Mamadi Camará (footballer, born 2003)
{{short description|Bissau-Guinean footballer}}
{{Other people|Mamadi Camara|Mamadi Camara (disambiguation){{!}}Mamadi Camara}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Mamadi Camará
|image =
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|12|31|df=y}}
|birth_place = Catió, Guinea-Bissau
|height = 1.74 m
|position = Attacking midfielder/Winger
|currentclub = Reading
|clubnumber = 28
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2020
|youthclubs1 = C.D. Feirense
|youthyears2 = 2020–2021
|youthclubs2 = Reading
|years1 = 2021–
|clubs1 = Reading
|caps1 = 41
|goals1 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2022–
| nationalteam1 = Guinea-Bissau
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 14:33, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 20:58, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
}}
Mamadi Caba Camará (born 31 December 2003) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for {{english football updater|Reading}} club Reading and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Career
After playing youth football for C.D. Feirense, he joined Reading in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Mamadi Camará |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/mamadi-camara_2/ |access-date=9 January 2021 |website=worldfootball.net}} He made his debut as a substitute in a 1–0 FA Cup defeat away to Luton Town on 9 January 2021.{{Cite web |date=9 January 2021 |title=Valiant display ends in cup exit for young Royals |url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/matches/fixtures/first-team/202021/january/luton-town-vs-reading-on-09-jan-21/ |access-date=9 January 2021 |website=www.readingfc.co.uk |publisher=Reading F.C.}} On 3 February 2021, Camará signed his first professional contract with Reading, until the summer of 2022.{{cite web |title=Young forward Mamadi Camara pens first professional contract |url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2021/february/-young-forward-mamadi-camara-pens-first-professional-contract/ |website=readingfc.co.uk |publisher=Reading F.C. |access-date=3 February 2021 |date=3 February 2021}} He scored his first goal for Reading in a 4–0 win over Millwall in the EFL Cup on 8 August 2023.{{cite news
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66368512
|title=Millwall 0-4 Reading
|publisher=BBC
|date=8 August 2023 |access-date=10 August 2023}}
At the beginning of the 2024–25 season, he was given a starting place in Reading's first match of the season away to Birmingham City in place of Femi Azeez.
{{cite web
|url=https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/24510619.reading-fc-team-news-selles-names-birmingham-city-side/
|title=Reading FC Team News: Selles names Birmingham City side
|publisher= Reading Chronicle
|date=10 August 2024 |access-date=23 August 2024}}
International career
Camará received his first call-up for Guinea-Bissau national football team for the friendlies against Angola and Equatorial Guinea on 23 and 26 March 2022.{{cite web |title=BACIRO CANDE ANUNCIA LISTA DE 22 JOGADORES CONVOCADOS |url=https://www.facebook.com/ffgbissau/posts/2884218331870027 |website=Facebook |publisher=Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau}} Camará made his debut for Guinea-Bissau on 23 March 2022 against Equatorial Guinea with a man-of-the-match performance.{{cite web |title=ONZE DA GUINÉ-BISSAU PARA O JOGO AMISTOSO COM A GUINÉ-EQUATORIAL |url=https://www.facebook.com/ffgbissau/photos/a.1981220948836441/2887748821516978/ |website=Facebook |publisher=Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau|access-date=23 March 2022 |date=23 March 2022}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 3 May 2025}}{{soccerway|manadi-camara/680926|accessdate=9 January 2021}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Reading
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021–22
|EFL Championship |6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022–23
|EFL Championship |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023–24
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2024–25
|33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 4 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!41 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 5 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 9 June 2022}}{{NFT player|id=87185|accessdate=31 May 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|Guinea-Bissau | |||
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total | 5 | 0 |
References
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{{Reading F.C. squad}}
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Category:Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
Category:21st-century Bissau-Guinean sportsmen
Category:Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:C.D. Feirense players
Category:Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
Category:Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in England
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Category:Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal