Amady Camara

Amady Camara
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-05-28) 28 May 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sturm Graz
Number 36
Youth career
FC Diarra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2024 Sturm Graz II 13 (6)
2023– Sturm Graz 26 (1)
International career‡
2024– Mali 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Amady Camara (born 28 May 2005) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz and the Mali national team.

Club career

Camara was born in Mali, in the capital city of Bamako. He began playing football for FC Diarra until he was 17, joining Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz in summer 2023.[3]

He began playing for the reserve team, making his debut for the team in the second tier, in a game against SKN St. Pölten, coming on as a substitute in a 4–1 loss.[4] He scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw against Floridsdorfer AC, scoring an 83rd-minute equaliser.[5] During that season, Camara scored 6 goals in 13 games, including a brace against SV Lafnitz in a 5–2 loss.[6]

Camara made his first-team and Austrian Bundesliga debut against Austria Klagenfurt in November 2023, coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute, and thereby became the 4000th player to make an appearance in the Austrian Bundesliga.[3] He went on to make 17 appearances for the first team that season, scoring one goal against Austria Klagenfurt.[7] In February 2024, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 4–1 win against Slovan Bratislava in the first leg of the UEFA Conference League play-offs.[8][9]

International career

Camara made his debut for the Mali national team on 6 September 2024 in a Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mozambique at the Stade du 26 Mars.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 October 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sturm Graz II 2023–24 2.Liga 13 6 0 0 — — 13 6
Sturm Graz 2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
2024–25 9 0 2 0 2[a] 0 0 0 14 0
Total 26 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 33 1
Career total 39 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 46 7
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 10 September 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mali 2024 2 0
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ "Camara birth place". playmakerstats.com. 5 August 2024.
  2. ^ Amady Camara at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b Albrecht, Christian (8 December 2023). "4000. Spieler in der Bundesliga: Sturm-Zukunftsaktie Amady Camara: "Da ging es einfach ums Überleben"" [4000th player in the Bundesliga: Sturm future share Amady Camara: ‘It was simply a matter of survival’]. Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Sturm Graz II 1-4 St Polten". Soccerway. 30 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Sturm Graz II 2-2 Floridsdorfer". Soccerway. 13 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Lafnitz 5–2 SK Sturm Graz". Soccerway. 27 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Sturm Graz 2-0 Austria Klagenfurt". Soccerway. 5 August 2024.
  8. ^ Albrecht, Christian (15 February 2024). "Debüt-Torschütze: Sturms Europacup-Sternchen Amady Camara: "Da ging es einfach ums Überleben"" [Debut goalscorer: Storm's European Cup starlet Amady Camara: "It was simply a matter of survival"]. Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Amady Camara? "Er hat eine große Zukunft bei Sturm"" [Amady Camara? "He has a great future with Sturm"]. Laola1 (in German). 16 February 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Mali v Mozambique game report". ESPN. 6 September 2024.
  11. ^ Amady Camara at Soccerway