Francesco Camarda is quickly developing a reputation as one of AC Milan’s brightest prospects for the future, and he has revealed a bit about himself in an interview.
Camarda made the jump to the Primavera this season despite being just 15 and he scored a brace in his first UEFA Youth League against Newcastle.
He is making waves in terms of his international career too as he is one of the 20 players called up by Massimiliano Favo, almost all of whom were born in 2007. Camarda is the only one born in 2008.
The striker will turn 16 next March and he will hope to keep going on what has been an incredible climb to this point so far. He was interviewed by the FIGC website, with his comments relayed by MilanNews.
“Given that if I score, the credit goes to teamwork, if you think you’re a footballer, you have to be used to this,” he said.
He is currently in the second year of linguistic high school, on which he added: “Because my parents give a lot of importance to school and I don’t have to focus everything on football. Favourite subject? English. But also obviously Physical Education.”
On Wednesday, at the ‘Valentino Mazzola’ stadium in Santarcangelo di Romagna, he made his debut in an official UEFA competition for the Under 17 national team, scoring as well.
“Wearing the national team shirt is always an honour; it’s wonderful to hear the anthem and do it together with your teammates.”
The 4-0 victory came at the end of a match that reflected the predictions of the day before, with a clear Italian dominance in terms of the game and the difficulties of dismantling a very deep and compact opposing defence.
“The coach had anticipated that it could have been complicated and we had to finish well. The risk on these occasions is to underestimate the opponent, but we were good at approaching the match in the best possible way,” Camarda added.
“We are a very united group, we like to joke but we also know when we have to work seriously and be focused on the pitch: we have the right mentality.
“My idol has always been Ronaldo, the Phenomenon. My dad was also a big fan of Brazilian. I like watching videos of his plays and his movements. Among today’s players I really like Benzema.”
