Igor de Camargo

Born in Porto Feliz, São Paulo, De Camargo moved to Belgium in November 2000, after making his senior debut with local side Estrela Esporte Clube. He joined KRC Genk after impressing on a trial, but was only promoted to the first team in 2001 after spending six months with the B-side.[2]

De Camargo only made his senior debut on 20 October 2001, coming on as a late substitute for Moumouni Dagano in a 4–2 home win against KFC Lommel SK. He scored his first goal for the side the following 12 January, netting his team's fifth in a 6–1 away defeat of KSK Beveren.

After featuring rarely during the 2002–03 season (which included 11 minutes in a 6–0 loss at Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League),[3] De Camargo was loaned to newly-promoted side K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder in June 2003 for the coming season.[4]

De Camargo scored ten goals for the side during the campaign; highlights included a brace in a 3–1 home win against RSC Charleroi on 4 April 2004.[5] Upon returning to Genk, he featured sparingly before moving to fellow top tier side FC Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek in January 2005.

In late January 2006, De Camargo agreed to a contract with Standard Liège, still in the top division.[6] He made his debut for the club on 11 February in a 2–0 away defeat of KSK Beveren, and scored his first goal the following weekend in a 7–1 home win against Cercle Brugge KSV.

De Camargo was a regular starter during the following campaigns, being a key member of the attack as Standard won two league titles in a row. In January 2009, he signed a new contract until June 2013.[7]

On 16 September 2009, De Camargo captained the side in a 3–2 home loss against Arsenal.[8]

On 22 April 2010, De Camargo announced that he would transfer to Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach at the end of the season.[9] After struggling with injuries, he made his debut for the club on 2 October, playing the last eight minutes in a 1–1 home draw against VfL Wolfsburg.[10]

De Camargo scored his first goal for Borussa on 6 November 2010, netting his team's third in a 3–3 home draw against FC Bayern Munich; he previously assisted Marco Reus in Borussia's second goal.[11] He suffered a knee injury in the following March which kept him out of the latter stages of the season,[12] but still returned in May. He scored the winner on 19 May in a 1–0 home defeat of VfL Bochum, and also assisted Reus in the equalizer in the 1–1 away draw in the return leg six days later, as his side narrowly avoided relegation through the play-offs.[13]

De Camargo was loaned to fellow top tier club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on 29 January 2013, until the end of the season.[14] He left the side with one goal in only eight matches, being an unused substitute in both legs of the relegation play-offs.

On 8 July 2013, De Camargo signed a three-year contract at his former club Standard Liège.[15] A backup to Imoh Ezekiel and Michy Batshuayi during his first season, he managed to score eleven goals in his second.

On 23 June 2015, KRC Genk signed De Camargo from Standard Liège; he returned to his first professional club on a two-year deal.[16] He played his first match for the side on 25 July, starting and scoring a brace in a 3–1 home win against OH Leuven.

Despite appearing regularly, De Camargo only contributed with seven goals in 33 matches.

On 15 July 2016, De Camargo signed a two-year contract with reigning Cypriot champions APOEL FC.[17] He made his competitive debut on 27 July as a 77th-minute substitute in his team's 2–1 away defeat against Rosenborg BK in the third qualifying round of the Champions League.[18]

De Camargo scored his first goal for APOEL on 10 September, netting the third goal in his team's 4–0 away victory against Nea Salamis Famagusta FC in the 2016–17 First Division.[19] Five days later, he scored the winner against FC Astana in the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[20]

In July 2018, De Camargo signed a two-year contract with KV Mechelen, who were just relegated to the Pro League B on the last day of the 2017-2018 campaign. The ambitious Belgian club wanted to get promoted to the First Division as soon as possible. De Camargo made his debut for Mechelen on 4 August, coming in as a substitute in the first game of the season, a 1-1 away draw at Oud-Heverlee Leuven. He scored his first goal of the season a week later on 11 August, when he came in as a substitute to make the score 1-2 in favor of Mechelen away at KSV Roeselare. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

With only 3 games played, the favourites for promotion were on bottom of the table, with only 2 points out of possible 9. On 21 August, the club decided to sack coach Dennis Van Wijk, and appointed former player Wouter Vrancken. This turned out to be a real turning point. Initially De Camargo had to take peace with a spot on the bench,with Gustav Engvall and William Togui being the starting strikers, but after an injury from Togui, De Camargo came back in the starting lineup. KV Mechelen won the first period of the Pro League B, what meant they would play a promotion final against the winner of the second period, after having won 9 out of their next 11 games. De Camargo scored 4 goals in the first period. In the second period of the season, Mechelen finished on second place behind KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk. De Camargo scored 10 goals in the second period, bringing his league total to 14, what meant he became second in the topscorer ranking, with Leonardo Rocha from Lommel SK scoring 16. In the first leg of the promotion final, a 0-0 away against KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk, De Camargo got injured. This meant that he also had to watch the return leg from the stands. KV Mechelen won the second leg 2-1 on 16 March, with a dramatic last minute goal, and returned to First division after only one season.

In the 2018-2019 season, KV Mechelen also remarkably won the Belgian Croky Cup, being the first ever second division team to beat a first division team in a final in that competition. De Camargo scored 3 goals during that campaign: 1 against Sporting Lokeren in the round of 16, 1 in the quarterfinals against KV Kortrijk, and 1 against fellow second divisionists Union SG. Despite concerns about whether De Camargo would be fit soon enough after his injury, he played the entire final game against KAA Gent, a game they won 2-1.

De Camargo started the 2019-2020 campaign again from the bench, with coach Wouter Vrancken again trusting the younger striker Togui more. But throughout the season, De Camargo showed his importance and would force himself in the starting lineup once again. He scored his first goal in a home game against 2019 league champions KRC Genk coming off the bench to make it 3-1 and decide the game. De Camargo finished the season once again as Mechelen's top scorer, with 10 goals in 27 games, in a season that saw Mechelen end in sixth place when the season forcibly ended because of Covid-19. This was their best league finish since 1992-1993 when they ended on third place.

De Camargo scored his first goal of the 2020-2021 season coming off the bench to make it 1-2 against RSC Anderlecht, in a game that remarkably ended in a 2-2 draw, even though Anderlecht was leading 0-2 10 minutes before the final whistle. De Camargo scored 3 goals so far this season.

As of 8 December 2020[22][23]

As of 25 May 2012[25]