Sergio Camello Pérez (born 10 February 2001) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

club

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in the Villa de Vallecas district of Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish foot ...

Club career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Camello joined

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

's youth setup in 2009, aged eight, from CDS Las Encinas de Boadilla. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 23 September 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring the equalizer in a 4–2

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away win against

CDA Navalcarnero Club Deportivo Artístico Navalcarnero is a football team based in Navalcarnero, in the autonomous community of Community of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1961, it plays in , holding home games at the 2,500-seat ''Estadio Mariano González''. ...

. On 12 May 2019, Camello scored a brace in a 2–0 away defeat of

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...

. He made his first team – and

– debut six days later; after coming on as a half-time substitute for

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, he scored the equalizer in a 2–2 away draw against

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...

, becoming the first player born in the 21st century to score for ''Atleti''. On 31 August 2021, Camello moved to

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side

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División ...

on loan for the 2021–22 season. An undisputed starter, he scored 15 goals during the campaign, notably scoring braces against

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas S.A.D. is a professional association football, football club based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The club will compete in Segunda División, the 2nd division in the Spanish football league syst ...

(4–2 win),

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

(3–2 win) and

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Primera Federación - Group 1, holding home ma ...

(3–1 win). On 3 August 2022, Camello renewed his contract with ''Atleti'' until 2026, and moved to fellow top tier

on loan for the season. He scored his first goal in the top tier on 3 October, netting the equalizer in a 2–1 home win over

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...

. On 17 August 2023, Camello signed a permanent four-year deal with Rayo.

International career

In 2024, Camello was called up to the Spain Olympic team for the

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. On 9 August 2024, he scored two goals in the extra time to give Spain the 5–3 victory against

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in the

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, thus winning the gold medal.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Spain U23 *

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gold medal:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Camello, Sergio 2001 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Atlético Madrid B players Atlético Madrid footballers CD Mirandés footballers Rayo Vallecano players Spain men's youth international footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers for Spain Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic gold medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Spanish sportsmen