Juan del Carmen Cámara Mesa (; born 13 February 1994) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a winger for

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

club Jagiellonia Białystok.

Club career

Born in Jaén,

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as the son of a

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for

Real Jaén Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1929 it plays in Tercera División RFEF, holding home matches at '' Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria'', with a capacit ...

, Cámara finished his youth career with

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, ...

. On 3 June 2012, the very last day of the season in Segunda División, he made his debut as a professional, playing 27 minutes for their reserves in a 0–1 home defeat against

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

. On 3 July 2014, Cámara joined another

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, FC Barcelona Atlètic also of the second division. He scored his first professional goal on 28 September, netting his side's second in a 3–3 draw away to

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. He finished his first year with six goals in 30 matches, including a brace in a 3–1 home win over

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on 18 January 2015. Cámara was first included in

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's main squad on 23 August 2015, remaining an unused substitute in their 1–0

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victory at

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which was the season's opener. He first appeared in the

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on 9 December, replacing Jordi Alba for the last 16 minutes of an eventual 1–1 away draw with

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as the Spaniards had already secured the first place in their group. On 10 February 2016, Cámara came on for Ivan Rakitić in the 76rd minute of a 1–1 away draw against

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in the second leg of the semi-finals of the

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, providing the assist for

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's goal. This scoreline also served to extend Barcelona's unbeaten run to 29 games, breaking the previous record of 28 set under

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in the 2010–11 campaign. On 31 August 2016, Cámara was loaned to division two club

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for one year. After appearing rarely in an eventual

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, he moved to

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in the same tier on 10 August 2017, also on a one-year loan deal. On 9 August 2018,

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Cámara moved abroad for the first time in his career, after signing a three-year contract with Miedź Legnica in the Polish

. The following 31 May, he joined Jagiellonia Białystok of the same league on a four-year deal. Cámara spent the following seasons on loan, at Romanian clubs

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and

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as well as Sabah FC in the

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Barcelona *

: 2015–16 Universitatea Craiova * Cupa României:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Camara, Juan 1994 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Jaén, Spain Association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Villarreal CF C players Villarreal CF B players FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players Girona FC players CF Reus Deportiu players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Miedź Legnica players Jagiellonia Białystok players Liga I players FC Dinamo București players CS Universitatea Craiova players Azerbaijan Premier League players Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) players Spain youth international footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Poland Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan