Ahmadou Camara

Ahmadou Camara (born 1st August 2003) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Botola club Raja CA.

Ahmadou Camara
Personal information
Full name Ahmadou Ama Camara
Date of birth (2003-08-01) 1 August 2003
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Raja CA
Number 5
Youth career
–2018 Hafia FC
2019–2020 Fath US
2020–2022 Raja CA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Raja CA 16 (0)
International career‡
2022– Guinea U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2023

Early life

Ahmadou Camara was born on 1st August 2003 in Conakry. After a period at Hafia FC, he left Guinea for Morocco in 2018 to enter a football scouting program. Once in the Kingdom, he joined Fath Union Sport's academy where he will play for a year before being spotted by the Raja Club Athletic in 2020.[1]

At the age of 17, he arrived at the Raja-Oasis Sports Complex and joined the U19 team. He quickly established himself as a starter and reached the U23 team under Bouchaib El Moubarki that was playing in the North West Group of the Amateurs 3 League, which is the fifth level of Moroccan football. For two successive seasons, the team was close to gain promotion but finished in second and third position respectively.[2][3]

Career

Thanks to his performance and his consistency, Rachid Taoussi called up the young Guinean in June 2022 to join the first team's training. On 2 July 2022, he made his professional debut against Maghreb AS on the last leg of the Botola (0-0).[4][5]

On 18 March 2023, under Mondher Kebaier, he made his Champions League debut against Vipers SC in Tanzania (1-1), and played the quarter-finals against Al Ahly.[6][7]

On 14 April, he made his starting debut against Jeunesse Sportive Soualem in the league (0-0).[8][9]. On June 9, the club announced the extension of Camara's contract for four additional seasons.[10]

International career

In 2022, he received his first call-up to the Guinean U20 squad and played three friendly games.

References
  1. Sport, Firawa (2023-05-12). "Maroc : Ahmadou Camara, un espoir pour le Raja !". Firawa Sport (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  2. "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  3. "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  4. Sofascore. "MAS de Fès vs Raja Club Athletic live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  5. "Congratulations on making your first-team debut, Ahmadou camara👏🏻". Twitter (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  6. Sofascore. "Vipers SC vs Raja Club Athletic live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  7. Sofascore. "Raja Club Athletic vs Al Ahly SC live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  8. "Raja Casablanca : Amadou Camara signe sa première titularisation". africafootunited.com (in French). 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  9. Sofascore. "Raja Club Athletic vs Jeunesse Sportive Soualem live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  10. صلاح الكومري (9 June 2023). "الرجاء يمدد عقد لاعبه كامارا". Chaine de télévision (in Arabic).
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