Moussa Camara (goalkeeper)

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Moussa Camara
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Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Siguiri, Guinea
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Horoya
Number 22
Youth career
FC Kolombada
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Milo FC
2015– Horoya
International career‡
2015 Guinea U17
Guinea U20
2018– Guinea U23 6 (0)
2017– Guinea 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:12, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:01, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Moussa Camara (born 27 November 1998) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Horoya and the Guinea national team.

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Club career

Camara played with FC Kolombada in the lower divisions before moving to second-tier club Milo FC. [1] He joined Horoya AC in 2015, serving as backup to the veteran Khadim N'Diaye. [2] He also got to train under goalkeepers coach Kémoko Camara. [3]

After injuries to N'Diaye and Germain Berthé, he made his continental debut in the 2018–19 CAF Champions League against eventual champions ES Tunis, impressing despite giving up two goals in the loss. [3]

International career

At youth level, Camara has been capped at the under-17, under-20 and under-23 levels. He was first called up to the U17s by manager Hamidou Camara, [1] and was his first-choice keeper at the 2015 African U-17 Championship and the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [4] Two years later he represented his country at the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations and the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [1] [4] He also played all six matches for the Guinea U23s during 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification. In the first leg of their third round matchup against Ivory Coast, he saved a penalty in the 83rd minute to preserve a 1–0 win in Abidjan. [5]

He made his senior debut for Guinea on 15 July 2017, appearing between the sticks in their 3–1 win over Guinea-Bissau during 2018 African Nations Championship qualification. [6] In May 2019 he was pre-selected for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, but did not make the final squad. [7] Later that year he was called up for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, playing in both Group A matches against Mali and Namibia before the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] He later cited Naby Keïta as a teammate he learned a lot from. [9]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 October 2023 [10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guinea 201730
201800
201940
202000
2021110
202220
202310
Total210

Honours

Horoya AC

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "MOUSSA CAMARA, PROMIS À UN BEL AVENIR" (in French). Horoya AC. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Super Coupe : découvrez les compos". foot224.co (in French). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Moussa Camara prêt a bousculer la hiérarchie". Guinée Actu Sport (in French). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Moussa Camara". Global Sports Arcvhive. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Elim CAN U23: Sauvée par Moussa Camara, la Guinée s'impose en Côte d'ivoire". Firawa Sport (in French). 7 September 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Ditlhobolo, Austin (15 July 2017). "Impressive Guinea thrash Guine-Bissau". AfricanFootball.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "CAN219 : Une première pour Moussa Camara du Horoya AC". Guinée Goal (in French). 25 May 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  8. ↑ Conté, Amadou (6 December 2019). "J'AWARDS 2019: MOUSSA CAMARA DU HOROYA SACRÉ DANS LA CATÉGORIE SPORT!". sportguineen.com (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Moussa Camara voit loin" (in French). Horoya AC. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  10. ↑ Moussa Camara at National-Football-Teams.com
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