Rafael Euclides Soares Camacho (born 22 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a winger.

Club career

Liverpool

Born in

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of Angolan descent, Camacho joined Liverpool’s academy from

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

at the end of the 2015–16 season following a successful trial. He is a versatile player who can play anywhere across the front line but had also featured at right back and wing back. Camacho was named on the substitutes' bench for the

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against Everton in the

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on 7 April 2018 as a late injury replacement for

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but did not make an appearance. In December 2018 he was named on the bench for games against

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and

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. He made his senior debut in the

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third round against

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on 7 January 2019, and his league debut 12 days later, coming on as a late substitute in a 4–3 win over

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Sporting CP

On 27 June 2019, Camacho rejoined

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

on a five-year contract for a reported fee of £7 million. On 1 February 2021, Camacho agreed to a loan move to Rio Ave for the remainder of the

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. On 12 July 2022, he joined

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on a season-long loan.

Career statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Camacho, Rafael 2000 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese men's footballers Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent Black Portuguese sportspeople Men's association football wingers Liverpool F.C. players Sporting CP footballers Sporting CP B players Rio Ave F.C. players B-SAD players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Premier League players Primeira Liga players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Super League Greece players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen