Mady Camara

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Mady Camara
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Camara training with Olympiacos in 2022
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Mady Camara
Date of birth (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Matam, Guinea
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Olympiacos
Number 4
Youth career
2013–2015 AS Kaloum
2015–2016 Santoba FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Ajaccio 45 (2)
2018– Olympiacos 130 (16)
2022–2023 → Roma (loan) 15 (0)
International career‡
2018– Guinea 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2021

Mohamed Mady Camara (born 28 February 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Super League Greece club Olympiacos and the Guinea national team.

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Club career

Ajaccio

Camara began his career with Guinean sides AS Kaloum and Santoba FC, before training with French Ligue 2 side AC Ajaccio in May 2015. [2] [3] He impressed during his time on trial and signed a professional contract with the club in 2016.

On 20 May 2018, Camara scored a goal in the dying seconds of extra time to tie the game at 2–2 against Havre in the promotion playoffs semifinal. Ajaccio won in penalties 5–3, after Ghislain Gimbert scored the decisive penalty. [4]

Olympiacos

On 6 March 2018, he signed a five-year contract with Superleague giants Olympiacos ahead of the 2018–19 season for an undisclosed fee. The cost of the transfer was estimated to €2.5 million. [5] [6] On 16 September 2018, he scored in a 2–1 home win game against Asteras Tripolis. [7]

On 17 February 2019, he scored in a 4–1 home win against champions AEK Athens. [8] On 7 April 2019, he again scored in a 5–0 away win against Panetolikos. [9] On 21 April 2019, Camara opened the scoring for Olympiacos in a 3–1 away win against Lamia, but PAOK's win the same day confirmed that Olympiacos would finish as runners-up behind PAOK. [10]

On 27 October 2019, the 22-year-old Guinean hit the jackpot third time lucky with a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area which nestled in the top right corner of Panagiotis Tsintotas’ goal in a 2–0 home derby win game against rivals AEK Athens. [11] On 22 January 2020, he scored his only goal in a 1–0 away win against OFI. [12] On 15 June 2020, he scored a brace within two minutes and assisted a goal for Georgios Masouras, in a 3–1 home victory over Aris for the Superleague championship play-offs.

On 21 July 2021 Camara scored the only goal against Neftçi Baku in a 1–0 home win but was later sent off after a hard foul. [13] On 19 August 2021, he scored giving the lead in a 3–0 home win 2021–22 UEFA Europa League playoffs 1st round game against Slovan Bratislava. [14]

Roma

On 31 August 2022, Camara joined AS Roma on a season-long loan, with an option to buy. [15]

International career

Camara made his senior debut for Guinea in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Central African Republic on 9 September 2018. [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 May 2023 [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajaccio 2016–17 Ligue 2 1821000——192
2017–18 Ligue 22702010—2 [lower-alpha 3] 1321
Total4523010—21513
Olympiacos 2018–19 Super League Greece 24620—100—366
2019–20 Super League Greece31651—150—517
2020–21 Super League Greece31350—101—464
2021–22 Super League Greece28040—132—452
2022–23 Super League Greece0000—30—30
2023–24 Super League Greece16120—100—281
Total13016181—613—20920
Roma (Ioan) 2022–23 Serie A 15000—60—210
Career total19018211106732128023
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Greek Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ↑ Appearances in Ligue 2 promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 12 October 2021 [18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guinea 201840
201990
202021
202160
Total211
Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Camara goal.
List of international goals scored by Mady Camara
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 November 2020 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, GuineaFlag of Chad.svg  Chad 1–01–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Olympiacos

Roma

Individual

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