegation.[19][20]

International career

In November 2023, Tchamadeu was called up to the Cameroon national team by Rigobert Song.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colchester United 2020–21[22] League Two 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2021–22[23] League Two 26 1 2 0 0 0 5[a] 0 33 1
2022–23[14] League Two 41 5 1 0 2 0 2[a] 0 46 5
2023–24[24] 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[24] Championship 15 0 0 0 0 0 — 15 0
2024–25[25] Championship 15 0 0 0 2 0 — 17 0
Total 30 0 0 0 2 0 — 32 0
Career Total 112 6 3 0 5 0 7 0 127 6
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

International

Source:[26]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2023 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "EFL Club List of Registered Players as at 15th May 2021" (PDF). EFL.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Junior Tchamadeu". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Junior Tchamadeu – Defender". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Gascoigne Primary". Twitter. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  5. ^ Ranson, Jacob (16 May 2017). "School sport: All Saints Catholic School land county trophy". Barking & Dagenham Post. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  6. ^ Froston, Nancy. "Junior Tchamadeu: The starlet proving why Colchester put so much faith in youth". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  7. ^ Waldron, Jonathan (7 December 2020). "Colchester United debutant Junior Tchamadeu impressed". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Colchester United 2–1 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Colchester United: New deals for Tommy Smith, Junior Tchamadeu & Brendan Wiredu". BBC Sport. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Colchester United 1–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Colchester United 1–0 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Junior Wins EFL Award". www.cu-fc.com. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Junior Wins EFL Young Player Award". www.cu-fc.com. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Junior Tchamadeu". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Junior Scoops Player of the Year Awards". Colchester United. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  16. ^ Waldron, Jonathan (5 July 2023). "Colchester United's Junior Tchamadeu linked with move to Stoke City". Gazette News. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Tchamadeu checks in with Potters". Stoke City. September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Stoke City injury latest and squad analysis ahead of West Brom home clash". Stoke Sentinel. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  19. ^ Smith, Pete (9 May 2024). "Pete Smith's Stoke City end of season player ratings for 35-man squad". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Southampton 0-1 Stoke City". BBC Sport. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  21. ^ "International call-up for Stoke City summer signing after switch of allegiance". Stoke Sentinel. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  22. ^ "Games played by Junior Tchamadeu in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  23. ^ "Games played by Junior Tchamadeu in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  24. ^ a b "Games played by Junior Tchamadeu in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  25. ^ "Games played by Junior Tchamadeu in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  26. ^ Junior Tchamadeu at National-Football-Teams.com
  27. ^ "Middlesbrough's Chuba Akpom takes Sky Bet Championship Player of the Season". English Football League. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  28. ^ "EFL Team of the Season line-ups revealed". English Football League. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  29. ^ "Erling Haaland: Manchester City forward wins PFA men's Player of the Year award". BBC Sport. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  30. ^ Waldron, Jonathan (9 May 2023). "Colchester United youngster Junior Tchamadeu scoops awards". Daily Gazette. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
Kembali kehalaman sebelumnya