Ibrahima Sory Camara (born January 1, 1985 in
Freetown
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,
Sierra Leone
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) is a naturalized
Guinea
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n international
football
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midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Biography
Camara grew up in Freetown and moved to Guinea during the
Sierra Leone civil war
The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002), or the Sierra Leonean Civil War, was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special forces of Liberia, Liberian dictato ...
.
Club career
In 04/05 season, he was promoted to
Parma F.C.
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''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in Decembe ...
's first team, made 9
Serie A
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appearances and 7
UEFA Cup
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appearances, which Parma finished as losing Semi-finalists to champion
CSKA Moscow
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.
In summer 2006, he was loaned to
Le Mans Union Club 72
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, and turned to permanent move in summer 2007. On 1 February 2010 Le Mans 25-year-old defender played on loan for
FC Nantes
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until the end of the season. In July 2010 he accepted an offer from
Celtic F.C.
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to go on trial for a week, but failed to impress the Scottish club. Instead, he joined the
Belgian
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side
K.A.S. Eupen
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By early 2015, he joined Serbian second level side
FK Zemun
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History
Immediately after the end of the Second Wo ...
. Ibrahima Sory Camara made five appearances in the
2015–16 Serbian First League
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.
Ibrahima Sory Camara
at Serbian First League official website
International career
He was a member of the Guinea
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national team from 2005 to 2011, earning 40 caps.
Camara was the member of national team that finished top of the group stage, and lost in the quarter finals to Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
in 2006 African Cup of Nations
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.
Honours
;Kaloum Star
*Guinée Championnat National
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Ligue 1 Pro 2021–22 teams
Champions
*1965 : AS Kaloum Star
*1966 : Hafia FC
*1967 : Hafia FC
*1968 : ...
: 2013–14
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Camara, Ibrahima
1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Freetown
Guinean footballers
Guinea international footballers
Sierra Leonean footballers
Sierra Leonean emigrants to Guinea
2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
Association football fullbacks
Expatriate footballers in France
Expatriate footballers in Italy
FC Nantes players
Guinean expatriate footballers
Le Mans FC players
Ligue 1 players
Naturalized citizens of Guinea
Parma Calcio 1913 players
Serie A players
FK Zemun players
Serbian First League players
Expatriate footballers in Serbia
COD Meknès players
Botola players
Expatriate footballers in Morocco
Chinland F.C. players
Expatriate footballers in Myanmar