- Abdoulaye Camara at FIFA (archived)
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- Abdoulaye Camara at National-Football-Teams.com
- Stats from Slovenia at Prvaliga.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdoulaye Camara | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | Onze Créateurs | ||
| 1998–1999 | Koper | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Udinese | 2 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Cercle Brugge | 26 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Castel di Sangro | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | La Louvière | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Grenoble | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Thanda Royal Zulu | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | FC AK | ||
| 2009–2010 | Butcherfille Rovers Durban | ||
| 2010–2013 | Échirolles | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1995–1997 | Mali U17 | ||
| 1999 | Mali U20 | ||
| 2002–2008 | Mali | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 April 2011 | |||
Abdoulaye Camara (born 2 January 1980) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He made 9 appearances for the Mali national team from 2002 to 2008.
After initially playing with Onze Créateurs de Niaréla in Mali, he joined Slovenian club FC Koper in 1997.[citation needed] After one season he moved to Italy to play with Udinese Calcio in the Serie A. After two seasons he moved to Belgium signing with Cercle Brugge,[1] but after at the end of the season he returned to Italy to play with Castel di Sangro Calcio. In 2002, La Louvière brought him for one season, and in summer 2003 he signed with Ligue 2 club Grenoble. By 2007 he was in South Africa playing with top league Thanda Royal Zulu. In 2008, he moved to FC AK before joining Butcherfille Rovers Durban in 2009.[citation needed]
Since 1998 he has been called to represent the Mali national team having 9 caps since his debut in 2002. He had represented Mali at youth levels first at 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, and next in 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Egypt, where they reached the quarter-finals. He also participated in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup held in Nigeria, where they reach the third place.[citation needed]
