Mamadi Camará (footballer, born 2003)

Mamadi Caba Camará (born 31 December 2003) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for EFL League One club Reading and the Guinea-Bissau.

For other people named Mamadi Camara, see Mamadi Camara.
Mamadi Camará
Personal information
Full name Mamadi Caba Camará[1]
Date of birth (2003-12-31) 31 December 2003
Place of birth Catió, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder/Winger
Team information
Current team
 Reading
Number 28
Youth career
0000–2020 C.D. Feirense
2020–2021 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Reading 16 (0)
International career‡
2022– Guinea-Bissau 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:03, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:54, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Career

After playing youth football for C.D. Feirense, he joined Reading in 2020.[2] He made his debut as a substitute in a 1–0 FA Cup defeat away to Luton Town on 9 January 2021.[3] On 3 February 2021, Camará signed his first professional contract with Reading, until the summer of 2022.[4] He scored his first goal for Reading in a 4-0 win over Millwall in the EFL Cup on 8 August 2023.[5]

International career

Camará received his first call-up for Guinea-Bissau national football team for the friendlies against Angola and Equatorial Guinea on 23 and 26 March 2022.[6] Camará made his debut for Guinea-Bissau on 23 March 2022 against Equatorial Guinea with a man-of-the-match performance.[7]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 May 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2020–21 EFL Championship 1010000020
2021–22 EFL Championship 6010100080
2022–23 EFL Championship 5000100060
Career total 120202000160

    International
    As of match played 9 June 2022[9]
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Guinea-Bissau
    202230
    Total30

    References
    1. "EFL squad list 2020/21 & U21 registered contract players: Reading - Under 21 contract players" (PDF). efl.com. English Football League. 10 February 2021. p. 111. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
    2. "Mamadi Camará". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
    3. "Valiant display ends in cup exit for young Royals". www.readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
    4. "Young forward Mamadi Camara pens first professional contract". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
    5. "Millwall 0-4 Reading". BBC. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
    6. "BACIRO CANDE ANUNCIA LISTA DE 22 JOGADORES CONVOCADOS". Facebook. Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau.
    7. "ONZE DA GUINÉ-BISSAU PARA O JOGO AMISTOSO COM A GUINÉ-EQUATORIAL". Facebook. Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
    8. Mamadi Camará at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
    9. "Mamadi Camará". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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