Bakari Camara

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bakari Camara

| full_name =

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aulnay-sous-Bois, France{{cite web | last=Detout | first=Arnaud | title=Camara : la drôle d'aventure du petit gars de la cité | website=leparisien.fr | date=January 7, 2017 | url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/camara-la-drole-d-aventure-du-petit-gars-de-la-cite-07-01-2017-6535797.php | language=fr | access-date=April 3, 2023}}

| height = 1.89m

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub = Nancy

| clubnumber = 13

| years1 = 2015–2016 | clubs1 = Montagnarde | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2016–2020 | clubs2 = Drancy | caps2 = 88 | goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = Versailles | caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2021–2022 | clubs4 = Bobigny | caps4 = 22 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2022–2023 | clubs5 = Paris 13 Atletico | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2023–2024 | clubs6 = Villefranche | caps6 = 20 | goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2024– | clubs7 = Nancy | caps7 = 8 | goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2023–

| nationalteam1 = Mauritania

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 1 January 2025

| ntupdate = 15:47, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

}}

Bakari Camara (born 4 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for {{French football updater|Nancy}} 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.{{cite web | last=Detout | first=Arnaud | title=Camara : la drôle d'aventure du petit gars de la cité | website=leparisien.fr | date=January 7, 2017 | url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/camara-la-drole-d-aventure-du-petit-gars-de-la-cite-07-01-2017-6535797.php | language=fr | access-date=April 3, 2023}} 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.{{cite web | last=Ghalaza-Boudra | first=Youcef | title=Nancy : plus de peur que de mal pour El Aynaoui ? | website=Foot National | date=December 3, 2022 | url=https://www.foot-national.com/national/nancy--plus-de-peur-que-de-mal-pour-el-aynaoui--803452 | language=fr | access-date=April 3, 2023}}

On 5 September 2023, Camara moved to Villefranche.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcvb.fr/actualites-du-club/bakari-camara-derniere-recrue-caladoise-de-lete|title=BAKARI CAMARA DERNIÈRE RECRUE CALADOISE DE L'ÉTÉ !|publisher=FC Villefranche Beaujolais|language=fr|access-date=7 September 2023}}

International career

Born in France, Camara holds Mauritanian nationality. He first expressed an interest in playing for the Mauritania national team in April 2017.https://cridem.org/C_Info.php?article=697075 He was called up to Mauritania for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against the DR Congo in March 2023.{{cite web | last=Déguénon | first=Romaric | title=Journée FIFA: la liste de la Mauritanie face au Bénin et au Congo | website=Benin Web TV | date=September 20, 2022 | url=https://beninwebtv.com/journee-fifa-la-liste-de-la-mauritanie-face-au-benin-et-au-congo/ | language=fr | access-date=April 3, 2023}}