Mamadi Camará (footballer, born 2003)

Mamadi Camará
Personal information
Full name	Mamadi Caba Camará
Date of birth	31 December 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Catió, Guinea-Bissau
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder/Winger
Team information
Current team	Reading
Number	28
Youth career
0000–2020	C.D. Feirense
2020–2021	Reading
Senior career*
Years	Team
2021–	Reading
International career‡
2022–	Guinea-Bissau
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:50, 4 January 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:58, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Mamadi Caba Camará (born 31 December 2003) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for EFL League One club Reading and the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Career

After playing youth football for C.D. Feirense, he joined Reading in 2020.^[2] He made his debut as a substitute in a 1–0 FA Cup defeat away to Luton Town on 9 January 2021.^[3] On 3 February 2021, Camará signed his first professional contract with Reading, until the summer of 2022.^[4] He scored his first goal for Reading in a 4–0 win over Millwall in the EFL Cup on 8 August 2023.^[5]

At the beginning of the 2024–25 season, he was given a starting place in Reading's first match of the season away to Birmingham City in place of Femi Azeez. ^[6]

International career

Camará received his first call-up for Guinea-Bissau national football team for the friendlies against Angola and Equatorial Guinea on 23 and 26 March 2022.^[7] Camará made his debut for Guinea-Bissau on 23 March 2022 against Equatorial Guinea with a man-of-the-match performance.^[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 January 2025^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Reading	2020–21	EFL Championship	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2021–22	EFL Championship	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
	2022–23	EFL Championship	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	2023–24	EFL League One	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	1
	2024–25	EFL League One	14	3	2	1	1	0	2	0	19	4
Career total			32	3	4	1	4	1	2	0	42	5

International

As of match played 9 June 2022^[10]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau	2022	5	0
Total		5	0

References

^ "EFL squad list 2020/21 & U21 registered contract players: Reading - Under 21 contract players" (PDF). efl.com. English Football League. 10 February 2021. p. 111. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^ "Mamadi Camará". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "Valiant display ends in cup exit for young Royals". www.readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "Young forward Mamadi Camara pens first professional contract". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ "Millwall 0-4 Reading". BBC. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ "Reading FC Team News: Selles names Birmingham City side". Reading Chronicle. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ "BACIRO CANDE ANUNCIA LISTA DE 22 JOGADORES CONVOCADOS". Facebook. Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau.
^ "ONZE DA GUINÉ-BISSAU PARA O JOGO AMISTOSO COM A GUINÉ-EQUATORIAL". Facebook. Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ Mamadi Camará at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "Mamadi Camará". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[1] "EFL squad list 2020/21 & U21 registered contract players: Reading - Under 21 contract players" (PDF). efl.com. English Football League. 10 February 2021. p. 111. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[2] "Mamadi Camará". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[3] "Valiant display ends in cup exit for young Royals". www.readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[4] "Young forward Mamadi Camara pens first professional contract". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[5] "Millwall 0-4 Reading". BBC. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

[6] "Reading FC Team News: Selles names Birmingham City side". Reading Chronicle. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.

[7] "BACIRO CANDE ANUNCIA LISTA DE 22 JOGADORES CONVOCADOS". Facebook. Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau.

[8] "ONZE DA GUINÉ-BISSAU PARA O JOGO AMISTOSO COM A GUINÉ-EQUATORIAL". Facebook. Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[sw-9] Mamadi Camará at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[NFT-10] "Mamadi Camará". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

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