Ahmadou Camara

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Ahmadou Camara
Personal information
Full name Ahmadou Ama Camara
Date of birth (2003-08-01) 1 August 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Raja CA
Number 5
Youth career
–2018 Hafia FC
2019–2020 Fath US
2020–2022 Raja CA
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Raja CA 34 (0)
International career‡
2022–2024 Guinea U20 3 (0)
2024– Guinea U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 April 2024

Ahmadou Camara (born 1 August 2003) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Botola club Raja CA.

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Early life

Ahmadou Camara was born on 1 August 2003 in Conakry. After a period at Hafia FC, he left Guinea for Morocco in 2018 to enter a football scouting program. Once in the Kingdom, he joined Fath Union Sport's academy where he will play for a year before being spotted by the Raja Club Athletic in 2020. [1]

At the age of 17, he arrived at the Raja-Oasis Sports Complex and joined the U19 team. He quickly established himself as a starter and reached the U23 team under Bouchaib El Moubarki that was playing in the North West Group of the Amateurs 3 League, which is the fifth level of Moroccan football. For two successive seasons, the team was close to gain promotion but finished in second and third position respectively. [2] [3]

Club career

Thanks to his performance and his consistency, Rachid Taoussi called up the young Guinean in June 2022 to join the first team's training. On 2 July 2022, he made his professional debut against Maghreb AS on the last leg of the Botola (0–0). [4] [5]

On 18 March 2023, under Mondher Kebaier, he made his Champions League debut against Vipers SC in Tanzania (1–1), and played the quarter-finals against Al Ahly. [6] [7]

On 14 April, he made his starting debut against Jeunesse Sportive Soualem in the league (0–0). [8] [9] On June 9, the club announced the extension of Camara's contract for four additional seasons. [10]

International career

In 2022, he received his first call-up to the Guinean U20 squad and played three friendly games.

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References

  1. ↑ Sport, Firawa (2023-05-12). "Maroc : Ahmadou Camara, un espoir pour le Raja !". Firawa Sport (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  2. ↑ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  3. ↑ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  4. ↑ Sofascore. "MAS de Fès vs Raja Club Athletic live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  5. ↑ "Congratulations on making your first-team debut, Ahmadou camara👏🏻". Twitter (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  6. ↑ Sofascore. "Vipers SC vs Raja Club Athletic live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore". sofascore.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  7. ↑ Sofascore. "Raja Club Athletic vs Al Ahly SC live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore". sofascore.com. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  8. ↑ "Raja Casablanca : Amadou Camara signe sa première titularisation". africafootunited.com (in French). 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  9. ↑ Sofascore. "Raja Club Athletic vs Jeunesse Sportive Soualem live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore". sofascore.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  10. ↑ صلاح الكومري (9 June 2023). "الرجاء يمدد عقد لاعبه كامارا". Chaine de télévision (in Arabic).
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