Maxime Camara Explained

Maxime Camara
Fullname:Mamadouba Resmu Camara
Birth Date:4 February 1945
Birth Place:Kissidougou, Guinea
Death Date:29 March 2016 (aged 71)
Death Place:Rabat, Morocco
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1960–1972
Clubs1:Hafia
Nationalyears1:1968
Nationalteam1:Guinea U23
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalyears2:1967–1974
Nationalteam2:Guinea[1]
Nationalcaps2:24
Nationalgoals2:5

Mamadouba Resmu Camara nicknamed Maxime Camara (4 February 1945 – 29 March 2016) was a Guinea international football midfielder.

Career

Born in Kissidougou, Camara played club football for local side Hafia F.C. in the 1960s and 1970s. He helped the club win the 1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs.[2]

Camara represented Guinea at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He also made several appearances for the senior Guinea national football team, including four FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, and played at the 1976 African Cup of Nations finals.[3]

Personal

On 24 April 1974 he married Aminata Touré, the daughter of the Guinean President Ahmed Sekou Touré.They have 4 children.

Camara became seriously ill while living in Guinea in 2005. He was then evacuated to Morocco where he died on 29 March 2016.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mamrud . Roberto . Guinea - Record International Players . RSSSF.
  2. Web site: GuineeActu.info. Le héros oublié. Thea, Paul. French. 20 October 2010. 12 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330033221/http://guineeactu.info/HTML/le-heros-oublie.htm. 30 March 2012. dead.
  3. Web site: Le Matin. Maroc-Tunisie, comme au bon vieux temps. French. 13 February 2004.
  4. Web site: Nécrologie : Maxime Camara du Hafia et du Syli n’est plus.. Guinéenews. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160402162648/http://guineenews.org/necrologie-maxime-camara-du-hafia-et-du-syli-nest-plus/. 2 April 2016.