Ieltsin Camões

Ieltsin Camões
Personal information
Full name Ieltsin Jerónimo Semedo Camões
Date of birth (1999-04-16) 16 April 1999
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Tromsø
Number 20
Youth career
Clube Atlético e Cultural
Sporting CP
Macclesfield Town
Nacional
Marítimo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2019 Marítimo B
2019–2020 União Almeirim
2020–2021 Alverca B
2021–2022 Skellefteå FF 44 (37)
2023–2024 IK Brage 56 (22)
2025– Tromsø 28 (15)
2025 Tromsø 2 1 (1)
2026 → Al Ahly (loan) 4 (0)
International career‡
2026– Cape Verde 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 March 2026

Ieltsin Jerónimo Semedo Camões (Portuguese: [ˈjɛl.ʦin ʒɨ.ˈɾɔ.ni.mu sɨ.ˈme.du ka.ˈmõjʃ]; born 16 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tromsø. Born in Angola, he represents the Cape Verde national team.

Early life

Camões was born on 16 April 1999 in Luanda, Angola and moved with his family to Lisbon, Portugal at the age of one.[1] At the age of six, he started playing football before moving on to Sporting CP's youth academy. Camões stayed at Sporting's academy for three years until he moved with his family to Manchester, England at the age of fourteen.[2] In England, Camões played for Macclesfield Town's academy before deciding to move back to Portugal after two years. He subsequently played for the academies of Nacional and Marítimo, both based in Funchal, Madeira.[3]

Career

Camões started his career with Portuguese side CS Marítimo B. In 2019, he signed for Portuguese side União Almeirim, before signing for Portuguese side Alverca B.

During the summer of 2021, he signed for Swedish side Skellefteå FF, where he was the top scorer of the 2022 Division 2 with twenty-six goals.[4] Ahead of the 2023 season, he signed for Swedish side IK Brage, where he made fifty-six league appearances and scored twenty-two goals.[5][6]

Subsequently, in February 2025, Camões signed for Norwegian side Tromsø on a three-year contract. The club was close to signing him in the summer window the year prior, but because of a high price-tag at the time, the move did not materialize.[7] On 20 April 2025, he debuted and scored his first goal for the club during a 2–3 home loss to Kristiansund in the league.[6] It would take until the end of June for Camões to get his first start in the Eliteserien, but by then he had already scored five goals coming off of the bench.[8] Camões continued to score goals for the club, and by the end of the season he was Tromsø's top-scorer with thirteen goals.[9][10]

On 31 January 2026, Camões signed a short-term loan deal with Egyptian Al Ahly until the end of the season, with an obligation to buy after the season, subject to certain parameters being met.[11][12] After only seven appearances for the club, Camões returned to Tromsø as the loan deal was not made permanent.[13]

International career

Although being born in Angola, and growing up in Portugal, Camões' first international call-up came in 2026 for the Cape Verde national team, for matches against Chile and Finland as part of the 2026 FIFA Series.[14] Camões' eligibility to play for Cape Verde came through his Cape Verdean grandfather.[15] He was an unused substitute in the first game against Chile before starting the game against Finland, which Cape Verde went on to win after a penalty shoot-out.[16][17]

Career statistics

As of 17 August 2026[6][18][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Skellefteå FF 2021 Division 2 181100—1811
2022 Division 2 262600—2626
Total 443700—4437
IK Brage 2023 Superettan 29910—309
2024 Superettan 271344—3117
Total 562254—6126
Tromsø 2025 Eliteserien 251320—2713
2026 Eliteserien 32004072
Total 281520403415
Tromsø 2 2025 Norwegian Third Division 11——11
Al Ahly (loan) 2025–26 Egyptian Premier League 40003[b]070
Career total 13375747014779

References

  1. ↑ "Ieltsin efter målsuccén: "Har aldrig hänt förut"" [Ieltsin after the goal success: "Never happened before"] (in Swedish). Norran. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Kompis med Leão - gör succé i superettan: "Vi var i samma grupp i Sporting"" [Friends with Leão - succeeds in the Superettan: "We were in the same group at Sporting"] (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Eilertsen, Tobias Stein; Hagen, Jørn Mikael (12 February 2025). "Slik er avtalen: – Kan bli ordentlig god i Tromsø" [This is the deal: – Can become really good in Tromsø] (in Norwegian). iTromsø. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ny division 2-anfallare på plats i Brage – vann skytteligan ifjol: "En lite annan typ"" [New Division 2 striker in place in Brage – won the scoring league last year: "A slightly different type"] (in Swedish). Avesta Tidning. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  5. ↑ Laszlo, Robin (3 February 2023). "Ieltsin Camões är grönvit" [Ieltsin Camões is green and white] (in Swedish). IK Brage. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 Ieltsin Camões at Soccerway
  7. ↑ Einangshaug, Henrik; Grindstein, Gunnar (12 February 2025). "Tromsø signerte lovende 25-åring fra Portugal: – Spiller vi har fulgt i lengre tid" [Tromsø signs promising 25-year old player from Portugal: –A player we have followed for a long time] (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  8. ↑ Myklebust, Hallvard Slettli (1 July 2025). "Ieltsin (26) om den elleville statistikken: – Må bare nyte det" (in Norwegian). Nordlys. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  9. 1 2 Ieltsin Camões at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  10. ↑ Sivertsen, Øyvind Nordmo (31 January 2026). "Les Ieltsins avskjedshilsen til alle i og rundt TIL" (in Norwegian). Nordlys. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "Al Ahly sign Angolan Camoes on loan". Al Ahly SC. 31 January 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  12. ↑ Degerstrøm, Otine (1 February 2026). "Klar for Egyptisk storklubb" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  13. ↑ Mo Hanssen, Anders (16 June 2026). "Her er han tilbake: – Trenger en spiss til" (in Norwegian). Nordlys. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Cape Verde call on five new players in pre-FIFA World Cup tune-up". CAF. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  15. ↑ Eilertsen, Tobias Stein; Robertsen, Rune (25 March 2026). "Kan gå mot sjokkretur til Tromsø i vinter: – En stor mulighet for at jeg kommer tilbake" (in Norwegian). iTromsø. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "CHI 4–2 CAP". Soccer24. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "CAP 2–1 FIN". Soccer24. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  18. ↑ Ieltsin Camões at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
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