Mohamed Kamara
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohamed Kamara | ||
| Date of birth | 16 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Bo, Sierra Leone | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Partizan | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Kallon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006 | KuPS | 23 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | HJK | 91 | (13) |
| 2010– | Partizan | 8 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2003 | Sierra Leone U17 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:54, 2 December 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Mohamed Kamara (born 16 November 1987), widely known as Medo, is a naturalized Finnish footballer. He currently plays for FK Partizan in the Serbian SuperLiga. Medo applied for Finnish citizenship in April 2008,[1] and in March 2010 he gained it.[2]
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Biography
Kamara was born and raised in Bo, Sierra Leone. During the civil war his parents were killed and football was the only thing that helped him to cope.
Football career
Medo started playing football in the age of 7 in his school in Bo. His older brother Kemoh Kamara was teaching in the school and taught also football. When he was 12, he joined his first club, Sierra Rangers. Rangers was a youth team that travelled around the country playing in youth tournaments. His football career took a great step forward when he signed for Sierra Leone National Premier League club FC Kallon in 2002. He was a regular member of the Sierra Leone under-17 team that lost to Cameroon at the 2003 African Under-17 Championship Final in Swaziland. He was also a member of the Sierra Leone under-17 national team in that participated at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland.
Medo has since expressed his wish to play for the Finnish national team, but FIFA ruled this out as they rejected his application to play for Finland on 9th December 2010. [3]
Moving to Finland
After the tournament he escaped, with a group of his teammates, from their accommodation and applied for asylum. The group got a right of asylum, but FIFA refused to give playing rights to them. Medo had to wait his player licence from the FIFA to his 18th birthday and then signed a contract with Kuopion Palloseura before the 2006 season. During the long waiting period he trained with JIPPO in Joensuu. After a season and relegation with the Kuopio based club, he moved to Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi in the Finnish capital.
In his first HJK season he was voted for the MVP for his club and played in every match. In March 2008, he signed a new three-year contract, which would keep him with HJK until the end of the 2010 season.[4] In April 2010, he signed a contract extension at HJK to stay with the Finnish club until June 2011.[5] On 30 August 2010, he played his farewell match for HJK to win his team's 3–1 against IFK Mariehamn.[6]
[edit] Partizan
A day later, on 31 August, he signed a three-year contract with FK Partizan. Kamara was presented with another Partizan gain, Pierre Boya.[7] He made his debut for the club on 4 September in a home fixture against FK Hajduk Kula. Kamara started and played for the full duration of the game as Hajduk were beaten 2–0. Medo also made five appearances in the 2010-11 Champions League group stage as Partizan finished bottom of their group. [8]
[edit] Career statistics
- As of 2 December 2010
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Finland | League | Finnish Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2006 | KuPS | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | HJK | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2009 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 4 | ||
| 2010 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 6 | ||
| Serbia | League | Serbian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2010–11 | Partizan | SuperLiga | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Total | Finland | 114 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 137 | 16 | |
| Serbia | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 122 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 153 | 16 | ||
Honours
Club
KuPS
- Finnish League Cup: 2006
HJK
- Finnish League: 2009
- Finnish Cup: 2008
References
- ^ "Medo turns Finnish?". nordicfootball.info. 11 April 2008. http://www.nordicfootball.info/2008/04/11/medo-turns-finnish/. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ "Jalkapalloilija Medo sai Suomen kansalaisuuden" (in Finnish). karjalainen.fi. 19 March 2010. http://www.karjalainen.fi/Karjalainen/Urheilu/jalkapalloilija_medo_sai_suomen_kansalaisuuden_5979632.html. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ FIFA rejects Medo's apply (Finnish)
- ^ "HJK ja Medo jatkosopimukseen" (in Finnish). hjk.fi. 4 March 2008. http://www.hjk.fi/uutiset/arkisto.php?hae=5334. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ "Medo jatkaa HJK:ssa vuoden 2011 kesäkuun loppuun" (in Finnish). hjk.fi. 6 April 2010. http://www.hjk.fi/uutiset/arkisto.php?hae=7674. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ "HJK 3-1 -voittoon – Hieno ilta päättyi Medon jäähyväisiin" (in Finnish). hjk.fi. 30 August 2010. http://www.hjk.fi/uutiset/arkisto.php?hae=8138. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ "Kamara i Boya nove akvizicije" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 31 August 2010. http://www.partizan.rs/vest.php?Jezik=sr&IDV=665&akcija=&prikaz1=2010&prikaz2=8&sec=2. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ Medo's profile at UEFA (English)
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