Ieltsin Camões

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Semedo and the second or paternal family name is 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
 Al-Ahly
Number 9
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 25 (13)
2025 Tromsø 2 1 (1)
2026– → Al Ahly (loan) 4 (0)
International career
2026– Cape Verde 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 March 2026

Ieltsin Jerónimo Semedo Camões (born 16 April 1999) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian club Al Ahly.

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]

Career statistics

As of 1 February 2026[6][13][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Skellefteå FF 2021 Division 2 18 11 0 0 18 11
2022 Division 2 26 26 0 0 26 26
Total 44 37 0 0 44 37
IK Brage 2023 Superettan 29 9 1 0 30 9
2024 Superettan 27 13 4 4 31 17
Total 56 22 5 4 61 26
Tromsø 2025 Eliteserien 25 13 2 0 27 13
Tromsø 2 2025 3. divisjon 1 1 — 1 1
Al Ahly (loan) 2025-26 Egyptian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 126 73 7 4 133 77

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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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. ^ Ieltsin Camões at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
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