Junior Tchamadeu

Junior Baptiste Tchamadeu (born 22 December 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for EFL Championship club Stoke City.

Junior Tchamadeu
Personal information
Full name Junior Baptiste Tchamadeu[1]
Date of birth (2003-12-22) 22 December 2003[2]
Place of birth England
Position(s) Full-back
Team information
Current team
Stoke City
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2020 Charlton Athletic
2020 Colchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Colchester United 82 (6)
2023– Stoke City 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:59, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Colchester United

Born in England,[3] Tchamadeu joined League Two side Colchester United from Charlton Athletic in 2020.[4]

He became Colchester United's youngest ever starting debutant on 5 December 2020 when he was named in the starting eleven for Colchester's 2–1 victory against Grimsby Town.[5] He was aged 16-years and 349 days old.[2]

On 5 July 2021, he signed a three-year contract extension with the club.[6]

On 19 October 2021, he was sent off for the first time in his career for violent conduct following an altercation with Bristol Rovers' Trevor Clarke.[7] On 26 March 2022, Tchamadeu scored a first career senior goal with a 95th minute winner against Tranmere Rovers securing a vital win to move Colchester closer to safety.[8] At the end of the 2021–22 season, Tchamadeu won the EFL League Two Apprentice of the Season award at the 2022 EFL Awards.[9]

He was awarded the EFL Young Player of the Month award for January 2023 having featured in every minute played as they took thirteen points from six matches.[10]

Stoke City

On 1 September 2023, Tchamadeu signed for EFL Championship side Stoke City for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colchester United 2020–21[12] League Two 110000000110
2021–22[13] League Two 26120005[lower-alpha 1]0331
2022–23[14] League Two 41510202[lower-alpha 1]0465
2023–24[15] League Two 4000100050
Total 826303070956
Stoke City 2023–24[15] Championship 40000040
Career Total 866303070996
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Individual

References

  1. "EFL Club List of Registered Players as at 15th May 2021" (PDF). EFL.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. "Junior Tchamadeu". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. "Junior Tchamadeu – Defender". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. Waldron, Jonathan (7 December 2020). "Colchester United debutant Junior Tchamadeu impressed". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. "Colchester United 2–1 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. "Colchester United: New deals for Tommy Smith, Junior Tchamadeu & Brendan Wiredu". BBC Sport. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  7. "Colchester United 1–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  8. "Colchester United 1–0 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  9. "Junior Wins EFL Award". www.cu-fc.com. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  10. "Junior Wins EFL Young Player Award". www.cu-fc.com. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  11. "Tchamadeu checks in with Potters". Stoke City. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  12. "Games played by Junior Tchamadeu in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  13. "Games played by Junior Tchamadeu in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  14. "Junior Tchamadeu". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  15. "Games played by Junior Tchamadeu in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  16. "Middlesbrough's Chuba Akpom takes Sky Bet Championship Player of the Season". English Football League. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  17. "EFL Team of the Season line-ups revealed". English Football League. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  18. "Erling Haaland: Manchester City forward wins PFA men's Player of the Year award". BBC Sport. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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