Oumar Camara

Mauritanian footballer (born 1992)

Oumar Camara
Personal information
Full name	Oumar Camara
Date of birth	(1992-08-19) August 19, 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Montivilliers, France
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	Nantong Zhiyun
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Le Havre B	4	(0)
2012	La Vitréenne	6	(0)
2013–2014	Chartres	5	(0)
2014–2015	Gonfreville	18	(2)
2015–2018	Orléans	10	(0)
2016–2017	→ CA Bastia (loan)	28	(7)
2018	→ Lyon Duchère (loan)	9	(2)
2018–2020	Panionios	33	(2)
2020–2021	Sète	9	(3)
2021–2022	Beroe	24	(5)
2022–	Nantong Zhiyun	9	(1)
International career
2021–	Mauritania	13	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2022

Oumar Camara (born 19 August 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Chinese Super League club Nantong Zhiyun as a midfielder. Born in France, he played for the Mauritania national team.

Club career

Camara trained as a youth with Le Havre AC, making appearances with their B team and training with the professional group. On leaving Le Havre he joined La Vitréenne FC in the fifth tier at the start of the 2012–13 season, but after issues over pay and a groin injury he left in November 2013 and returned to his home to train alone.^[1]

In the summer of 2013, Camara signed for fourth-level FC Chartres.^[1] In the 2014–15 season he played with ESM Gonfreville, enjoying a "quality season", which saw him attract the attention of US Orléans, for whom he signed in July 2015.^[2]

Camara signed his first professional contract with Orléans in the summer of 2016, before being loaned out to CA Bastia for the 2016–17 season.^[3]

Following the clubs promotion, Camara made his debut at the professional level for Orléans in a 3–1 Ligue 2 win over AS Nancy on 28 July 2017.^[4] In January 2018 he joined Lyon Duchère on loan until the end of the season.^[5]

On 21 August 2018, Greek club Panionios officially announced the signing of Camara, until the end of 2018-19 season.^[6]

Released by Panionis in the summer of 2020, Camara was without a club until a successful trial with FC Sète 34 resulted in a contract.^[7]

En juillet 2021 Oumar signe en liga efbet en Bulgarie au club de Beroé où il réalise une bonne saison avec 6 goals et 4 passe décisive, durant cette année il participe à la Coupe d Afrique dés nations au Cameroun avec la sélection mauritanienne

On 12 August 2022, Camara joined China League One club Nantong Zhiyun.^[8]

International career

Camara is of Mauritanian descent. He was called up to represent the Mauritania national team for a set of friendlies in June 2021.^[9] He debuted with Mauritania in a 1–0 friendly win over Liberia on 11 June 2021.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "FC Chartres (CFA2) - Saran (DH), ce soir (18 heures), au stade des Bas-Bourgs" (in French). L'Écho Républicain. 3 August 2013.
^ "Orléans : Un milieu CV PRO en renfort (off.)" (in French). foot-national.com. 17 July 2015.
^ "Oumar Camara (CV PRO, CA Bastia): "dans le football tout peut aller très vite."" (in French). foot-national.com. 29 September 2016.
^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 1ère journée - US Orléans / AS Nancy Lorraine". www.lfp.fr.
^ "Officiel : Un joueur de Ligue 2 prêté à Lyon-Duchère !" (in French). actufoot.com. 22 January 2018.
^ "Ο Πανιώνιος ανακοίνωσε τον Γάλλο Ουμάρ Καμαρά". www.real.gr.
^ "Oumar Camara, après deux saisons passées en Grèce, rejoint le FC Sète" (in French). Midi Libre. 11 December 2020.
^ "官方：南通支云签下29岁的毛里塔尼亚边锋奥马尔-卡马拉" (in Chinese). 12 August 2022.
^ "[Sélection] Oumar Camara sélectionné avec la Mauritanie !". May 18, 2021.
^ "Match Report of Mauritania vs Liberia - 2021-06-11 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.