Mohamed Mady Camara (born 28 February 1997) is a Guinean professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, on loan from

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

. He also represents the Guinea national team.

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. 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

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scored the decisive penalty.

Olympiacos

On 6 March 2018, he signed a five-year contract with Superleague giants

ahead of the 2018–19 season for an undisclosed fee. The cost of the transfer was estimated to €2.5 million. On 16 September 2018, he scored in a 2–1 home win game against

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. On 17 February 2019, he scored in a 4–1 home win against champions

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

. On 7 April 2019, he again scored in a 5–0 away win against

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. On 21 April 2019, Camara opened the scoring for Olympiacos in a 3–1 away win against

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, but PAOK's win the same day confirmed that Olympiacos would finish as runners-up behind PAOK. On 27 October 2019, 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

. On 22 January 2020, he scored his only goal in a 1–0 away win against OFI. On 15 June 2020, he scored a brace within two minutes and assisted a goal for

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, in a 3–1 home victory over

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for the Superleague championship play-offs. On 21 July 2021 Camara scored the only goal against Neftçi Baku in a 1-0 home win but was later sent off after a hard foul. On 19 August 2021, he scored with a nice fake shot giving the lead in a thriumphic 3-0 home win 2021–22 UEFA Europa League playoffs 1st round game against

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Roma

On 31 August 2022, Camara joined

side

on a season-long loan, with an option to buy.

International career

Camara made his senior debut for Guinea in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over

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on 9 September 2018.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Olympiacos * Super League Greece: 2019–20,

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, 2021–22 *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most ...

: 2019–20; runner-up:

Individual

*Footballer of the Year in Guinea: 2019–20

References

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