Bingourou Kamara

Bingourou Kamara

Kamara with France U19 in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-10-21) 21 October 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth	Longjumeau, France
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Pau FC
Number	1
Youth career
2002–2008	Sainte-Geneviève
2008–2012	Brétigny Foot
2012–2014	Tours
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Tours B	7	(0)
2014–2017	Tours	81	(0)
2017–2022	Strasbourg	27	(0)
2022	→ Charleroi (loan)	9	(0)
2018–2020	Strasbourg B	11	(0)
2022–2023	Montpellier	5	(0)
2023–	Pau FC	20	(0)
International career‡
2015	France U19	3	(0)
2015–2016	France U20	4	(0)
2017	France U21	4	(0)
2020–	Senegal	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:01, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Bingourou Kamara (21 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Pau FC. ^[2] Born in France, he plays for the Senegal national team.

Club career

Kamara is a youth exponent from Tours. He made his Ligue 2 debut for the club on 31 October 2014 against Laval, playing the full match in a 2–1 away defeat. ^[3]

On 24 December 2021, Strasbourg agreed to loan Kamara to Belgian club Charleroi for the rest of the season. ^[4]

On 1 September 2022, Kamara signed for Ligue 1 club Montpellier. ^[5]

On 3 July 2023, Kamara joigned Pau FC. The Senegalese international was the first major move of Pau's transfer window. Kamara replaces Alexandre Olliero and Massamba Ndiaye in the goalkeeper position. Kamara made his debut during a 3–0 Ligue 2 win at Nouste Camp over FC Girondins de Bordeaux. ^[6]

International career

Born in France, Kamara is of Mauritanian and Senegalese descent. ^[7] He was a youth international for France. He switched sporting nationalities, first representing Senegal in a 3–1 friendly loss to Morocco on 9 October 2020. ^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 January 2023 ^[2]

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tours B	2013–14	CFA 2	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	2014–15	CFA 2	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2015–16	CFA 2	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2016–17	CFA 2	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		7	0	—		—		—		7	0
Tours	2014–15	Ligue 2	26	0	3	0	0	0	—		29	0
	2015–16	Ligue 2	30	0	0	0	0	0	—		30	0
	2016–17	Ligue 2	25	0	0	0	1	0	—		26	0
	Total		81	0	3	0	1	0	—		85	0
Strasbourg	2017–18	Ligue 1	19	0	2	0	0	0	—		21	0
	2018–19	Ligue 1	0	0	1	0	5	0	—		6	0
	2019–20	Ligue 1	0	0	1	0	2	0	—		3	0
	2020–21	Ligue 1	8	0	1	0	0	0	—		9	0
	Total		27	0	5	0	7	0	—		39	0
Strasbourg B	2017–18	National 3	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2018–19	National 3	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2019–20	National 3	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	Total		11	0	—		—		—		11	0
Charleroi (loan)	2021–22	First Division A	9	0	0	0	—		0	0	9	0
Montpellier	2022–23	Ligue 1	5	0	1	0	—		—		6	0
Career total			140	0	9	0	8	0	0	0	157	0

Honours

Strasbourg

• Coupe de la Ligue: 2018–19 ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Bingourou Kamara". Montpellier HSC. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
2. Bingourou Kamara at Soccerway
3. "Laval vs. Tours - 31 October 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
4. "Official | Strasbourg loan out goalkeeper Bingourou Kamara to Charleroi". Get French Football News. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
5. "Bingourou Kamara rejoint le MHSC" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
6. Mairal, Nicolas (2023-08-08). "Bingourou Kamara, une première rêvée" (in French). ISSN   1760-6454 . Retrieved 2023-08-11.
7. "La Mauritanie concurrencée par le Sénégal pour Bingourou et Aboubakar Kamara". March 15, 2019.
8. "Morocco vs. Senegal - 9 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.

External links

• Bingourou Kamara at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Bingourou Kamara at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)