Igor de Camargo

Igor Alberto Rinck de Diver Camargo (born 12 May 1983), known as Igor de Camargo, is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rinck and the second or paternal family name is de Diver Camargo.

Igor de Camargo
De Camargo with Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2011
Personal information
Full name Igor Alberto Rinck de Diver Camargo[1]
Date of birth (1983-05-12) 12 May 1983
Place of birth Porto Feliz, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Estrela
2000–2001 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Estrela
2001–2005 Genk 26 (2)
2003–2004 → Heusden-Zolder (loan) 33 (10)
2005–2006 Molenbeek 28 (14)
2006–2010 Standard Liège 116 (32)
2010–2013 Borussia Mönchengladbach 58 (14)
2013 → 1899 Hoffenheim (loan) 8 (1)
2013–2015 Standard Liège 67 (16)
2015–2016 Genk 30 (6)
2016–2018 APOEL 52 (25)
2018–2022 Mechelen 89 (32)
2022 RWDM 11 (2)
International career‡
2009–2012 Belgium 9 (0)
Managerial career
2023– RWDM (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 September 2012

He is also a former Belgium international.

Club career

Early career

Born in Porto Feliz, São Paulo, De Camargo moved to Belgium in November 2000, after making his senior debut with local side Estrela Esporte Clube. He joined KRC Genk after impressing on a trial, but was only promoted to the first team in 2001 after spending six months with the B-side.[2]

De Camargo only made his senior debut on 20 October 2001, coming on as a late substitute for Moumouni Dagano in a 4–2 home win against KFC Lommel SK. He scored his first goal for the side the following 12 January, netting his team's fifth in a 6–1 away defeat of KSK Beveren.

After featuring rarely during the 2002–03 season (which included 11 minutes in a 6–0 loss at Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League),[3] De Camargo was loaned to newly-promoted side K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder in June 2003 for the coming season.[4]

De Camargo scored ten goals for the side during the campaign; highlights included a brace in a 3–1 home win against RSC Charleroi on 4 April 2004.[5] Upon returning to Genk, he featured sparingly before moving to fellow top tier side FC Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek in January 2005.

Standard Liège

In late January 2006, De Camargo agreed to a contract with Standard Liège, still in the top division.[6] He made his debut for the club on 11 February in a 2–0 away defeat of KSK Beveren, and scored his first goal the following weekend in a 7–1 home win against Cercle Brugge KSV.

De Camargo was a regular starter during the following campaigns, being a key member of the attack as Standard won two league titles in a row. In January 2009, he signed a new contract until June 2013.[7]

On 16 September 2009, De Camargo captained the side in a 3–2 home loss against Arsenal.[8]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 22 April 2010, De Camargo announced that he would transfer to Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach at the end of the season.[9] After struggling with injuries, he made his debut for the club on 2 October, playing the last eight minutes in a 1–1 home draw against VfL Wolfsburg.[10]

De Camargo scored his first goal for Borussa on 6 November 2010, netting his team's third in a 3–3 home draw against FC Bayern Munich; he previously assisted Marco Reus in Borussia's second goal.[11] He suffered a knee injury in the following match which kept him out of the latter stages of the season,[12] but still returned in May. He scored the winner on 19 May in a 1–0 home defeat of VfL Bochum, and also assisted Reus in the equalizer in the 1–1 away draw in the return leg six days later, as his side narrowly avoided relegation through the play-offs.[13]

De Camargo was loaned to fellow top tier club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on 29 January 2013, until the end of the season.[14] He left the side with one goal in only eight matches, being an unused substitute in both legs of the relegation play-offs.

Back to Standard Liège

On 8 July 2013, De Camargo signed a three-year contract at his former club Standard Liège.[15] A backup to Imoh Ezekiel and Michy Batshuayi during his first season, he managed to score eleven goals in his second.

Back to Genk

On 23 June 2015, KRC Genk signed De Camargo from Standard Liège; he returned to his first professional club on a two-year deal.[16] He played his first match for the side on 25 July, starting and scoring a brace in a 3–1 home win against OH Leuven.

