Mohamed Bettamer

Bettamer was born in Camden,[4] to a Libyan father and a Moroccan mother.[5] Bettamer still has family members living in the Bohdema area of Benghazi.[6]

Bettamer began his career with Arsenal, before moving to Queens Park Rangers at under-11 level. Bettamer later joined Fulham at under-14 level.[6]

Bettamer began his senior career Kingsbury London Tigers, where he made played in the youth team. In 2010 he joined Watford on a one-year scholarship but was not offered a professional contract.[5] He then returned to London Tigers before joining Hayes & Yeading United, making his debut in November 2011.[7] Bettamer was unable to hold down a first team spot with the Conference Premier side and joined Bedfont Town on loan before being released in March 2012.[8] He then spent the remainder of the season with North Greenford United.[9] He played with Hampton & Richmond Borough in 2012–13,[9] before trials at Dagenham & Redbridge,[10] and Maidenhead United.[11] He then joined Al-Ahly (Benghazi) in Libya on a three-year contract, with whom he reached the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League.[5] Due to the civil war in Libya, leading to the suspension of the domestic league in the country, he was unable to play during the final two years of his contract.[12] After it expired, he then joined Staines Town, with whom he scored 42 goals in 89 games.[13][14] He signed a pre-contract agreement with Stevenage in the summer of 2018, but with no contract on the table he joined Braintree Town on a non-contract basis, before a move to Salford City fell through.[15]

He has represented Libya at under-18, under-20 and under-23 youth levels.[5] He was called-up by the senior team in November 2020.[5] He debuted for the senior Libya national team in a 3–2 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss to Equatorial Guinea on 11 November 2020, scoring his team's second goal in his debut.[25]

At the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, he represented the Barawa football team, scoring twice in five games. As he was added to the team after the tournament started, and as he was not of Somali descent, his inclusion caused a controversy which resulted in the Ellan Vannin football team, who had protested, to be disqualified from the tournament.[26]

Primarily a centre forward, Bettamer can also play as a left winger.[14]