Bakari Camara | |
Birth Date: | 4 January 1994 |
Birth Place: | Aulnay-sous-Bois, France[1] |
Height: | 1.89m |
Position: | Defensive midfielder |
Clubnumber: | 13 |
Years1: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs1: | Montagnarde |
Years2: | 2016–2020 |
Clubs2: | Drancy |
Caps2: | 88 |
Goals2: | 4 |
Years3: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs3: | Versailles |
Caps3: | 4 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2021–2022 |
Caps4: | 22 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs5: | Paris 13 Atletico |
Caps5: | 18 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2023– |
Caps6: | 20 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 2023– |
Nationalteam1: | Mauritania |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Ntupdate: | 15:47, 3 April 2023 (UTC) |
Pcupdate: | 17 June 2024 |
Bakari Camara (born 4 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Championnat National club Villefranche. Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.
Camara was a semi-professional footballer and unemployed to start his senior career, and was instead studying his BAFA – an animation certificate, before spending a season with Montagnarde in the Division d'Honneur. His strong performances earned him a move to Drancy, where he stayed 4 seasons.[2] He followed that up with seasons at Versailles and Bobigny. He moved to the Championnat National side Paris 13 Atletico in the summer of 2022.[3]
On 5 September 2023, Camara moved to Villefranche.[4]
Born in France, Camara holds Mauritanian nationality. He first expressed an interest in playing for the Mauritania national team in April 2017.[5] He was called up to Mauritania for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against the DR Congo in March 2023.[6]