Serigne Modou Kara Mbodji (born 22 November 1989), commonly known as Kara or Kara Mbodji, is a Senegalese professional

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who plays for Al-Sailiya and the Senegal national team. He can be deployed as a defender, defensive midfielder or in the central midfield.

Club career

At the age of 15, Mbodji joined the Diambars academy in

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, Senegal. On 2 February 2010, he joined Norwegian club Tromsø IL. During his three seasons in the Norwegian Premier League, he was awarded best player of his team and twice second best player of the Championship. On 31 December 2012, Mbodji joined

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for a fee of €1.4 million. After regularly starting for Genk in defence and winning the

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, his contract was extended until June 2018. On 7 August 2015, he joined

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for a fee of €4.5 million, signing a four-year deal until June 2019. In August 2017, he agreed a contract extension with the club until 2020. In his time at the club he made 97 appearances scoring 7 goals. On 30 August 2018, one day before the closing of the 2018 summer transfer window, Mbodji moved to

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side

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on loan for the 2018–19 season. Nantes also secured an option to sign him permanently. His loan ended early, in January 2019, with Mbodji citing lack of playing time. On 20 July 2019, Al-Sailiya signed Kara Mbodji for three season from Anderlecht.

International career

Mbodji was a part of the

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

team for the

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. He was included in the

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's squad for the

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and scored in a 1–1 draw with

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in the team's second group match. In June 2018 he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

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

Honours

Club

Genk * Belgian Cup:

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Anderlecht *

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: 2016–17 * Belgian Super Cup:

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Al-Sailiya SC *

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: 2021-22

References

External links

Kara Mbodji
at Tromsø IL official website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mbodji, Kara 1989 births Living people Association football defenders Association football midfielders Senegalese footballers Senegal international footballers People from Thiès Region Senegal Premier League players Eliteserien players Belgian First Division A players Ligue 1 players Qatar Stars League players Diambars FC players Tromsø IL players K.R.C. Genk players R.S.C. Anderlecht players FC Nantes players Al-Sailiya SC players Senegalese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Qatar Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Qatar 2011 CAF U-23 Championship players Olympic footballers of Senegal Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2018 FIFA World Cup players