Hassoun Camara (born 3 February 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a full-back.

Hassoun Camara
Personal information
Full name Hassoun Camara
Date of birth (1984-02-03) 3 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Noisy-le-Sec, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Olympique Noisy-le-Sec 67 (1)
2006–2008 Marseille 0 (0)
2008–2010 Bastia 39 (4)
2011 Montreal Impact (NASL) 22 (2)
2012–2017 Montreal Impact 134 (7)
2015FC Montreal (loan) 1 (0)
Total 263 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:43, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Career

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France

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Camara began his career with his hometown club, Olympique Noisy-le-Sec, appearing in 67 matches and scoring 1 goal. He signed his first full professional contract with Olympique de Marseille in 2006; however, after a few months with the Provence club, he was unable to overtake incumbent starter Habib Beye and in search of playing time, he signed a three-year contract with Ligue 2 club SC Bastia, playing primarily as a rightback or centerback. He had his most productive season during the 2008–09 Ligue 2 season with 26 appearances and three goals. He scored his first goal as a professional on 22 February 2008, against Libourne Saint-Seurin. The following season, he fell out of favor with the club and terminated his contract with Bastia on 18 January 2010.

Canada

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On 7 February 2011, Camara signed with the Montreal Impact of the North American Soccer League.[1] In his first season with Montreal Camara appeared in 22 league matches and scored 2 goals as he was named the club's most valuable player.[2] After a successful first season with Montreal, in which he was regarded as one of the top players in the North American Soccer League, Camara re-signed with Montreal Impact on 11 October 2011 for the club's inaugural 2012 season in Major League Soccer.[3] On 29 May 2013 he scored the cup-winning goal for the Montreal Impact in the Canadian Championship final against the Vancouver Whitecaps; this goal allowed the Montreal Impact to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League for the second time in the team's history.[citation needed]

On 11 June 2014, he played his hundredth match all competitions for the Montreal Impact against D.C. United.[4]

Camara was released by Montreal on 16 November 2017.[5] He announced his retirement from professional soccer on 12 December 2017, citing an accumulation of injuries.[6]

Career statistics

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Club

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Team League Season Domestic
League
Domestic
Playoffs
Domestic
Cup1
Concacaf
Competition2
Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Montreal Impact NASL 2011 22 2 1 - - - - - - - - - 22 2 1
Montreal Impact MLS 2012 20 1 2 - - - 1 0 0 - - - 21 1 2
2013 32 3 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 4 1 0 41 5 3
2014 28 1 1 - - - 2 0 0 - - - 30 1 1
2015 9 0 0 1 0 0
2016 27 2 2 5 0 0
2017 18 0 0 - - -
Total NASL 22 2 1 22 2 1
Total MLS 134 7 8 1 0 0 7 1 0 4 0 0 73 6 5

Honours

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Montreal Impact

References

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  1. ^ Hassoun Camara joins the Impact Archived 20 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Hassoun Camara Named The Impact MVP Archived 20 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Impact re-sign Hassoun Camara
  4. ^ Hassoun Camara Stats
  5. ^ "Impact exercises options for six players | FC Montreal".
  6. ^ "Impact's Hassoun Camara retires from pro soccer". canoe.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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