Glen Kamara

Glen Kamara
Kamara with Finland U21 in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-10-28) 28 October 1995
Place of birth Tampere, Finland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dundee
Number 8
Youth career
2003–2007 OT-77
2008 EPS
2011–2012 Southend United
2012–2015 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Arsenal 0 (0)
2016 → Southend United (loan) 6 (0)
2016–2017 → Colchester United (loan) 4 (0)
2017– Dundee 37 (0)
National team‡
2013 Finland U19 3 (0)
2015–2017 Finland U21 12 (0)
2017– Finland 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:57, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:22, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Glen Kamara (born 28 October 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Dundee.[2]

Career

Born in Tampere, Finland into a family of Sierra Leonean descent, Kamara started his career in England in the Southend United youth system before moving to Arsenal in 2012.[3]

Glen Kamara playing for Arsenal against West Ham in the Premier Academy League

At first Kamara joined up with the club's Academy. He went on to be an unused substitute for Arsenal's UEFA Champions League match against Galatasaray in December 2014.[4] Kamara made his first team debut for Arsenal a day before his 20th birthday on 27 October 2015, up against Sheffield Wednesday in the Football League Cup fourth round in an eventual 3–0 away loss.[5]

On deadline day of the summer transfer window upon 31 August 2016, he joined Colchester United on loan until January 2017.[6][7]

On 13 July 2017, Kamara signed a two-year deal with Dundee.[8] He made his debut for the club in a Scottish League Cup game away to Raith Rovers where he put in a man of the match performance.[2]

International

Kamara has represented both the Finland U19 and Finland U21 sides in internationals. He was an unused substitute for the Finland senior side in a friendly against Estonia in June 2015.[9] In 2017, Kamara made his debut for Finland in a 3-0 victory over Estonia.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 July 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2015–16[11] Premier League 0000100010
2016–17[12] 0000000000
Total 0000100010
Southend United (loan) 2015–16[11] League One 6000000060
Colchester United (loan) 2016–17[12] League Two 4000002[lower-alpha 1]060
Dundee 2017–18[13] Scottish Premiership 3703060—460
2018–19[14] 000010–10
Total 370307000470
Career total 470308020600
  1. ↑ Appearances in the EFL Trophy

International

As of 27 March 2018[15]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 201720
201810
Total30

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile Glen Kamara". Premier League. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Glen Kamara". Dundee FC.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Kamara wants to repay Blues after returning on loan". Echo News.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Galatasaray 1-4 Arsenal". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Done Deal: Arsenal complete midfielder move". Daily Star. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Southend United sign Arsenal's Glen Kamara on loan". Southend United FC. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Dundee sign up midfielder Glen Kamara after Arsenal release". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Finland 0-2 Estonia". Soccerway.
  10. ↑ "Glen Kamara tonight". Twitter.com. Dundee Football Club.
  11. 1 2 "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  15. ↑
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