Teeboy Kamara
{{short description|Australian soccer player (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Teeboy Kamara
| image =
| fullname = Teeboy Kamara
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|05|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Liberia
| height = {{height|m=1.75}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Adelaide Olympic
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Croydon Kings
| youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 = Salisbury United
| youthyears3 = |youthclubs3 = S.A.S.I.
| youthyears4 = 2011 |youthclubs4 = A.I.S.
| youthyears5 = 2011–2014 |youthclubs5 = Adelaide United
| years1 = 2011–2014 |clubs1 = Adelaide United |caps1 = 1 |goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2014 |clubs2 = Inglewood United |caps2 = 15 |goals2 = 6
| years3 = 2015–2016 |clubs3 = Stirling Lions |caps3 = 41 |goals3 = 15
| years4 = 2018 |clubs4 = Nunawading City |caps4 = 0 |goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2018 |clubs5 = Melbourne Knights |caps5 = 12 |goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2019–2021 |clubs6 = Green Gully |caps6 = 40 |goals6 = 6
| years7 = 2022 |clubs7 = Preston Lions |caps7 = 0 |goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2022–2023 |clubs8 = Bayswater City |caps8 = 23 |goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2024– |clubs9 = Adelaide Olympic |caps9 = 21 |goals9 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2012
| nationalteam1 = Australia U17
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 19 September 2024
| ntupdate = 16 December 2011
}}
Teeboy Kamara (born 18 May 1996) is a soccer player who plays as a forward for Bayswater City in the NPL WA. Born in Liberia, he has represented Australia at youth level.
Early life
Kamara was born in on 18 May 1996 in Liberia. He left with his mother and siblings, arriving in Australia as a refugee{{cite news |author=Gatt, Ray |date=18 December 2011 |title=Adelaide's Teeboy Kamara, 15, in line for A-League debut |work=The Australian |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/adelaides-teeboy-kamara-15-in-line-for-aleague-debut/news-story/03cc76172b51a167527e557d9326ff7f |url-access=subscription |accessdate=1 January 2024}} at the age of six in 2002, to escape the civil war in his homeland. His stepfather was the goalkeeper coach of the Liberia national football team.{{Cite web |url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/joeys/players/Teeboy-Kamara/3872 |title=Teeboy Kamara | National Teams 2011 |access-date=16 December 2011 |archive-date=20 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020061013/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/joeys/players/Teeboy-Kamara/3872 |url-status=dead }}
Youth career
As a youth, Kamara played for Croydon Kings, Salisbury United, and Adelaide United (2011–2014). He also took part in programs at
the South Australian Sports Institute and Australian Institute of Sport.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
Club career
=Adelaide United=
In 2011, Kamara signed with A-League club Adelaide United. He made his professional debut in the 2011-12 A-League season on 16 December 2011, in a round 11 clash against Gold Coast United making him the youngest player to make a senior appearance in the competition at 15 years and 212 days old.{{Cite web |url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/aleague/matchcentre/Adelaide-United-FC-v-Gold-Coast-United-FC-Hyundai-A-League/2139 |title=Official A-League Match centre |access-date=16 December 2011 |archive-date=18 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218201538/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/aleague/matchcentre/Adelaide-United-FC-v-Gold-Coast-United-FC-Hyundai-A-League/2139 |url-status=dead }} He also made an additional two appearances in the Asian Champions League for Adelaide.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
On 21 December 2011 it was announced he had signed a three-year senior contract with Adelaide United with the contract beginning on his 16th birthday, 18 May 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/adelaideunited/news-display/Teeboy-signs-three-year-deal-with-Reds/43786 |title=Teeboy signs three year deal with Reds - Adelaide United FC 2011 |website=Football Australia |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731165112/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/adelaideunited/news-display/Teeboy-signs-three-year-deal-with-Reds/43786 |archive-date=31 July 2012 |url-status=dead| quote= Teeboy's contract will only officially begin on 18 May 2012, the day he turns 16.}}
However, in spite of a promising start to his career, Kamara was sidelined with what was later revealed to be hepatitis A over a two-year period. Having contracted the illness on a youth tour of China to play in the Weifang Cup, his illness became so severe that a liver transplant was considered by his physicians.{{Cite news |date=9 February 2018 |title=Illness won't stop Teeboy |work=The Advertiser |url=https://adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/teeboy-kamara-still-has-ambitions-of-earning-a-professional-contract-more-than-six-years-after-the-ex-adelaide-united-forward-was-the-youngest-aleague-debutant/news-story/6d0060676d38de6785593f02c8e92301 |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 January 2024}} He was eventually released from his contract by the club.{{cite news |author=Bednall |first=Jai |date=18 March 2014 |title=Adelaide United confirms teenage striker Teeboy Kamara has been released from his contract |work=news.com.au |publisher=News Corp Australia |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/adelaide-united-confirms-teenage-striker-teeboy-kamara-has-been-released-from-his-contract/news-story/764f7146cdb9b91965e4a52ab3c74256 |accessdate=1 January 2024}}
=State league career=
Kamara was subsequently signed by Inglewood United to play in the NPL WA.{{cite news | url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/21996053/teeboy-just-the-tonic-for-inglewood-utd/ | title=Teeboy just the tonic for Inglewood Utd | work=The West Australian | date=15 March 2014 | accessdate=25 October 2015}}
He has continued to feature for various clubs in the National Premier Leagues in both Victoria and Western Australia.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
Other appearances
References
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Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Australian men's soccer players
Category:Australian Institute of Sport soccer players
Category:Salisbury United FC players
Category:Croydon FC (Australia) players
Category:Adelaide United FC players
Category:Liberian men's footballers