Bakari Camara

Bakari Camara

Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Aulnay-sous-Bois, France[1]
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Nancy
Number	13
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Montagnarde
2016–2020	Drancy	88	(4)
2020–2021	Versailles	4	(0)
2021–2022	Bobigny	22	(0)
2022–2023	Paris 13 Atletico	18	(0)
2023–2024	Villefranche	20	(2)
2024–	Nancy	2	(0)
International career^‡
2023–	Mauritania	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:47, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Bakari Camara (born 4 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Championnat National club Nancy. Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.

Club career

Camara was a semi-professional footballer and unemployed to start his senior career, and was instead studying his BAFA – an animation certificate, before spending a season with Montagnarde in the Division d'Honneur. His strong performances earned him a move to Drancy, where he stayed 4 seasons.^[1] He followed that up with seasons at Versailles and Bobigny. He moved to the Championnat National side Paris 13 Atletico in the summer of 2022.^[2]

On 5 September 2023, Camara moved to Villefranche.^[3]

International career

Born in France, Camara holds Mauritanian nationality. He first expressed an interest in playing for the Mauritania national team in April 2017.^[4] He was called up to Mauritania for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against the DR Congo in March 2023.^[5]

References

1. Detout, Arnaud (7 January 2017). "Camara : la drôle d'aventure du petit gars de la cité". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2023.
2. Ghalaza-Boudra, Youcef (3 December 2022). "Nancy : plus de peur que de mal pour El Aynaoui ?". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2023.
3. "BAKARI CAMARA DERNIÈRE RECRUE CALADOISE DE L'ÉTÉ !" (in French). FC Villefranche Beaujolais. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
4. https://cridem.org/C_Info.php?article=697075
5. Déguénon, Romaric (20 September 2022). "Journée FIFA: la liste de la Mauritanie face au Bénin et au Congo". Benin Web TV (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2023.

External links

• Bakari Camara at Soccerway