Abel Issa Camará (born 6 January 1990) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portuguese club Sintrense.

Abel Camará
Personal information
Full name Abel Issa Camará[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Sintrense
Number 30
Youth career
2002–2004 Real Massamá
2004–2008 Oeiras
2008–2009 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2017 Belenenses 94 (13)
2009–2010Estrela Amadora (loan) 28 (6)
2011–2013Beira-Mar (loan) 30 (5)
2013–2014Petrolul Ploiești (loan) 16 (1)
2015–2016Al Faisaly (loan) 20 (3)
2017–2018 Pafos 13 (1)
2018 Cremonese 6 (1)
2018 Irtysh 13 (1)
2019 Elazığspor 7 (0)
2019–2020 Feirense 12 (0)
2020–2021 Mafra 33 (8)
2021–2022 B-SAD 24 (5)
2022–2023 Arema 22 (4)
2023– Sintrense 20 (1)
International career
2011–2012 Portugal U21 10 (3)
2010–2017 Guinea-Bissau 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:08, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Club career

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Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Camará finished his football grooming with Belenenses in Portugal. He made his senior debut in the 2009–10 season, on loan to Lisbon neighbours Estrela da Amadora in the third division.[2]

Camará subsequently returned to Belenenses, going on to be regularly played in the Segunda Liga by manager José Mota. He then went on to serve several loans, making his Primeira Liga debut during that timeframe with Beira-Mar.[3]

Camará's first season in the Portuguese top flight with his main club was 2014–15, when he scored once[4] in 24 games to help his team to the sixth position, which qualified for the UEFA Europa League. After another loan, now at Saudi Arabia's Al Faisaly,[5] he re-joined Belenenses.[6]

On 1 March 2018, Camará moved from the Cypriot First Division with Pafos to Italy with Cremonese.[7] He made his Serie B debut with the latter 16 days later, playing the last minutes of the 1–1 away draw against Brescia.[8]

On the last day of the 2019 January transfer window, Camará signed with Elazığspor from Irtysh Pavlodar, being one of 22 players to join the Turkish club in just two hours.[9] He left on 18 May.[10]

Camará competed in the Portuguese second tier from 2019 to August 2021, with Feirense[11] and Mafra.[12] He returned to the main division early into the latter season, joining B-SAD.[13]

On 1 July 2022, Arema announced the signing of Camará on a two-year contract.[14] He made his Liga 1 (Indonesia) debut on 30 July, playing the entire 2–1 home win over PSIS Semarang.[15] His first goal was scored two weeks later, in the 2–1 away defeat of Bali United.[16]

Camará returned to Portugal in August 2023, on a deal at fourth-division club Sintrense.[17]

International career

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On 16 November 2010, Camará played for Guinea-Bissau at the Estádio do Restelo, in a friendly with Cape Verde.[18] Additionally, he appeared in several games for Portugal during the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification campaign.[19]

Camará was selected for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations by manager Baciro Candé,[20] featuring in three games – starting against Gabon[21]– in an eventual group-stage exit.

Honours

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Arema

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Camará" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Estrela da Amadora de olhos postos na II Liga 10 anos após a extinção" [Estrela da Amadora eyeing II League 10 years after folding] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Camará assina pelo Beira-Mar por quatro épocas e meia" [Camará signs with Beira-Mar for four and a half seasons] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Marítimo-Belenenses, 1–2: Estofo europeu ganha-se com frieza" [Marítimo-Belenenses, 1–2: European pizzazz through coldness]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 February 2015. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Abel Camará no Al Faisaly" [Abel Camará to Al Faisaly]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  6. ^ Barradas, António (26 June 2016). "Abel Camará regressa ao Belenenses" [Abel Camará returns to Belenenses] (in Portuguese). CA Notícias. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Cremonese, ufficiale l'ingaggio di Abel Issa Camara" [Cremonese, signing of Abel Issa Camara official]. La Provincia di Cremona (in Italian). 1 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  8. ^ Coppola, Cristina (17 March 2018). "La Cremonese prima si illude poi rischia – A Brescia finisce 1–1" [Cremonese start by kidding themselves then take a chance – It ends 1–1 in Brescia]. Cremona Oggi (in Italian). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  9. ^ Lawless, Josh (1 February 2019). "Turkish club break transfer record by signing 22 players in two hours". Sport Bible. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  10. ^ "KÜME DÜŞEN ELAZIĞSPOR'DA 3 YABANCI OYUNCU GÖNDERİLDİ" [3 foreign players leaving Elazığspor] (in Turkish). El-Aziz. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Abel Camará é reforço" [Abel Camará is addition] (in Portuguese). C.D. Feirense. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  12. ^ Cabaço, Rui Jorge (21 August 2020). "Abel Camará reforça ataque do Mafra" [Abel Camará bolsters Mafra attack]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  13. ^ Amaro, Miguel (1 September 2021). "Abel Camará volta a vestir de azul" [Abel Camará wears blue again]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  14. ^ Yuda Pradana, Gia (1 July 2022). "Resmi, Arema FC Datangkan Abel Camara" [Official, Arema FC sign Abel Camará]. Bola (in Indonesian). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  15. ^ Hafidz Imaduddin, M.; A. Idris, Firzie (30 July 2022). "Hasil Arema FC Vs PSIS, Gol Telat Sergio Silva Antar Singo Edan Comeback 2–1" [Arema FC Vs PSIS result, Sérgio Silva late goal in Mad Lions 2–1 comeback]. Kompas (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  16. ^ Rahayu, Suci; Gonsaga AE, Aloysius (14 August 2022). "Bali United Vs Arema FC: Tuan Rumah Sorot Ketegasan dan Kepemimpinan Wasit Faulur Rosy" [Bali United Vs Arema FC: Hosts question firmness and leadership of referee Faulur Rosy]. Kompas (in Indonesian). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Abel Camará e Miguel Rosa reforços do Sintrense SAD" [Abel Camará and Miguel Rosa bolster Sintrense SAD]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 August 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Cabo Verde vence Guiné-Bissau em amigável no Restelo" [Cape Verde beat Guinea-Bissau in friendly at the Restelo] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Euro 2013 (Sub-21): Portugal goleia Moldávia (5–0)" [Euro 2013 (Under-21): Portugal thrash Moldova (5–0)]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 10 November 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Um treinador, 18 'portugueses' e alguns velhos conhecidos" [One coach, 18 'Portuguese' and some old acquaintances]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  21. ^ "Gabon 1–1 Guinea-Bissau". BBC Sport. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  22. ^ "Piala Presiden 2022: Kami Juaranya!" [President's Cup 2022: We Are the Champions!] (in Indonesian). Arema F.C. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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