Camara was born in Conakry, Guinea to poverty as the last of 6 children. He was educated by an uncle 50 km from his parents, who taught him to play football. At the age of 17, he decided to leave the country and went to Mali, then Guinea, before landing in Libya where he was imprisoned for 3 months; there he was beaten and saw inmates get killed. He escaped the prison after a fight between inmates and guards, and reached a refugee camp on the Mediterranean. Earning meals by playing football, he left on a raft to Italy with other refugees. Almost drowning on the voyage, he landed in Italy and hid in a toilet on a train to France. The following year, his talents where noted by Auxerre and he joined their youth academy in 2018.[2]
Club career
In 2019, he was promoted to Auxerre's reserves and signed a professional contract that kept him at the club until 2022.[3] In the 2022–23 season, he was one of the top scorers for Auxerre's reserves in the Championnat National 2.[4] On 27 December 2022, he extended his contract with the club for 2+1 years.[5] He made his professional debut with Auxerre as a late substitute in a 3–2 Ligue 1 loss to Monaco on 28 December 2022.[6]
