Mohamed Ali Camara

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Mohamed Ali Camara
Camara with Guinea in 2024
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Ali Camara
Date of birth (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Kérouané, Guinea[1]
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Horoya
2017 → Hafia (loan)
2017–2018 Hapoel Ra'anana 29 (3)
2018– Young Boys 120 (6)
International career‡
2017 Guinea U20 8 (1)
2018– Guinea 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:25, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Mohamed Ali Camara (born 28 August 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss Super League club Young Boys. Camara is nicknamed Piqué, named after his footballing idol Gerard Piqué.[2]

Club career

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Camara began his professional career with Horoya AC in Guinea in 2016.[3] After a season on loan with Hafia from Horoya, Camara signed a five-year contract with Hapoel Ra'anana on 14 July 2017.[4] He made his professional debut for Ra'anana in a 0–0 Israeli Premier League tie with Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. on 19 August 2017.[5]

After a successful season, Camara joined BSC Young Boys on 6 July 2018, agreeing a contract until 2022.[6] He became club captain, and in November 2023 notably approached opponent Erling Haaland at half-time to ask for his shirt.[7][8]

International career

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Camara represented the Guinea U20s at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[9] and the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.[10]

Camara made his international debut for the senior Guinea national team in a friendly 2–0 loss to Mauritania on 24 March 2018.[11]

In January 2022, he was selected by the coach Kaba Diawara to participate in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.[12] On December 23, 2023, he was again included in the list of 25 players selected for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 19 October 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hapoel Ra'anana 2017–18 Israeli Premier League 29 2 5 1 — — 34 3
Young Boys 2018–19 Swiss Super League 14 2 4 1 4[b] 0 — 22 3
2019–20 Swiss Super League 9 1 2 0 — — 11 1
2020–21 Swiss Super League 29 0 1 0 9[c] 0 — 39 0
2021–22 Swiss Super League 22 2 2 0 10[b] 0 — 34 2
2022–23 Swiss Super League 12 0 2 0 5[d] 0 — 19 0
2023–24 Swiss Super League 29 0 3 0 8[e] 0 — 40 0
2024–25 Swiss Super League 5 0 1 0 4[b] 0 — 10 0
Total 120 5 15 1 40 0 0 0 175 6
Career total 149 7 20 2 40 0 0 0 209 9
  1. ^ Includes Swiss Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 10 September 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Guinea 2018 1 0
2019 1 0
2020 1 0
2021 6 0
2022 9 0
2023 2 0
2024 3 0
Total 23 0

Honours

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Young Boys

References

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  1. ^ "Le defenseur, Mohamed Ali Camara signe au Horoya AC". www.nouvelledeguinee.com.
  2. ^ "Transfert/Hafia : Mohamed Aly Camara tout proche de rejoindre l'Israël. - Guineefoot.info". guineefoot.info.
  3. ^ "TRANSFERT : MOHAMED ALI CAMARA SIGNE AU HOROYA". Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Officiel : Mohamed Aly Camara signe au Hapoel Raanana en israël. - Guineefoot.info". guineefoot.info.
  5. ^ "Hapoel Ra'anana vs. Ironi Kiryat Shmona - 19 August 2017 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  6. ^ "Suisse - YB Berne : Mohamed Ali Camara en renfort (officiel) - Football 365". 6 July 2018.
  7. ^ Wallace, Sam (7 November 2023). "Young Boys in awe of Erling Haaland – who hands over his jersey at half-time" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  8. ^ "'I'd ask for his jersey myself' - Haaland firing Man City to history" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ^ "YB verpflichtet Verteidiger Mohamed Ali Camara - NEWS-ÜBERSICHT - BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". bscyb.ch. BSC Young Boys.
  10. ^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "Squad Lists announced". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football.
  11. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mauritania vs. Guinea (2:0)". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.
  12. ^ "CAN 2022. Guinée : avec Saidou Sow, retrouvez la liste complète du Sily national". Ouestfrance.fr (in French). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Mohamed Aly Camara". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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