Eduardo Camavinga facts for kids
_(cropped).jpg)
Camavinga in 2022
|
||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 November 2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cabinda, Angola | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder, left-back | |||||||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Drapeau-Fougères | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Rennes | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Rennes II | 13 | (4) | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Rennes | 71 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2021– | Real Madrid | 102 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | France U21 | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2020– | France | 24 | (2) | |||||||||||||
|
Honours
|
||||||||||||||||
† Appearances (Goals). |
||||||||||||||||
Eduardo Celmi Camavinga (born November 10, 2002) is a talented football player. He plays as a midfielder or sometimes a left-back for the famous Spanish club Real Madrid and for the French national team.
Camavinga started his football journey in France with Rennes. He was very young, only 16, when he first played for their main team! In 2021, he joined Real Madrid. With Real Madrid, he helped the team win the La Liga title and the UEFA Champions League twice, in 2022 and 2024.
Eduardo was born in Angola to parents who were refugees from Congo. His family moved to France when he was very young. He later played for France's national youth teams. In 2020, at just 17 years old, he played his first game for the senior French national team. This made him the youngest player to debut for France in over 100 years! He was also part of the French team that finished second in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Contents
Eduardo Camavinga's Early Life
Eduardo Camavinga was born in 2002 in a refugee camp in Cabinda, Angola. His parents, Celestino and Sofia, had left their home in the DR Congo because of a civil war. They found safety in a refugee camp before Eduardo was born.
When Eduardo was two years old, his family, including his five siblings, moved to France. They settled in a town called Fougères. Eduardo first tried judo, but he soon decided to focus only on football. A difficult event happened in 2013 when his family's house burned down. This sad event actually motivated Eduardo even more to become a successful football player and help his family.
In 2020, he successfully completed his high school exams, called the Baccalauréat.
Playing for Clubs
Starting at Rennes
Camavinga joined the youth team of Rennes when he was 11. He signed his first professional contract on December 14, 2018. He was only 16 years and one month old, making him the youngest professional player for the club at that time!
He played his first professional game for Rennes on April 6, 2019, in a Ligue 1 match against Angers. He was 16 years and six months old, becoming the youngest player to ever play for Rennes' first team.
On August 18, 2019, Camavinga helped his team win 2–1 against Paris Saint-Germain. He made an assist (a pass that leads to a goal) and was named the best player of the match. He was the youngest player to make an assist in Ligue 1, at 16 years and 281 days old. He also won the "Player of the Month" award for August, being the youngest player to ever receive it. He scored his first goal for Rennes on December 15, 2019, helping them win 1–0 against Lyon.
During the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League season, he played in four matches for Rennes against teams like Krasnodar, Chelsea, and Sevilla.
Joining Real Madrid
On August 31, 2021, Real Madrid announced that they had signed Camavinga. He would play for them until June 30, 2027. He made his first appearance for Real Madrid on September 12, 2021, in a 5–2 win against Celta Vigo. He even scored a goal shortly after coming onto the field! Just three days later, he played his first UEFA Champions League game for Real Madrid. He came on as a substitute and helped set up the winning goal against Inter Milan.
On May 28, 2022, Camavinga played in the 2022 UEFA Champions League final. He came on as a substitute and helped Real Madrid win 1–0 against Liverpool. This victory earned his team the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League title. On May 9, 2023, he made an important assist to Vinícius Júnior in a Champions League semi-final game against Manchester City. At 20 years and 180 days old, he was the youngest player to make an assist in the competition's semi-finals.
On November 7, 2023, Real Madrid announced that Camavinga had extended his contract until June 30, 2029.
He missed the first game of the 2024–25 season because of a knee injury during training. However, he returned to play on October 2, 2024, in a Champions League match against Lille.
Playing for France
On October 31, 2019, Camavinga officially became a French citizen. Before this, he was a citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Just six days later, he was chosen to play for France's under-21 team.
On August 27, 2020, Camavinga was called up to play for France's senior team. He became the youngest player to be called up to the French senior team since 1932! On September 8, he made his debut in a 4–2 win against Croatia. He was 17 years, nine months, and 29 days old, making him the youngest player to ever play for the French national team since 1914.
On October 7, 2020, Camavinga started his first game for France in a 7–1 win against Ukraine. He scored his first goal for his country with an amazing overhead kick! This made him the youngest goalscorer for France since 1914.
Camavinga played two games in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. France reached the final but finished as runners-up. In the final match against Argentina, he came on as a substitute. The game was a thrilling 3–3 draw after extra time, but France unfortunately lost on penalties.
What He's Won
Real Madrid
- La Liga: 2021–22, 2023–24
- Copa del Rey: 2022–23
- Supercopa de España: 2022, 2024
- UEFA Champions League: 2021–22, 2023–24
- UEFA Super Cup: 2022, 2024
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2022
- FIFA Intercontinental Cup: 2024
France
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2022
Individual Awards
- UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: August 2019
- Kopa Trophy runner-up: 2022
- IFFHS Men's Youth (U20) World Team: 2020, 2021, 2022
Images for kids
-
Camavinga in 2022
-
Camavinga celebrating with Rennes in 2019
See also
In Spanish: Eduardo Camavinga para niños
