Mohammed Camara

Football player infobox
playername = Mo Camara


fullname = Mohammed Camara
height = height|ft=5|in=11
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|6|25
cityofbirth = Conakry
countryofbirth = Guinea
currentclub = Blackpool
(on loan from Derby County)
clubnumber = 20
position = Full-back
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1993–1997
1996
1997–2000
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2003
2003–2005
2005–2006
2006–
2007–2008
2008
clubs = Beauvais
→ Troyes (loan)
Le Havre
→ Lille (loan)
→ Lille (loan)
Wolves
Burnley
Celtic
Derby County
→ Norwich City (loan)
→ Blackpool (loan)
caps(goals) = 79 (0)
13 (0)
16 (0)
34 (2)
09 (0)
45 (0)
75 (0)
19 (0)
20 (0)
21 (0)
010 (0)
nationalyears = 1998–
nationalteam = Guinea
nationalcaps(goals) = 79 (0)
pcupdate = 15:13, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = July 17, 2006

Mohammed "Mo" Camara (born June 25, 1975 in Conakry, Guinea) is a Guinean professional footballer, a left back, playing for English club Blackpool on loan from Derby County. He is a Guinean international.

Club career

Camara spent the early years of his professional career in French football, signed to Beauvais and later Le Havre, but also having loan spells at Troyes and Lille.

He moved to England in summer 2000 with Wolverhampton Wanderers of the First Division in a £100,000 deal. He became a cult figure amongst their fans, known for his commitment and pace despite sometimes exhibiting a lack of positional sense and ball control. He was a regular starter in his first two seasons with the side, but failed to make an appearance during their 2002/03 promotion success following a knee ligament injury and their signing of Denis Irwin.

He joined Burnley on a free transfer in June 2003, which gave Camara rgular playing time once again. After Steve Cotterill replaced previous manager Stan Ternent, he made the left-back focus on his crossing ability, causing a dramatic up-turn in his form at the beginning of the 2004-05 season. This attracted interest from Scottish Premier League side Celtic, whom Camara joined at the end of his two-year contract under the Bosman ruling at the end of the season.

After one-to-one sessions with manager Gordon Strachan, Camara started to do well and established himself as a defender in Celtic's first XI. However after Ross Wallace was converted into a left-back, Camara was relegated to the bench and made very rare appearances. He fell further down the pecking order after the signing of right-back Mark Wilson, who was also converted to left back.

Despite earlier pledging to fight for his place at Celtic,cite news| title = Camara is bemused by Celtic axe| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/4623954.stm| publisher = BBC Sport| date = 2007-01-18] Camara ending up leaving to join Derby County on a free transfer in August 2006.cite news| title = Derby snap up Camara from Celtic| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/5257840.stm
publisher = BBC Sport| date = 2006-08-16] He was a regular player during the first half of the season but found himself out of contention after they signed Jay McEveley in the January transfer window. The following season - with the club newly in the Premier League - saw Camara find appearances just as scarce. He made one appearance in the top flight, a 0-6 thrashing at fc|Liverpool, before later being loaned to Championship side Norwich City. This was subsequently extended to cover the whole of the 2007/08 campaign.

On 5 August, 2008, Camara moved to Derby's Championship rivals Blackpool on loan until 30 August.cite news | title= Transfer Latest | publisher=Blackpool F.C. | date=2008-08-05 | url=http://www.blackpoolfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~1358265,00.html | accessdate=2008-08-05] He made his debut for the Seasiders on 9 August, 2008 in a 1-0 home defeat to Bristol City. On 9 September the loan was extended for a further month, cite news | title= Seasiders Complete Camara Loan | publisher=Blackpool F.C. | date=2008-09-09 | url=http://www.blackpoolfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~1387984,00.html | accessdate=2008-09-09] with manager Simon Grayson saying, "He has done very well for us in the first four league games. He has good energy and experience and he has been a good addition."cite news | title= Grayson on Camara | publisher=Blackpool F.C. | date=2008-09-09 | url=http://www.blackpoolfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~1388116,00.html | accessdate=2008-09-09]

International career

Camara has made 79 appearances for Guinea.

Notes

External links

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NAME=Camara, Mohammed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Camara, Mo
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH=June 25, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH=Conakry, Guinea
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=