Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri (born 9 May 2005) is an English

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who plays as a

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for Lincoln City on loan from club

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Career

Sheffield Wednesday

Cadamarteri joined the

youth team at the age of 8. In October 2021 he scored 4 goals to help the club's under-18 team to a 6–5 win, having come back from losing 5–1. In January 2022 he was linked with a transfer to a

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club, and later that month he spoke about the challenge the youth team was facing in the

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. In February 2022 he was again linked with a transfer away to the Premier League. Cadamarteri signed his first professional contract on 8 June 2022. He made his senior debut in the

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against Leicester City U21 on 18 October 2022. He then returned to the under-18 team, and the under-21 team, although continued to be involved around the first-team, but manager

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said he was not ready for first-team football yet. The club also rejected loan offers for him. He suffered an injury later that season, undergoing surgery, and being ruled out for the rest of the campaign. He missed part of the 2023–24 pre-season whilst recovering from the injury. He started the season playing with the under-21s, with the club later saying that they would not rush him into the first-team. He made his league debut on 11 November 2023, appearing as a half-time substitute in a 4–0 defeat, and was praised by manager Danny Röhl. His first senior goal came against

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helping his side win 3–1. After impressing Röhl, he signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract at the club on 11 December 2023. After starting every game, scoring three goals and getting one assist for the month of December, Cadamarteri won the EFL Young Player of the Month award.

Lincoln City (loan)

On 28 August 2024, it was announced that Cadamarteri had signed a season-long loan with

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side Lincoln City. He made his debut on 31 August 2024, coming off the bench in a 1–0 win against

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. His first goal came against

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scoring the second in a 2–0 win.

International career

On 14 March 2024, he was selected for the Jamaica national team, before also being called-up by the and England under-19 national team the next day. He made his England U19 debut coming off the bench for Will Lankshear against Morocco under-19 on 21 March 2024. On 24 May 2024, Cadamarteri was called up to the England Men's Elite League squad.

Personal life

Born in

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, he is of Italian, Irish and Jamaican descent. He is the son of former footballer

Danny Cadamarteri Daniel Leon Cadamarteri (born 12 October 1979) is an English retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for clubs including Everton, Bradford City, Huddersfield Town, Leicester City and latterly Carlisle United before re ...

. His younger brother Caelan-Kole is also a footballer.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

EFL Young Player of the Month The EFL Young Player of the Month is an award for young players in all three divisions of the English Football League. To be eligible players must be under-21 or turn 21 during the current season. It was first awarded in December 2009. Victor Mo ...

: December 2023

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cadamarteri, Bailey Living people Footballers from Leeds English men's footballers Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Men's association football forwards English people of Jamaican descent Sportspeople of Jamaican descent English people of Irish descent English people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent English Football League players 2005 births England men's youth international footballers