Mohammed Kamara

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Mohammed Kamara
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Kesselly Kamara
Date of birth (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Sinkor, Liberia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Hapoel Haifa
Number 7
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 TJC Apache 44 (70)
2018 UCLA Bruins 14 (5)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 Atlanta Silverbacks 14 (9)
2018–2019 SC Paderborn 0 (0)
2018–2019 SC Paderborn II 7 (8)
2019–2020 LA Galaxy II 9 (4)
2020–2021 Menemenspor 10 (3)
2021–2022 Hatayspor 45 (5)
2022 → Astana (loan) 2 (0)
2022– Hapoel Haifa 48 (11)
International career
2023– Liberia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024

Mohammed Kesselly "Keka" [1] Kamara (born 31 October 1997) is a Liberian professional footballer who plays for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Haifa and the Liberia national team.

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Career

College and amateur

Tyler Junior College

Kamara moved to the United States to play college soccer at Tyler Junior College in 2016. [2] During his two years at Tyler, Kamara scored 70 goals and tallied ten assists in just 44 games. He finished the 2017 season as the NJCAA player of the year after scoring a school record-breaking and NJCAA-leading 48 goals, which included 14 game-winners. [1]

UCLA

In 2018, Kamara transferred to UCLA, where he made 14 appearances, scored five goals, and tallied a single assist. [3]

Atlanta Silverbacks

During his time at college, Kamara also appeared for National Premier Soccer League side Atlanta Silverbacks, where he scored nine goals in 14 appearances. [4] [5]

Professional

SC Paderborn 07

Kamara was considered a strong candidate to sign a Generation Adidas deal with Major League Soccer, which would see him enter the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. [6] However, he opted to move to Europe, signing with 2. Bundesliga side SC Paderborn on 5 January 2019. [7] [8]

During his time at Paderborn, Kamara failed to make a single first team appearance, but did score eight goals in seven appearances for Paderborn's 5th-tier second team who competed in the Oberliga Westfalen. [9]

In June 2019, Kamara and Paderborn mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the club. [10]

LA Galaxy II

On 2 August 2019, Kamara signed for USL Championship side LA Galaxy II. [11] He made his professional debut on 11 August 2019, as an 84th-minute substitute during a 3–1 win over Austin Bold. [12]

Menemenspor

On 1 October 2020, Kamara moved to Turkish TFF First League side Menemenspor. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mohammed Kamara dribbles around the world before scoring a home with UCLA soccer". dailybruin.com.
  2. ↑ "Mohammed Kamara 2017 Men's Soccer Roster | Tyler Junior College Athletics". www.apacheathletics.com.
  3. ↑ "Mohammed Kamara - Men's Soccer". UCLA.
  4. ↑ "ATLANTA SILVERBACKS ALUM MOHAMMED KAMARA HONORED AS PLAYER OF THE YEAR, ALL-AMERICAN". January 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ "National Premier Soccer League". npsl.bonzidev.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  6. ↑ "MLS SuperDraft: Amaya, Buchanan to headline Generation adidas class | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  7. ↑ "German second-tier Paderborn sign SKC's Shelton". ESPN.com. January 5, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Khiry Shelton | Mohammed Kamara| SC Paderborn 07". bundesliga.de - die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga.
  9. ↑ "Liberian youngster Mohammed Kamara parts ways with German Club Paderborn FC – Sokafrika".
  10. ↑ "SC Paderborn: Mohammed Kamara löst Vertrag auf". bundesliga.de - die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga.
  11. ↑ "LA Galaxy II sign forward Mohammed Kamara". lagalaxy.com. LA Galaxy. 2 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Austin Bold FC vs. LA Galaxy II". uslchampionship.com. USL Championship. 10 August 2019.
  13. ↑ "Son dakika transfer haberleri: Menemenspor Mohammed Kamara'yı transfer etti".
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