Mady Camara

Mohamed Mady Camara (born 28 February 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Greek club Olympiacos and the Guinea national team.

Mady Camara
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Mady Camara
Date of birth (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997
Place of birth Matam, Guinea
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Olympiacos
Number 4
Youth career
2013–2015 AS Kaloum
2015–2016 Santoba FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Ajaccio 45 (2)
2018– Olympiacos 49 (10)
National team‡
2018– Guinea 11 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:33, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20

04, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Ajaccio

Camara began his career with Guinean sides Kaloum and Santoba, before training with French Ligue 2 side AC Ajaccio in May 2015.[1][2] He impressed during his time on trial and signed a professional contract with the club in 2016.

On 20 May 2018, Camara scored a goal in the dying seconds of extra time to tie the game at 2–2 against Havre in the promotion playoffs semifinal. AC Ajaccio won in penalties 5–3, after Ghislain Gimbert scored the decisive penalty.[3]

Olympiacos

On 6 March 2018, he signed a five-year contract with Superleague giants Olympiacos ahead of the 2018–19 season for an undisclosed fee. The cost of the transfer was estimated to €2.5 million.[4][5] On 16 September 2018, he scored in a 2–1 home win game against Asteras Tripolis.[6]

On 17 February 2019, he scored in a 4–1 home win against champions AEK Athens.[7] On 7 April 2019, he again scored in a 5–0 away win against Panetolikos.[8] On 21 April 2019, Camara opened the scoring for Olympiacos in a 3–1 away win against Lamia, but PAOK's win the same day confirmed that Olympiacos would finish as runners-up behind PAOK.[9]

On 27 October 2020, the 22-year-old Guinean hit the jackpot third time lucky with a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area which nestled in the top right corner of Panagiotis Tsintotas’ goal in a 2–0 home derby win game against rivals AEK Athens.[10] On 22 January 2020, he scored his only goal in a 1–0 away win against OFI.[11] On 15 June 2020, he scored a brace within two minutes and assisted a goal for Giorgos Masouras, in a 3–1 home victory over Aris for the Superleague championship play-offs.

International career

Camara made his senior debut for Guinea in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Central African Republic on 9 September 2018.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 24 June 2020[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajaccio 2016–17 Ligue 2 18210—00192
2017–18 2703[lower-alpha 2]0—2[lower-alpha 3]1321
Total 45240—21513
Olympiacos 2018–19 Superleague 24620100—366
2019–20 25441140—435
Total 491061240—7911
Career total 94121012402113014
  1. Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Greek Cup. Appearances are in the main national cup unless otherwise stated.
  2. Two appearances in Coupe de France, one in Coupe de la Ligue
  3. Appearances in promotion play-offs. Note that Soccerway includes Camara's appearance and goal in the play-off match against Le Havre in the domestic league section, while his appearance in the home leg of the barrage against Toulouse is listed among the domestic cups.

International
As of matches played on 15 October 2019[14]
Guinea national team
YearAppsGoals
201840
201970
Total110

References
  1. "AJACCIO ACA: Mohamed Mady bientôt pro!". Conkary Sports. 1 December 2016. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. "Mohamed Mady: Le Guineen en Essai a Ajaccio". Africa Top Sports. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  3. "ACA-HAC (5-4 TAB): Une qualification spectaculaire ! (in French)". ac-ajaccio.corsica. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. "Αγόρασε τον Καμαρά ο Ολυμπιακός". www.sport24.gr. 6 March 2018.
  5. Πόσο κόστισε η μεταγραφή Καμαρά στον Ολυμπιακό. www.newsbeast.gr. 27 May 2018.
  6. Ο Καμαρά δεν θα ξεχάσει ποτέ το πρώτο του γκολ με τον Ολυμπιακό. www.fosonline.gr. 17 September 2018.
  7. "Ολυμπιακός - ΑΕΚ 4-1". www.gazzetta.gr. 17 February 2019.
  8. "Παναιτωλικός - Ολυμπιακός 0-5". www.gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  9. "Λαμία - Ολυμπιακός 1-3: Το... βιολί τους οι "ερυθρόλευκοι"". www.sport24.gr. 21 April 2019.
  10. "Ολυμπιακός - ΑΕΚ 2-0: Μίλησε η "ερυθρόλευκη" ποιότητα". www.sport24.gr. 27 October 2019.
  11. "ΟΦΗ - Ολυμπιακός 0-1: Επαγγελματικό "διπλό" στο Ηράκλειο". www.sport24.gr. 22 January 2020.
  12. "Guinea - Central African Republic 09/09/2018". www.cafonline.com.
  13. "Mohamed Mady Camara". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  14. "Mady Camara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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