 Camara playing forMontpellier in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Souleymane Camara | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-12-22)22 December 1982 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Monaco | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | Monaco | 59 | (7) |
| 2004 | →Guingamp (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2005–2008 | Nice | 31 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | →Montpellier (loan) | 37 | (11) |
| 2008–2020 | Montpellier | 347 | (59) |
| Total | 487 | (80) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2012 | Senegal | 35 | (7) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Souleymane Camara (born 22 December 1982) is a Senegalese former professionalfootballer who played as aforward. He is a formerSenegal international and has represented his nation at the2002 FIFA World Cup and threeAfrica Cup of Nations tournaments in2002,2006, and2012.[1] As of 2021, he holds the record of the most appearances for French clubMontpellier, with 433, and is the club's second-highest goalscorer, with 76 goals.[2]
Camara was influential in Montpellier winning their first everLigue 1 title in 2012, scoring 9 goals, including one goal in a crucial 2–0 victory overRennes with two matches left in the season.[3][4][1]
On 5 August 2017, Camara scored the only goal inMontpellier's 1–0 win againstCaen on matchday 1 of the2017–18 season. It was his 48th Ligue 1 goal for Montpellier and made him Montpellier's record scorer inLigue 1, breakingLaurent Blanc's 26-year-old record of 47Division 1 goals scored for Montpellier in four seasons.[5]
In March 2019 he became the first player to score in 15 different seasons in France'sLigue 1 in the 21st century.[6] In May 2019 he extended his contract with Montpellier for a further season.[7]
In May 2020, it was announced that Camara would not extend his contract with Montpellier, and would retire at the end of the season.[8] By the end of his Montpellier career, Camara played a club-record 433 games in all competitions during his 13-year stay with 76 goals scored – a record bettered only by Blanc.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Monaco | 2001-02 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
| 2002-03 | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 4 | ||||||
| 2003-04 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 2004-05 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 3[a] | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |||||
| 2005-06 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 59 | 7 | — | — | 4 | 0 | — | 63 | 7 | |||||
| Guingamp (loan) | 2003-04 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||||
| Nice | 2005-06 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| 2006-07 | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 31 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||||
| Montpellier (loan) | 2007-08 | Ligue 2 | 37 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 37 | 11 | ||||
| Montpellier | 2008-09 | Ligue 2 | 27 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 6 | ||||
| 2009-10 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 9 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 9 | ||||
| 2010-11 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 41 | 4 | |||
| 2011-12 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 9 | ||||
| 2012-13 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5[a] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 44 | 12 | ||
| 2013-14 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 4 | ||||
| 2014-15 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 3 | ||||
| 2015-16 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 8 | ||||
| 2016-17 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 2017-18 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 30 | 5 | ||||
| 2018-19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||||
| 2019-20 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 347 | 58 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 387 | 64 | ||
| Career Total | 487 | 79 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 531 | 85 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 7 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 January 2002 | Stade Modibo Kéïta,Bamako, Mali |  Zambia | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2002 African Cup of Nations | [13] |
| 2 | 14 May 2002 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |  Saudi Arabia | 1-1 | 2-3 | Friendly | [14] |
| 3 | 12 October 2002 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor,Dakar, Senegal |  Nigeria | 1-2 | 2-2 | Friendly | [15] |
| 4 | 31 May 2003 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal |  Cape Verde | 1-1 | 2-1 | Friendly | [16] |
| 5 | 12 November 2005 | EPRU Stadium,Gqeberha, South Africa |  South Africa | 1-0 | 3-2 | Friendly | [17] |
| 6 | 31 January 2006 | Port Said Stadium,Port Said, Egypt | Nigeria | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2006 African Cup of Nations | [18] |
| 7 | 11 November 2011 | Mantes-la-Ville, France |  Guinea | 2-0 | 4-1 | Friendly | [19] |
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