Aguibou Camara

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Aguibou Camara
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Personal information
Full name Aguibou Camara
Date of birth (2001-05-20) 20 May 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Matam, Guinea
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Winger
Team information
Current team
 Atromitos
(on loan from Olympiacos)
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2019 Eléphant Coléah
2019–2020 Lille
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Lille II 21 (2)
2020–2021 Lille 0 (0)
2021– Olympiacos 32 (5)
2023 Olympiacos B 1 (0)
2023– → Atromitos (loan) 33 (5)
International career‡
2017 Guinea U17 3 (0)
2018 Guinea U20 2 (1)
2022– Guinea U23 6 (1)
2019– Guinea 26 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 May 2024

Aguibou Camara (born 20 May 2001) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Greek Super League club Atromitos, on loan from Olympiacos, and the Guinea national team.

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Club career

On 29 March 2019, Camara signed his first professional contract with Lille in France, with the deal lasting for five years. [1] He made his professional debut in a Coupe de France match against Dijon on 10 February 2021, and scored in the 15th minute of the game. [2]

On 13 July 2021, he joined Olympiacos. The 20-year-old joined the Greek giants from Lille in the summer, having only played once for the reigning Ligue 1 champions. [3] The Guinea international has quickly forced himself into Pedro Martins' plans. On 6 August 2021, he scored his first goal with the club against PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, as a late substitute, helping Olympiacos to avoid overall defeat at Karaiskaki Stadium in the first match of the third qualifying round of 2021–22 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round. [4] On 17 October 2021, he opened the score in a 2–1 away win against PAS Giannina [5] and a week later he opened the score in a 2−1 home derby game against rivals PAOK, being the main protagonist of the match. [6] On 21 November, he opened the scoring in a triumphant 3−2 away win against rivals AEK. [7] On 6 February 2022, he opened the score in a 3-0 away win against Ionikos F.C. [8]

International career

A youth international for Guinea, Camara represented the Guinea U20s for the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification matches.[ citation needed ] He made his senior debut for Guinea in a 1–0 friendly loss to the Comoros on 12 October 2019. [9] On 21 December 2021, he was called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

In June 2023, he was included in the final squad of the Guinean under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted in Morocco, [10] where the Syli finished in fourth place. [11] [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 December 2023 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lille 2020–21 Ligue 1 00110011
Olympiacos 2021–22 Super League Greece 2642012 [lower-alpha 2] 1405
2022–23 Super League Greece601041111
Total32430162516
Atromitos (Ioan) 2022–23 Super League Greece12300–123
2023–24 Super League Greece13110–141
Total2541000264
Career total578511627811
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Greek Football Cup
  2. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

International goals

Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 June 2021 Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Manavgat, TurkeyFlag of Niger.svg  Niger 1–12–1 Friendly
2.9 September 2023 Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, MalawiFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1–12–2 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.17 November 2023 Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane, MoroccoFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1–02–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.8 January 2024 Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–02–0Friendly
5.19 January 2024 Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro, Ivory CoastFlag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 1–01–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

Individual

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  2. ↑ "Dijon - Lille OSC". SofaScore. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ο Καμαρά στον Ολυμπιακό μέχρι το 2025". Olympiacos.org (in Greek). 13 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-14. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Olympiacos ties in the nick of time during Champions League qualifiers". 6 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Το γκολ του Αγκιμπού Καμαρά για το 0-1" (in Greek). 17 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ολυμπιακός – ΠΑΟΚ 2-1 – Nίκη κορυφής για τους ερυθρόλευκους" (in Greek). 24 October 2021.
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