Ahmadou Camara

Ahmadou Camara (born 1 August 2003) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Botola club Raja CA.

Early life
Ahmadou Camara was born on 1 August 2003 in Conakry. After a period at Hafia FC, he left Guinea for Morocco in 2018 to enter a football scouting program. Once in the Kingdom, he joined Fath Union Sport's academy where he will play for a year before being spotted by the Raja Club Athletic in 2020.

At the age of 17, he arrived at the Raja-Oasis Sports Complex and joined the U19 team. He quickly established himself as a starter and reached the U23 team under Bouchaib El Moubarki that was playing in the North West Group of the Amateurs 3 League, which is the fifth level of Moroccan football. For two successive seasons, the team was close to gain promotion but finished in second and third position respectively.

Club career
Thanks to his performance and his consistency, Rachid Taoussi called up the young Guinean in June 2022 to join the first team's training. On 2 July 2022, he made his professional debut against Maghreb AS on the last leg of the Botola (0–0).

On 18 March 2023, under Mondher Kebaier, he made his Champions League debut against Vipers SC in Tanzania (1–1), and played the quarter-finals against Al Ahly.

On 14 April, he made his starting debut against Jeunesse Sportive Soualem in the league (0–0). On June 9, the club announced the extension of Camara's contract for four additional seasons.

International career
In 2022, he received his first call-up to the Guinean U20 squad and played three friendly games.