Maxime Camara

Mamadouba Resmu Camara nicknamed Maxime Camara (4 February 1945 – 29 March 2016) was a Guinea international football midfielder.

Maxime Camara
Personal information
Full name Mamadouba Resmu Camara
Date of birth 4 February 1945
Place of birth Kissidougou, Guinea
Date of death 29 March 2016 (aged 71)
Place of death Rabat, Morocco
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1972 Hafia
International career
1968 Guinea U23 3 (1)
1967–1974 Guinea[1] 24 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Kissidougou, Camara played club football for local side Hafia F.C. in the 1960s and 1970s. He helped the club win the 1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs.[2]

Camara represented Guinea at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He also made several appearances for the senior Guinea national football team, including four FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, and played at the 1976 African Cup of Nations finals.[3]

Personal

On 24 April 1974 he married Aminata Touré, the daughter of the Guinean President Ahmed Sekou Touré. They have 4 children.

Camara became seriously ill while living in Guinea in 2005.[2] He was then evacuated to Morocco where he died on 29 March 2016.[4]

References
  1. Mamrud, Roberto. "Guinea - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. Thea, Paul (20 October 2010). "Le héros oublié" (in French). GuineeActu.info. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  3. "Maroc-Tunisie, comme au bon vieux temps" (in French). Le Matin. 13 February 2004.
  4. "Nécrologie : Maxime Camara du Hafia et du Syli n'est plus". Guinéenews. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016.
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