Panutche Camará

Panutche Amadu Pereira Camará (born 28 February 1997) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays for Plymouth Argyle as a midfielder and forward.[1]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Camará.

Panutche Camará
Personal information
Full name Panutche Amadu Pereira Camará[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997[1]
Place of birth Canchungo, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Club information
Current team
 Plymouth Argyle
Number 28
Youth career
2014–2015 Loures
2015–2016 Vitória de Guimarães
2016–2017 Barnsley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Dulwich Hamlet 9 (4)
2017–2020 Crawley Town 103 (6)
2020– Plymouth Argyle 80 (6)
National team‡
2022– Guinea-Bissau[2] 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:40, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:15, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Career

Early career

After playing youth football for Loures and Vitória de Guimarães,[3] Camará joined the under-23 setup at Barnsley before signing for Dulwich Hamlet in 2017. He made 15 appearances for Hamlet, scoring four goals.[4]

Crawley Town

Camará signed a two-year professional contract with Crawley Town in June 2017.[5] He scored his first goal for Crawley on his debut in a 5–1 EFL Cup defeat at Birmingham City on 8 August 2017.[6] In 2017–18, he made 34 appearances in all competitions, scoring three goals.[6] In 2018–19, he appeared regularly for the Reds, making 50 appearances in all competitions, also scoring three goals.[7] In May 2019, Crawley extended his contract to the end of the 2019–20 season.[8] He was offered a new contract by Crawley at the end of the 2019–20 season,[9] though Camará rejected the offer and chose to leave the club.[10]

Plymouth Argyle

On 7 August 2020, Camará signed for Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer following his release from Crawley.[11] He scored his first goal for Plymouth in an EFL Cup tie against Leyton Orient on 15 September 2020.[12]

International career

In June 2021, Camará received his first international call-up from Guinea-Bissau for a friendly against Cape Verde,[13] but the match was cancelled after a fault with the Cape Verde plane meant they could not get to the game.[14] He was named in Guinea-Bissau's 24-man squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.[15] He debuted with them in a 0–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tie with Sudan on 11 January 2022.[16]

He scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Equatorial Guinea on 23 March 2022.[17]

Career statistics
As of 18 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dulwich Hamlet 2016–17[18] Isthmian League Premier Division 9400—60154
Crawley Town 2017–18[6] League Two 292101130343
2018–19[7] League Two 453201020503
2019–20[19] League Two 291103010341
Total 10364051601187
Plymouth Argyle 2020–21[20] League One 412422110485
2021–22[21] League One 394402110465
Total 8068242209410
Career total 190161229314022721

References
  1. Panutche Camará at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. "Panutche Camará". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. Lopes, Gervásio (8 August 2020). "Inglaterra: Panutche Camará é reforço de Plymouth Argyle FC". Sou Djurtu (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. "Dulwich Hamlet youngster Camara snapped up by Crawley Town". Dulwich Hamlet F.C. Retrieved 8 August 2019 – via pitchero.com.
  5. "Panutche Camara: Crawley Town sign Dulwich Hamlet forward". BBC Sport. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  6. "Games played by Panutche Camará in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  7. "Games played by Panutche Camará in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  8. "Reds release two players". crawleytownfc.com. Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  9. "2020/21 retained list announced". crawleytownfc.com. Crawley Town F.C.
  10. Morton, Sam (7 August 2020). "Second Crawley Town player confirms departure with heartfelt message". Mid Sussex Times. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  11. "Pautche Camara: Promoted Plymouth sign former Crawley midfielder". BBC Sport. 7 August 2020.
  12. "Leyton Orient 3–2 Plymouth". BBC Sport. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  13. Errington, Chris (7 June 2021). "Argyle midfielder Panutche Camara poised for Guinea Bissau debut". PlymouthLive.
  14. "Futebol: Cancelado particular entre Guiné-Bissau e Cabo Verde". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese).
  15. "Panutche Camara: Plymouth's Guinea-Bissau midfielder has 'brilliant' Afcon opportunity". BBC Sport. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  16. Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "CAFOnline.com". CAFOnline.com.
  17. Errington, Chris (24 March 2022). "Argyle midfielder Panutche Camara scores first international goal". PlymouthLive.
  18. "Profile". Dulwich Hamlet F.C. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  19. "Games played by Panutche Camará in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  20. "Games played by Panutche Camará in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  21. "Games played by Panutche Camará in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.


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