Despite appearing regularly, De Camargo only contributed with seven goals in 33 matches.

APOEL

On 15 July 2016, De Camargo signed a two-year contract with reigning Cypriot champions APOEL FC.[17] He made his competitive debut on 27 July as a 77th-minute substitute in his team's 2–1 away defeat against Rosenborg BK in the third qualifying round of the Champions League.[18]

De Camargo scored his first goal for APOEL on 10 September, netting the third goal in his team's 4–0 away victory against Nea Salamis Famagusta FC in the 2016–17 First Division.[19] Five days later, he scored the winner against FC Astana in the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[20]

KV Mechelen

On 1 June 2018 he joined Mechelen on a free transfer. After the end of the 2020–21 season he considered retirement from football.

RWDM

On 18 January 2022, De Camargo signed with RWDM until the end of the 2021–22 season, returning to the club 17 years later (RWDM claims the history of Molenbeek, which has been dissolved since De Camargo played there).[21]

International career

In January 2009, De Camargo received Belgian nationality.[22] he was called up to the Belgium national team and made his debut against Slovenia in February 2009. He appeared in nine matches during his international career with Belgium, but without managing to score.

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 December 2020[23][24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Genk 2001–02 Belgian First Division A 51———51
2002–03 50—1[lower-alpha 1]0—60
2004–05 151116[lower-alpha 2]2—224
Total 2521172—335
Heusden-Zolder (loan) 2003–04 Belgian First Division A 331041——3711
Molenbeek 2004–05 Belgian First Division A 135———135
2005–06 159———159
Total 2814———2814
Standard Liège 2005–06 Belgian First Division A 4110——51
2006–07 241065——3015
2007–08 328414[lower-alpha 3]1—4010
2008–09 298109[lower-alpha 4]21[lower-alpha 5]04010
2009–10 2761011[lower-alpha 6]41[lower-alpha 5]04010
Total 116331362472015546
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2010–11 Bundesliga 19720—2[lower-alpha 7]1238
2011–12 25541——296
2012–13 142206[lower-alpha 8]3—225
Total 58148163207418
1899 Hoffenheim (loan) 2012–13 Bundesliga 81——0081
Standard Liège 2013–14 Belgian First Division A 305107[lower-alpha 9]3—388
2014–15 37112010[lower-alpha 10]0—4911
Total 671630173—8719
Genk 2015–16 Belgian First Division A 30631——337
APOEL 2016–17 Cypriot First Division 27107112[lower-alpha 11]21[lower-alpha 12]04713
2017–18 23133311[lower-alpha 1]3004019
Total 5023104235108432
Mechelen 2018–19 Belgian First Division B 221463——2817
2019–20 Belgian First Division A 2710[lower-alpha 13][lower-alpha 14]102810
2020–21 11300113
Career total 4561434817772040600[25]184
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and two goals in UEFA Cup
  5. Appearance(s) in Belgian Supercup
  6. Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  7. Appearance(s) in Bundesliga Relegation Playoffs
  8. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  9. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  10. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  11. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  12. Appearance(s) in Cypriot Super Cup
  13. club not allowed to participate
  14. club not allowed to participate

    International
    As of 25 May 2012[26]
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Belgium 200940
    201140
    201210
    Total90

    Honours

    Genk

    Standard Liège

    APOEL

    Mechelen

    References
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    2. "Como brasileiro foi de restaurador de sofás a jogador da 'ótima geração belga' e Champions" [How Brazilian went from a sofa restorer to player of the 'great Belgian generation' and Champions] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
    3. "Masterful Madrid crush Genk". UEFA.com. 25 September 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
    4. "Heusden-Zolder sign Genk eleven". UEFA.com. 16 June 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
    5. "Igor De Camargo loodst Heusden-Zolder naar zege" [Igor De Camargo leads Heusden-Zolder to victory] (in Dutch). GVA.be. 5 April 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
    6. "De Camargo à Bruges ce lundi" [De Camargo to Bruges on Monday] (in French). La Libre Belgique. 30 January 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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