Chico Lamba
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chico Faria Camará Lamba | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2014 | CF Benfica | ||
| 2014–2020 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | Sporting CP B | 62 | (3) |
| 2022–2024 | Sporting CP | 1 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Arouca | 26 | (1) |
| 2025– | Saint-Étienne | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Portugal U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Portugal U19 | 8 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Portugal U21 | 5 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 June 2025 | |||
Chico Faria Camará Lamba (born 10 March 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 2 club Saint-Étienne. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he is a youth international for Portugal.
Club career
[edit]Lamba is a youth product of CF Benfica, and moved to Sporting CP's youth academy at the age of 10 in 2014.[1] In October 2020, he was integrated with Sporting CP B.[2] In the summer of 2022, he started training with the senior team of Sporting.[3] On 7 July 2022, he extended his contract with the club until 2024.[4] He made his professional debut with Sporting as a half-time substitute in a 3–1 Primeira Liga win over Casa Pia on 22 October 2022.[5]
On 12 June 2024, it was announced that Lamba would join Primeira Liga side Arouca on a permanent deal on 1 July, signing a three-year contract.[6]
On 7 July 2025, Lamba signed a four-year contract with Saint-Étienne in French Ligue 2.[7]
International career
[edit]Lamba was born in Guinea-Bissau and moved to Portugal at a young age, and holds dual citizenship.[1] He is a youth international for Portugal.[8] He was the starting centre-back for Portugal at the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where they reached quarterfinals.[9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Chico Faria Camará Lamba". www.sporting.pt. 13 April 2017.
- ↑ "Ilori e Camacho ficam à margem das contas de Amorim". www.cmjornal.pt.
- ↑ "JOVEM DA FORMAÇÃO VAI SER A NOVA APOSTA DE RÚBEN AMORIM". 30 June 2022.
- ↑ "Chico Lamba renova contrato com o Sporting". SAPO Desporto.
- ↑ "Chico Lamba estreia-se na equipa principal (Sporting)". A Bola.
- ↑ "OFICIAL: Chico Lamba deixa Sporting e reforça Arouca". A Bola (in Portuguese). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ↑ "Chico Lamba is Green!". AS Saint-Etienne. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "Um miúdo habituado a dar saltos... de escalões: Chico Lamba estreou-se no Sporting aos 19 anos". www.record.pt.
- ↑ "Portugal U21 v The Netherlands U21 game report". UEFA. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Chico Lamba at Soccerway
- Chico Lamba national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Chico Lamba at BDFutbol
- 2003 births
- Footballers from Bissau
- Living people
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal
- Portuguese people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Black Portuguese sportspeople
- Men's association football central defenders
- Sporting CP B players
- Sporting CP footballers
- F.C. Arouca players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- Primeira Liga players
- Ligue 2 players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France