Mamadi Caba Camará (born 31 December 2003) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for EFL League One club Reading and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mamadi Caba Camará[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Catió, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder/Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | C.D. Feirense | ||
| 2020–2021 | Reading | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Reading | 17 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Guinea-Bissau | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:58, 22 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:58, 22 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
After playing youth football for C.D. Feirense, he joined Reading in 2020.[2] He made his debut as a substitute in a 1–0 FA Cup defeat away to Luton Town on 9 January 2021.[3] On 3 February 2021, Camará signed his first professional contract with Reading, until the summer of 2022.[4] He scored his first goal for Reading in a 4-0 win over Millwall in the EFL Cup on 8 August 2023.[5]
International career edit
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.[6] Camará made his debut for Guinea-Bissau on 23 March 2022 against Equatorial Guinea with a man-of-the-match performance.[7]
Career statistics edit
- As of match played 24 October 2023[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading | 2020–21 | EFL Championship | 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 | EFL League One | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Career total | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
International edit
- As of match played 9 June 2022[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | |||
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | |
References edit
- ^ "EFL squad list 2020/21 & U21 registered contract players: Reading - Under 21 contract players" (PDF). efl.com. English Football League. 10 February 2021. p. 111. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Mamadi Camará". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Valiant display ends in cup exit for young Royals". www.readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Young forward Mamadi Camara pens first professional contract". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Millwall 0-4 Reading". BBC. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "BACIRO CANDE ANUNCIA LISTA DE 22 JOGADORES CONVOCADOS". Facebook. Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau.
- ^ "ONZE DA GUINÉ-BISSAU PARA O JOGO AMISTOSO COM A GUINÉ-EQUATORIAL". Facebook. Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ Mamadi Camará at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Mamadi Camará". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 May 2022.