Francesco Camarda has been making waves once again as mainstream media got a hold of his stats with Milan’s academy teams. And while the numbers actually aren’t fake, there are some things to consider.
The 14-year-old striker has been scoring goals ever since he started playing football and this is certainly reflected in his stats in the Milan academy. On his Twitter, Di Marzio team member Luca Bendoni published a summary of Camarda’s stats.
2018-19: 247 goals
2019-20: 172 goals
2020-21: 64 goals
2021-22: 21 goals
2022-23: 11 goals so far, in 9 games [playing with 07s].
The total? A whopping 515 goals. One can only applaud Camarda but must also consider that many of these goals were scored in 5v5 and 7v7 games. Of course, it’s much easier to find the back of the net in such a setting.
Nevertheless, Camarda has shown that he means business by scoring a brace in his first game for the Primavera (U19). Ignazio Abate was inevitably left very impressed and we will surely hear a lot more of Camarda in the future.
