Zoumana Camara
.png) Camara playing for Paris Saint-Germain |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Zoumana Camara | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Colombes, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1998 | Saint-Étienne | 32 | (1) |
| 1998–2000 | Internazionale | 0 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Empoli (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Bastia (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Marseille | 42 | (1) |
| 2002–2004 | Lens | 14 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Leeds United (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2004–2007 | Saint-Étienne | 108 | (0) |
| 2007– | Paris Saint-Germain | 114 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | France | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Zoumana Camara (born 3 April 1979 in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain F.C. as a central defender.
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[edit] Club career
Camara made his professional debuts at only 17, appearing in two Ligue 2 seasons with AS Saint-Étienne. In the 1998 summer, he was purchased by F.C. Internazionale Milano in Italy, but only managed to appear in two Coppa Italia matches with the Nerazzurri, also being loaned twice during his two-year spell: after a five-month stint with Empoli FC (suffering relegation from Serie A), he spent one season back in his country with SC Bastia, helping the Corsicans to a 10th-place finish in the top flight.
After one 1/2 seasons with Olympique de Marseille - one as a starter, the other as backup - Camara joined RC Lens. He spent the 2003–04 season on loan to English club Leeds United, scoring in a 3–2 away win against Middlesbrough on 30 August 2003,[1] but eventually being relegated from the Premier League. Two months before leaving the Whites, he blasted the organization, claiming he would not have accepted the club's offer had he known about its financial predicament.[2]
Camara returned to Saint-Étienne in the 2004 off-season, only missing six games for Les Verts during three top division seasons combined. Subsequently, aged 28, he signed a four-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain FC, being a regular for the duration of his stint.
[edit] International career
Camara gained his only cap for France on 1 June 2001, at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, starting in the second group stage game against Australia (0–1 loss), with the national team eventually winning the tournament.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
- French Cup: 2009–10; Runner-up 2007–08, 2010–11
- French League Cup: 2007–08
- French Supercup: Runner-up 2010
[edit] Country
[edit] References
- ^ "Viduka grabs late winner". BBC Sport. 30 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3172821.stm. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ "Camara blasts Leeds". BBC Sport. 2 March 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/3526339.stm. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
[edit] External links
- Zoumana Camara French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
- L'Équipe stats (French)
- Inter archives
- Zoumana Camara at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Colombes
- French people of Malian descent
- French footballers
- Association football defenders
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- SC Bastia players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- RC Lens players
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- Serie A footballers
- F.C. Internazionale Milano players
- Empoli F.C. players
- Premier League players
- Leeds United A.F.C. players
- France international footballers
- 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players
- French expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in England
