Juan Cámara, from attending Luis Enrique’s Barça to scoring in Azerbaijan

Six years ago, on February 10, 2016, two players from the subsidiary were protagonists in an entire semifinal of the Copa del Rey of the first team of Barça, successfully overcome. The 7-0 of the first leg to Valencia (poker of Luis Suarez and hat trick of Messi) He invited Luis Enriqueto do rotations in Mestalla on the return leg and they left their mark. With 1-0, John Chamber a left-hander from Jaén who had made his debut months before in the last match of the Champions League group stage in Leverkusen (1-1), provided the assist and the Cameroonian Wilfrid Kaptoumachieved the final 1-1. As that Cup was won by Barça (2-0 against Sevilla in the final), they were also champions and have it in their record.

However, reaching the top is not synonymous with staying. Still young, they had to find a life outside of Barça and have ended up in worthy destinations, but unthinkable at that time. Camera , 28, scored his 4th goal in the Azerbaijan League on Saturday with Sabah, who beat Sumqayit 0-3. They are very far from the leader, the Qarabag. He plays on loan from Poland’s Jagiellonia Bialystok, a club to which he has belonged since 2019 and which has already been loaned to the Romanians Dinamo Bucharest and Craiova University. He also played after Barça at Girona, Reus and Miedź Legnica in Poland.

AND Kaptoum(25 years old) was an MLS substitute in the New England Revolution’s 0-1 loss to New York Red Bull. He has played there since 2021 after going through the subsidiary and the Betis first team, with a loan to Almería in between.

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