Camora

Mario Jorge Malico Paulino (born 10 November 1986), known as Mario Camora or simply Camora, is a professional footballer who plays for and captains Romanian club CFR Cluj as a left back.

He spent most of his professional career at CFR Cluj, with which he won seven domestic throphies since signing in 2011. Previously, he totalled 66 matches in the Primeira Liga over four seasons, 64 of those with Naval.

Born in Portugal, Camora represented Romania at international level.

Club Career

Portugal

Camora was born in Samora Correia, Benavente, Santarem District. After beginning in amateur football, in January 2006 he signed with S.C. Beira-Mar in the second division. He appeared rarely for the Aveiro-based team in his first years, also being loaned once; in the 2006–07 season he played two games with them in the Primeira Liga, eventually suffering relegation.

In summer 2008, Camora joined Associacao Naval 1º de Maio of the top level, making his official debut for the club in the competition on 15 February 2009 by featuring 27 minutes in a 2–2 away draw against C.D. Trofense. After only eight appearances in his first year, he went on to become an important first-team unit at the Figueira da Foz side.

CFR Cluj

On 24 May 2011, following Naval's relegation, Camora moved abroad to Romania's CFR Cluj, where he joined several compatriots. He contributed one goal from 28 appearances in his debut campaign, as the club won the third Liga I championship in its history.

Camora became the player with the most league appearances for CFR on 17 April 2018, after surpassing Cadu's record of 202 matches. On 24 January 2019, it was announced that the captain had agreed to a three-year contract extension, at the same time expressing his desire to retire at the Stadionul Dr. Constantin Radulescu and move permanently to Romania.

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