# Mady Camara

Mohamed Mady Camara (born 28 February 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Super League Greece club PAOK and the Guinea national team.

## Club career
### Ajaccio

Camara began his career with Guinean sides AS Kaloum and Santoba FC, before training with French Ligue 2 side AC Ajaccio in May 2015. He impressed during his time on trial and signed a professional contract with the club in 2016.
On 20 May 2018, Camara scored a goal in the dying seconds of extra time to tie the game at 2–2 against Havre in the promotion playoffs semifinal. Ajaccio won in penalties 5–3, after Ghislain Gimbert scored the decisive penalty.

### Olympiacos

On 6 March 2018, he signed a five-year contract with Superleague giants Olympiacos ahead of the 2018–19 season for an undisclosed fee. The cost of the transfer was estimated to €2.5 million. On 16 September 2018, he scored in a 2–1 home win game against Asteras Tripolis.
On 17 February 2019, he scored in a 4–1 home win against champions AEK Athens. On 7 April 2019, he again scored in a 5–0 away win against Panetolikos. On 21 April 2019, Camara opened the scoring for Olympiacos in a 3–1 away win against Lamia, but PAOK's win the same day confirmed that Olympiacos would finish as runners-up behind PAOK.
On 27 October 2019, the 22-year-old Guinean hit the jackpot third time lucky with a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area which nestled in the top right corner of Panagiotis Tsintotas’ goal in a 2–0 home derby win game against rivals AEK Athens. On 22 January 2020, he scored his only goal in a 1–0 away win against OFI. On 15 June 2020, he scored a brace within two minutes and assisted a goal for Georgios Masouras, in a 3–1 home victory over Aris for the Superleague championship play-offs.
On 21 July 2021 Camara scored the only goal against Neftçi Baku in a 1–0 home win but was later sent off after a hard foul. On 19 August 2021, he scored giving the lead in a 3–0 home win 2021–22 UEFA Europa League playoffs 1st round game against Slovan Bratislava.

### Roma

On 31 August 2022, Camara joined AS Roma on a season-long loan, with an option to buy.

### PAOK

On 20 June 2024, PAOK announced the signing of Camara on a three-year contract.

## International career

Camara made his senior debut for Guinea in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Central African Republic on 9 September 2018.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 22 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Ajaccio | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 2 |
| Ajaccio | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| Ajaccio | Total | Total | 45 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 51 | 3 |
| Olympiacos | 2018–19 | Super League Greece | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 6 |
| Olympiacos | 2019–20 | Super League Greece | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 0 | — | — | 51 | 7 |
| Olympiacos | 2020–21 | Super League Greece | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | 46 | 4 |
| Olympiacos | 2021–22 | Super League Greece | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 | — | — | 45 | 2 |
| Olympiacos | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Olympiacos | 2023–24 | Super League Greece | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 |
| Olympiacos | Total | Total | 130 | 16 | 18 | 1 | — | — | 61 | 3 | — | — | 209 | 20 |
| Roma (Ioan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 190 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 280 | 23 |
* ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Greek Cup
* ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
* ↑ Appearances in Ligue 2 promotion play-offs

### International

    As of match played 12 October 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Guinea | 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| Guinea | 2019 | 9 | 0 |
| Guinea | 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| Guinea | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 21 | 1 |
    Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Camara goal.
List of international goals scored by Mady Camara :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 11 November 2020 | Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea | Chad | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |

## Honours

Olympiacos
* Super League Greece: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
* Greek Cup: 2019–20; runner-up: 2020–21
* UEFA Conference League: 2023–24
Roma
* UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2022–23
Individual
* Guinean Footballer of the Year: 2019–20