Demba Camara

{{About|the Guinean football player|the musician|Aboubacar Demba Camara}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Short description|Guinean footballer (born 1994)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Aboubacar Demba Camara

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Aboubacar Demba Camara

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|11|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Conakry, Guinea

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub = Al Dhaid

| clubnumber = 29

| youthyears1 = –2013

| youthclubs1 = Satellite

| youthyears2 = 2013

| youthclubs2 = Ajaccio

| years1 = 2013–2014

| clubs1 = Ajaccio

| caps1 = 20

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2014–2015

| clubs2 = Gaziantepspor

| caps2 = 18

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2016–2017

| clubs3 = Paris FC

| caps3 = 33

| goals3 = 10

| years4 = 2017–2018

| clubs4 = Anorthosis Famagusta

| caps4 = 24

| goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2018–2019

| clubs5 = Troyes

| caps5 = 4

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2019

| clubs6 = → Red Star (loan)

| caps6 = 9

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2019–2020

| clubs7 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| caps7 = 11

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2020

| clubs8 = Petaling Jaya City

| caps8 = 3

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2020–2021

| clubs9 = Mouloudia Oujda

| caps9 = 20

| goals9 = 8

| years10 = 2021–2022

| clubs10 = Maghreb de Fès

| caps10 = 11

| goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2022

| clubs11 = Mouloudia Oujda

| caps11 = 2

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2022–2023

| clubs12 = Al-Nahda

| caps12 =

| goals12 =

| years13 = 2023–2024

| clubs13 = Tuwaiq

| caps13 =

| goals13 =

| years14 = 2024–

| clubs14 = Al Dhaid

| caps14 =

| goals14 =

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 2011–

| nationalteam1 = Guinea

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| medaltemplates =

| club-update = 13:22, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 00:33, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

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Aboubacar Demba Camara (born 7 November 1994) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Emirati club Al Dhaid.

Career

Camara made his Ligue 1 debut at AC Ajaccio on 21 September 2013 against Stade Rennais in a 2–0 away defeat. He replaced Johan Cavalli as a substitute after 69 minutes. After the end of the 2013–14 season, he moved to Turkey for Gaziantepspor in the summer of 2014, penning a four-year contract.{{cite web |url=http://www.gaziantepspor.org.tr/tr/haber-detay.asp?Sayfa=Aboubacar%20Demba%20Camara%20Gaziantepspor'da&Id=4724 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703204853/http://www.gaziantepspor.org.tr/tr/haber-detay.asp?Sayfa=Aboubacar%20Demba%20Camara%20Gaziantepspor%27da&Id=4724 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2014 |title=Aboubacar Demba Camara Gaziantepspor''da |trans-title=Aboubacar Demba Camara in Gaziantepspor |publisher=Gaziantepspor Kulübü |language=Turkish |accessdate=6 July 2014 }}

On 31 January 2019, the last day of the 2018–19 winter transfer window, Camara joined Red Star F.C. on loan from Troyes AC. Prior to the loan agreement, his Troyes contract was extended until 2021.{{cite news |title=Estac : Demba Camara prêté au Red Star |url=http://www.lest-eclair.fr/id36111/article/2019-01-31/estac-demba-camara-prete-au-red-star |accessdate=1 February 2019 |work=L'Est Éclair |date=31 January 2019 |language=French}}

In the summer of 2019, he moved to Hapoel Tel Aviv, and in 2020, moved to Petaling Jaya City FC in Malaysia. He is now a free agent with his only team the Guinea national team.

On 6 July 2023, Camara joined Saudi Second Division side Tuwaiq.{{cite web |title=الغيني "أبو بكر ديمبا كمارا" طويقاوي |url=https://twitter.com/Touik_club/status/1677015426369216539}}

Career statistics

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/45040/Aboubacar_Demba_Camara.html|title=Camara, Aboubacar Demba|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=28 March 2017}}

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! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

1.28 March 2017Edmond Machtens Stadium, Brussels, Belgium{{fb|CMR}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 2–1Friendly
2.6 June 2017Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria{{fb|ALG}}align=center | 1–1align=center | 1–2Friendly
3.31 August 2017Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea{{fb|LBY}}align=center | 2–0align=center | 3–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

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