Etienne Amara Camara (born 30 March 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Charleroi.

Etienne Camara
Personal information
Full name Etienne Amara Camara[1]
Date of birth (2003-03-30) 30 March 2003 (age 21)[2]
Place of birth Noisy-le-Grand, France
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Charleroi
Number 5
Youth career
2009–2018 US Torcy
2018–2020 Angers
2020–2021 Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Huddersfield Town 20 (0)
2023–2024 Udinese 0 (0)
2024– Charleroi 6 (0)
International career
2023 France U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Career

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Born in Noisy-le-Grand, France, Camara started his football career at US Torcy and Angers SCO,[3] before moving to Huddersfield Town in October 2020.[4]

Camara made his senior debut for Huddersfield on 9 January 2021, when he made a substitute appearance in a 3–2 FA Cup defeat against Plymouth Argyle.[5]

On 13 August 2022, Camara made his league debut as an 83rd minute substitute, replacing Sorba Thomas, in a 3-1 win against Stoke City at the John Smith’s Stadium.[6]

On 14 July 2023, Camara officially joined Italian side Udinese for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year contract with the club.[7][8] In the first half of the 2023–24 season, Camara appeared for Udinese once in Coppa Italia and remained on the bench in all the league games.

On 1 February 2024, Camara moved to Charleroi in Belgium and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract.[9]

International career

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Born in France, Camara is of Guinean descent.[10] He was called up to the France U20s for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[11] where the Bleuets got eliminated in the group stage.[12]

Career statistics

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As of match played 4 March 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Huddersfield Town 2020–21[13] Championship 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021–22[14] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–23[15] Championship 20 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 22 0
Career total 20 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 23 0

References

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  1. ^ "EFL - Squad List 2022/23 & U21 Registered Contracted Players" (PDF). 8 February 2023. p. 65. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Etienne Camara - Midfielder - U19 Team - Huddersfield Town". www.htafc.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Etienne Camara (Torcy) signe à Angers". 3 December 2018.
  4. ^ "TRANSFER: ETIENNE CAMARA JOINS TOWN ACADEMY" (Press release). Huddersfield Town. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Huddersfield Town 2-3 Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Huddersfield beat Stoke for first win of season". BBC Sport. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Benvenuto Camara" (Press release) (in Italian). Udinese. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  8. ^ Uccellieri, Daniel (14 July 2023). "UFFICIALE: Udinese, rinforzo in prospettiva a centrocampo. C'è la firma di Etienne Camara". TUTTOmercatoWEB.com (in Italian). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  9. ^ "ETIENNE CAMARA EST ZÈBRE" [ETIENNE CAMARA IS A ZEBRA] (in French). Charleroi. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Udinese : première apparition pour Sekou Diawara et Etienne Camara - Espace Foot Guinée". 3 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Le groupe pour la Coupe du monde". French Football Federation. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  12. ^ "La victoire n'a pas suffi". French Football Federation. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Games played by Etienne Camara in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  14. ^ "Games played by Etienne Camara in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  15. ^ "Games played by Etienne Camara in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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