Bakari Camara

Bakari Camara (born 4 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Championnat National club Villefranche. Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.

Club career
Camara was a semi-professional footballer and unemployed to start his senior career, and was instead studying his BAFA - an animation certificate, before spending a season with Montagnarde in the Division d'Honneur. His strong performances earned him a move to Drancy, where he stayed 4 seasons. He followed that up with seasons at Versailles and Bobigny. He moved to the Championnat National side Paris 13 Atletico in the summer of 2022.

On 5 September 2023, Camara moved to Villefranche.

International career
Born in France, Camara holds Mauritanian nationality. He first expressed an interest in playing for the Mauritania national team in April 2017. He was called up to Mauritania for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against the DR Congo in March 2023.