Mamadouba Resmu Camara nicknamed Maxime Camara (4 February 1945 – 29 March 2016) was a
Guinea international football
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midfielder.
Career
Born in
Kissidougou
Kissidougou ( N’ko: ߞߛߌ߬ߘߎ߯; pronounced like Kiss-eh-dow-goo) is a city in southern Guinea. It is the capital of in the Kissidougou Prefecture. Following intensified conflicts in Sierra Leone and Liberia during the fall and winter of ...
, Camara played club football for local side
Hafia F.C. in the 1960s and 1970s. He helped the club win the
1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs
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.
Camara represented Guinea at the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
in Mexico City. He also made several appearances for the senior
Guinea national football team
The Guinea national football team ( French: '' Équipe de football du Guinée'') represents Guinea in men's international football and it is controlled by the Guinean Football Federation. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, ...
, including four
FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, and played at the
1976 African Cup of Nations
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finals.
Personal
On 24 April 1974 he married Aminata Touré, the daughter of the Guinean President Ahmed Sekou Touré.
They have 4 children.
Camara became seriously ill while living in Guinea in 2005.
He was then evacuated to Morocco where he died on 29 March 2016.
References
External links
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Biography at Sports-reference.com
1945 births
2016 deaths
Footballers from Conakry
Guinean men's footballers
Guinea men's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Guinea
Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1976 African Cup of Nations players
Hafia FC players
Men's association football midfielders
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