.jpg) Junior Tchamadeu in 2025. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Junior Baptiste Tchamadeu[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-12-22)22 December 2003 (age 22)[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 | 8 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:59, 13 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:00, 4 January 2026 (UTC) | |||
Junior Baptiste Tchamadeu (born 22 December 2003) is a professionalfootballer who plays as aright back forEFL Championship clubStoke City. Born in England, he plays for theCameroon national team.
Tchamadeu was born inBarking, London,[4] and attended Gascoigne Primary School andAll Saints Catholic School.[5][6] He joined theCharlton Athletic academy at the age of ten but was released at 16. After trials withLuton Town andTottenham Hotspur Tchamadeu joinedLeague Two sideColchester 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 againstGrimsby Town.[9]
On 5 July 2021, he signed a three-year contract extension with the club.[10] On 19 October 2021, he wassent off for the first time in his career for violent conduct following an altercation withBristol Rovers'Trevor Clarke.[11] On 26 March 2022, Tchamadeu scored a first career senior goal with a 95th-minute winner againstTranmere Rovers securing a vital win to move Colchester closer to safety.[12] At the end of the2021–22 season, Tchamadeu won the EFL League Two Apprentice of the Season award at the2022 EFL Awards.[13] He was awarded theEFL Young Player of the Month award for January 2023 having featured in every minute played as they took thirteen points from six matches.[14] In2022–23 Tchamadeu made 46 appearances, scoring five goals as Colchester avoided relegation finishing in 20th position.[15] At the end of the season Tchamadeu was namedColchester'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]
Tchamadeu signed forEFL Championship sideStoke 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 theAfrica Cup of Nations he suffered an ankle injury on his return.[19] He made 15 appearances for Stoke in2023–24 as the team successfully avoided relegation.[20][21] He scored his first goal for Stoke on 29 March 2025 in a 3–1 victory againstQueens Park Rangers.[22] In the2024–25 season Tchamadeu was a regular starter under three different managers, playing 45 times as Stoke avoided relegation on the final day.[23][24][25]
In November 2023, Tchamadeu was called up to theCameroon national team byRigobert Song.[26]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 January 2026 | Al Medina Stadium,Rabat, Morocco |  South Africa | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations |
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