| Cameron Yates | |
| Fullname: | Cameron James Yates[1] |
| Birth Date: | 14 February 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Height: | 1.88m (06.17feet)[2] |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthclubs1: | Leicester City |
| Clubs1: | Wycombe Wanderers |
| Years1: | 2018–2021 |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Clubs2: | → Aylesbury United (loan) |
| Years2: | 2018 |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | Dundalk |
| Years3: | 2021 |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 12:35, 15 December 2021 (UTC) |
Cameron James Yates (born 14 February 1999) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League of Ireland Premier Division club Dundalk.
Yates signed for the academy of Leicester City aged 9 years old (2008-2018) playing alongside the likes of Ben Chilwell, Harvey Barnes, Hamza Choudhury Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Luke Thomas but was unable to follow them into the first team squad. As a scholar, he captained the U18s team to the QF of the FA Yth cup losing narrowly to eventual winners Chelsea. He won the 2017 PL Save of the season for his spectacular stop against Middlesbrough in the FA Yth Cup.
He represented Scotland at U15/16 level winning caps against Ireland, Poland and Holland and featured in the 2015 Victory shield squad.
On 3 September 2018, Yates joined Wycombe Wanderers.[3] Despite not playing a professional game for Wycombe, on 27 September 2019, his contract was extended until June 2021.[4]
On 16 October 2018, Yates moved on loan to Aylesbury United.[5] He made his Aylesbury United debut on the same day against Bedford Town.[6] His final match for Aylesbury United came against Sutton Coldfield Town on 3 November 2018, in which he was replaced at half-time due to an injury.[7] He made three league appearances for the club.[8]
He made his professional debut in Wycombe's EFL Trophy game against Stevenage on 8 October 2019.[9]
On 12 May 2021 it was announced that he would leave Wycombe at the end of the season.[10]
Having been released by Wycombe Wanderers in June 2021, Yates signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Dundalk on 17 August 2021.[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2018–19 | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aylesbury United (loan) | 2018–19 | Southern Division One Central | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2019–20 | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[12] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dundalk | 2021[13] | League of Ireland Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||