Boubacar Kamara

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Boubacar Kamara
Kamara playing for Marseille in 2017
Personal information
Full name Boubacar Bernard Kamara[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-23) 23 November 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Marseille
Number 4
Youth career
2005–2017 Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Marseille II 28 (0)
2016– Marseille 130 (3)
2022– Aston Villa 0 (0)
International career
2015–2016 France U17 9 (0)
2016–2017 France U18 9 (0)
2017–2018 France U19 14 (0)
2018–2019 France U20 7 (0)
2019–2021 France U21 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Boubacar Bernard Kamara (born 23 November 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for

Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille he will join Premier League club Aston Villa.[3]on 1st July 2022

Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a centre-back.[3]

Club career

Marseille

In September 2005, "Bouba", aged 5, entered the Olympique de Marseille Academy where he progressed through all the categories. He eventually became the captain of the U19 team that made its way to the final of the Coupe Gambardella.[4] At the age of 16, he was promoted to Marseille's reserve team, also making his debut with the senior team. As coach of the reserves, Jacques Abardonado made him a regular starter.

Kamara made his debut as a professional side on 13 December 2016 against Sochaux in a Coupe de la Ligue match. He started the match and was replaced by Hiroki Sakai in the 82nd minute of a 1–1 (4–3) away loss on penalties.[5] He scored his first professional goal on 5 February 2019, a header in a 1–0 home Ligue 1 victory over Bordeaux.[6]

Kamara went onto play 170 times for his boyhood club, under several different managers - being utilised mainly as a defensive midfielder, but also featuring as a right-back, left-back, central midfielder and right-sided midfielder.[7]

Aston Villa

On 23 May 2022, it was announced that Kamara had signed a five-year contract with English Premier League club Aston Villa ahead of the expiry of his Marseille contract on 1 July.[8]

International Career

Kamara is eligible to play for the national teams of France through birth, and Senegal through his family heritage. He played youth football for France at U17,U18,U19,U20 and U21 levels. Featuring in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship for France.[7]

In 2022 was contacted directly by Senegal manager Aliou Cissé to convince him to declare for the Senegalese team after their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations victory to fill the space of aging midfielders Idrissa Gueye and Cheikhou Kouyaté.[9]

However, despite Cissé stating that there was an "agreement in principle" between the parties, on 19 May 2022, Kamara was selected in the France first team for the UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia, Austria and Denmark. If Kamara was to make an appearance in any of these competitive matches, he would no longer be eligible for Senegal.[10]

Personal life

Kamara was born in France to a Senegalese father and a French mother.[11] Kamara has been a supporter of OM since he was a child after going to the Stade Vélodrome with his mother Cathy.[12] He has a son, Leeroy, with Coralie Porrovecchio.[13]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 May 2022[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Marseille II 2015–16 Championnat National 2 8 0 — — — — 8 0
2016–17 Championnat National 2 15 0 — — — — 15 0
2017–18 Championnat National 2 4 0 — — — — 4 0
2018–19 Championnat National 2 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 28 0 — — — — 28 0
Marseille 2016–17 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
2017–18 Ligue 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 6[a] 0 — 14 0
2018–19 Ligue 1 31 1 0 0 0 0 5[a] 0 — 36 1
2019–20 Ligue 1 24 1 3 1 1 0 — — 28 2
2020–21 Ligue 1 35 0 2 0 — 5[b] 0 1[c] 0 43 0
2021–22 Ligue 1 34 1 2 0 — 12[d] 0 — 48 1
Total 130 3 9 1 2 0 28 0 1 0 170 4
Aston Villa 2022–23 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 158 3 9 1 2 0 28 0 1 0 198 4
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  4. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Marseille

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Boubacar Kamara". Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Boubacar Kamara at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Boubacar Kamara".
  5. ^ "Sochaux vs. Olympique Marseille - 13 December 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  6. ^ "Marseille win behind closed doors". BBC Sport. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  7. ^ a b "Five things to know about Boubacar Kamara". Aston Villa Football Club. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  8. ^ "Aston Villa announce Boubacar Kamara signing". Aston Villa Football Club. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  9. ^ "Boubacar Kamara set to declare for Senegal | Get French Football News". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  10. ^ "France team: the surprise Boubacar Kamara, who finally chooses the Blues rather than Senegal". California18. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  11. ^ Football, Mauritanie (30 October 2016). "Ligue 1 : Boubacar Kamara ,un mauritanien promoteur convoqué chez les pros à Marseille". Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Olympique de Marseille : Boubacar Kamara, de minot à costaud". May 18, 2019.
  13. ^ "Coralie Porrovecchio : elle partage des photos inédites de..." Télé Star (in French). 2020-07-23. Archived from the original on 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  14. ^ "Atletico Madrid win Europa League with 3-0 victory over Marseille". BBC Sport. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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