Ousmane Camara (born 1 January 2006) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a forward for Latvian club Riga FC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 January 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Sabalibougou, Mali | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Riga FC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rahimo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Rahimo | 8 | (0) |
| 2024– | Riga FC | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | → FK Auda (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Burkina Faso U17 | 9 | (6) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:14, 11 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
On 11 October 2023, Camara was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.[1]
On 10 January 2024, Latvian Higher League side Riga FC announced the signing on Kamara.[2]
International career edit
Camara was born and raised in Mali where he played for Sadio Diarra Center academy. He was released in 2017 where he then joined Rahimo FC in Burkina Faso. Camara was called up to the Burkina Faso under-17 squad after obtaining a Burkinabe passport ahead of 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, which doubled as a mini-tournament for teams in the West African Football Union. Having scored five goals in five games, including a brace against the Ivory Coast, he was unable to help Burkina Faso win the tournament, as they were defeated 2–1 by Nigeria.[3]
Despite this loss, Burkina Faso still qualified for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. Having lost their opening game to Mali, a 2–1 win over Cameroon helped them to the next round, though Camara was suspended for the quarter-final match against Nigeria, having been booked in both of the previous games.[4] He was unable to help Burkina Faso progress past Senegal in the semi-finals, but scored in the 2–1 third-place playoff win over Mali,in which he did not celebrate his goal due to Mali being his country of origin. He dedicated his man-of-the-match award to the people of Burkina Faso.[5]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 11 October 2023.[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rahimo | 2022–23 | Burkinabé Premier League | 7 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Appearances in the Coupe du Faso
References edit
- ^ Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ BURKINA FASO TALENT CAMARA SIGNS A CONTRACT WITH OUR CLUB, rigafc.lv, 10 January 2024
- ^ "Football : Le Burkina tient le remplaçant de Bertrand et Alain Traoré" [Football: Burkina has the replacement for Bertrand and Alain Traoré]. netafrique.net (in French). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Oyebola, Mike (11 May 2023). "U-17 AFCON: Burkina Faso danger man suspended for Golden Eaglets clash". dailypost.ng. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Camara dedicates TotalEnergies Man of the Match trophy to Burkina Faso people". 7enews.net. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Ousmane Camara at Global Sports Archive
External links edit
- Ousmane Camara at Soccerway
- Ousmane Camara at WorldFootball.net