Adama Camara

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Adama Camara
Personal information
Full name Adama Mohamed Camara
Date of birth (1996-10-18) 18 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Bondy, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Paris FC
Number 17
Youth career
Neuilly-sur-Marne
Gournay-sur-Marne
USM Gagny
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 FC Montfermeil
2018 Georgia Revolution
2018–2019 FC Montfermeil
2019–2020 Noisy-le-Grand FC 15 (3)
2020–2023 Racing Club de France 59 (14)
2023– Paris FC 66 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:07, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

Adama Mohamed Camara (born 18 October 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris FC.

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Career

Camara began playing football in his hometown of Neuilly-sur-Marne, before playing successively for Gournay-sur-Marne, USM Gagny, and FC Montfermeil. [1] In 2018, he moved to the United States to join Georgia Revolution in the National Premier Soccer League; however, he would only stay there for three months, returning to Montfermeil. [2] In 2019, Camara joined newly-promoted Championnat National 3 club Noisy-le-Grand FC, having previously played at highest in the seventh-tier Régional 2. [2] In 2020, with Noisy-le-Grand suffering relegation, Camara joined fellow National 3 club Racing Club de France after the club's assistant coach demonstrated an interest in signing him. [2]

On 9 June 2023, at the age of 26, Camara signed for Ligue 2 club Paris FC on a contract until June 2025, [1] [3] his first professional contract. [4] [5] He made his debut in a 2–0 defeat to Pau on 19 August 2023. [6]

Personal life

Born in France, Camara is of Malian descent. [7] [2]

Until the age of 25, Camara worked jobs outside of football to make a living. He worked successively at Pizza Hut, as a mailman for Montfermeil, as a bus driver in Seine-et-Marne, and as a delivery driver for the Seine-Saint-Denis departmental council. [2]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 May 2025 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Noisy-le-Grand FC 2019–20 National 3 1530 [a] 0153
Racing Club de France 2020–21 National 3620 [a] 062
2021–22 National 32470 [a] 0247
2022–23 National 22950 [a] 0295
Total5914005914
Paris FC 2023–24 Ligue 2 352401 [b] 0402
2024–25 Ligue 231310323
Total6655010725
Career total14022501014622
  1. 1 2 3 4 Statistics are incomplete for the Coupe de France.
  2. Appearance in the Ligue 2 promotion play-offs

Honours

Racing Club de France

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Adama Camara joins Paris FC - Paris FC". 9 June 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Antho (19 December 2023). "Adama Camara (Paris FC) : « Mon histoire peut servir d'exemple » - Foot amateur". 13heuresfoot (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  3. "Racing CCF : Adama Camara s'engage avec le Paris FC (off)". Foot National (in French). 8 June 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  4. redaction, La (10 June 2023). "Mercato. Un joueur du Racing CFF rejoint le Paris FC en Ligue 2". Foot Amateur (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  5.  Le fait d'avoir vécu d'autres choses avant m'a rendu plus serein » : les deux vies d'Adama Camara, milieu du Paris FC". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  6. 1 2 Adama Camara at Soccerway
  7. Rabemanantsoa, Fandresena (10 June 2023). "Officiel : Adama Camara est lié au Paris FC jusqu'en 2025". Footafrica365.fr. Retrieved 12 September 2023.