Dawda Camara Sankharé (born 4 November 2002) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Spanish club

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs. Girona holds its home matches at ...

Club career

Born in

Banyoles Banyoles () is a city of 20,168 inhabitants (2021) located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. The town is the capital of the Catalan Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' "Pla de l'Estany". Although an established indust ...

Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan language, Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter River, Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

, Camara joined

's youth setup in 2014, from UE Porqueres. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 10 January 2021, coming on as a late substitute for

Adrián Turmo Adrián Turmo Jodar (born 24 January 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Girona FC B as a forward. Club career Born in Palma, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Turmo joined Girona FC's youth setup in July 2019, from AD Penya Ar ...

in a 0–0

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

home draw against Cerdanyola del Vallès FC. Camara scored his first senior goal on 5 September 2021, netting the B's second in a 2–1 away win over

CE L'Hospitalet Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF - Group 5, holding home games at Estadi Municipal ...

. He made his first team debut on 8 November, replacing

Jordi Calavera Jordi Calavera Espinach (born 2 August 1995) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right back. Club career Born in Cabra del Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Calavera finished his youth formation with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, and was called up to ...

late into a 1–2 away loss against

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lóp ...

in the

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championship.

International career

Born in Spain, Camara is of Mauritanian descent. He was called up to the Mauritania national team for matches in June 2022.

Personal life

Camara's older brother Sile was also a footballer. He mainly represented

CD Banyoles Club Esportiu Banyoles is a Spanish football club based in the city of Banyoles, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1913, it plays in ''Tercera División'', holding home games at '' Estadi Nou Municipal'', which has a capacity of ...

UE Figueres Unió Esportiva Figueres is a Spanish football team based in Figueres, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1919 and refounded in 2007 it plays in the Primera Catalana league, holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal de Vilateni ...

and

UE Llagostera C.F. Badalona Futur Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Badalona, Province of Barcelona, Barcelona, in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. Founded in 1947, it currently plays ...

before becoming a manager; the duo also worked together at Porqueres.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Camara, Dawda 2002 births Living people People from Pla de l'Estany Footballers from the Province of Girona Spanish men's footballers Spanish people of Mauritanian descent Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players Girona FC B players Girona FC players