 Puertas as Union SG player in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cameron Mitchel Puertas Castro[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Lausanne, Switzerland[2] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Union SG | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Renens | |||
| Forward Morges | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | Lausanne-Sport | 94 | (10) |
| 2022– | Union SG | 81 | (16) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 | |||
Cameron Mitchel Puertas Castro (born 18 August 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Union SG. Born in Switzerland, he is a citizen of Spain.
Career[edit]
Puertas started his career with Swiss amateur club Renens, before joining Forward-Morges in the fifth division at the age of 16, where he was soon considered to be the best player in the regional group.[3]
In 2020, he made first appearance in the Swiss Super League with Lausanne-Sport.
On 22 January 2022, Puertas signed a 3.5-year contract with Union SG in Belgium.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Despite being born and raised in Switzerland, Puertas only holds Spanish citizenship, inherited from his parents.[5] He was about to become a Swiss national in 2021, but the naturalization process has been halted after he drove without a license. He will not receive his Swiss passport until 2025 at the earliest.[6][7][8]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of 26 October 2023[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lausanne-Sport | 2018–19 | Swiss Challenge League | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 5 | |||
| 2021–22 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 94 | 10 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 101 | 11 | ||||
| Union SG | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9[b] | 0 | — | 47 | 6 | |||
| 2023-24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5[c] | 1 | — | 17 | 3 | |||
| Total | 55 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 73 | 9 | |||
| Career total | 149 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 20 | ||
- ^ Includes Swiss Cup, Belgian Cup
- ^ Includes seven appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours[edit]
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
- Belgian Cup: 2023–24
Individual
- Pro League Awards Player of the Season: 2023–24[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Player profile".
- ^ "Dernières infos C. Puertas (Lausanne Sports) | BeSoccer". fr.besoccer.com.
- ^ Le parcours atypique de Cameron Puertas peut servir d'exemple 24heures.ch
- ^ "Bienvenue Cameron Puertas !" (Press release) (in French). Union SG. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Football vaudois – Le parcours atypique de Cameron Puertas peut servir d'exemple" – via www.24heures.ch.
- ^ "Football – Le casier judiciaire de Cameron Puertas lui barre la route de la Nati car il a volé des bonbons en 2002". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Deswegen darf dieses Lausanne-Sport-Toptalent nicht für die Schweiz spielen" (in German). 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Darum spielt Lausannes Kunstschütze noch nicht in der Nati" (in German). 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Cameron Puertas". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Union valt in de prijzen op Pro League Awards: Puertas Speler van het Jaar, Blessin beste coach". Sporza (in Dutch). 27 May 2024.
External links[edit]
- Cameron Puertas at Soccerway
- Cameron Puertas at WorldFootball.net
- SFL Profile