Junior Tchamadeu
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Junior Baptiste Tchamadeu[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 2003[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Barking, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Full back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Stoke City | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2020 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 2020 | Colchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Colchester United | 82 | (6) |
| 2023– | Stoke City | 76 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Cameroon | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:59, 13 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 02:04, 31 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
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Junior Baptiste Tchamadeu (born 22 December 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for EFL Championship club Stoke City. Born in England, he plays for the Cameroon national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Colchester United
[edit | edit source]Tchamadeu was born in Barking, London,[4] and attended Gascoigne Primary School and All Saints Catholic School.[5][6] He joined the Charlton Athletic academy at the age of ten but was released at 16. After trials with Luton Town and Tottenham Hotspur Tchamadeu joined League Two side Colchester United on a scholarship.[7][8] He became Colchester United's youngest ever starting debutant at 16-years and 349 days on 5 December 2020 when he was named in the starting eleven for Colchester's 2–1 victory against Grimsby Town.[9]
On 5 July 2021, he signed a three-year contract extension with the club.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] At the end of the 2021–22 season, Tchamadeu won the EFL League Two Apprentice of the Season award at the 2022 EFL Awards.[13] 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.[14] In 2022–23 Tchamadeu made 46 appearances, scoring five goals as Colchester avoided relegation finishing in 20th position.[15] At the end of the season Tchamadeu was named Colchester's Player of the Year.[16] Following his success with Colchester, Tchamadeu was linked with a move to Championship clubs in the summer of 2023.[17]
Stoke City
[edit | edit source]Tchamadeu signed for EFL Championship side Stoke City on 1 September 2023 for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract.[18] Tchamadeu's first season with Stoke was disrupted as after playing for Cameroon at the Africa Cup of Nations he suffered an ankle injury on his return.[19] He made 15 appearances for Stoke in 2023–24 as the team successfully avoided relegation.[20][21] He scored his first goal for Stoke on 29 March 2025 in a 3–1 victory against Queens Park Rangers.[22] In the 2024–25 season Tchamadeu was a regular starter under three different managers, playing 45 times as Stoke avoided relegation on the final day.[23][24][25]
International career
[edit | edit source]In November 2023, Tchamadeu was called up to the Cameroon national team by Rigobert Song.[26]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 13 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Colchester United | 2020–21[27] | League Two | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2021–22[28] | League Two | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2022–23[29] | League Two | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 46 | 5 | |
| 2023–24[30] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 82 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 95 | 6 | ||
| Stoke City | 2023–24[30] | Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2024–25[31] | Championship | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 45 | 1 | ||
| 2025–26[32] | Championship | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| Total | 76 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2 | ||
| Career Total | 158 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 175 | 8 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy
International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 19 January 2024[33]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Individual
- EFL League Two Young Player of the Season: 2022–23[34]
- EFL League Two Team of the Season: 2022–23[35]
- PFA Team of the Year: 2022–23 League Two[36]
- EFL League Two Apprentice of the Season: 2021–22[13]
- EFL Young Player of the Month: January 2023[14]
- Colchester United Player of the Year: 2022–23[37]
References
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External links
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- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the London Borough of Redbridge
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- 21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen
- Cameroon men's international footballers
- English men's footballers
- English people of Cameroonian descent
- Men's association football full-backs
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Black British sportsmen
- 21st-century Black British people
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 21st-century English sportsmen