Maxime Camara
Mamadouba Resmu Camara nicknamed Maxime Camara (4 February 1945 – 29 March 2016) was a Guinea international football midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mamadouba Resmu Camara | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 1945 | ||
Place of birth | Kissidougou, Guinea | ||
Date of death | 29 March 2016 | ||
Place of death | Rabat, Morocco | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1972 | Hafia | ||
National team | |||
1968 | Guinea U23 | 3 | (1) |
1972–1976 | Guinea | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Career
Born in Kissidougou, Camara played club football for local side Hafia F.C. in the 1960s and 1970s. He helped the club win the 1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs.[1]
Camara represented Guinea at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He also made several appearances for the senior Guinea national football team, including four FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, and played at the 1976 African Cup of Nations finals.[2]
Personal
On 24 April 1974 he married Aminata Touré, the daughter of the Guinean President Ahmed Sekou Touré. They have 4 children.
Camara became seriously ill while living in Guinea in 2005.[1] He was then evacuated to Morocco where he died on 29 March 2016.[3]
References
- Thea, Paul (20 October 2010). "Le héros oublié" (in French). GuineeActu.info. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- "Maroc-Tunisie, comme au bon vieux temps" (in French). Le Matin. 13 February 2004.
- "Nécrologie : Maxime Camara du Hafia et du Syli n'est plus". Guinéenews. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016.