Medo Kamara

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Medo Kamara
File:Mohamed Kamara.jpg
Medo with KuPS in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-11-16) 16 November 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth Port Loko, Sierra Leone
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 HJS
Number 6
Youth career
1999–2002 Sierra Rangers
2002–2003 Kallon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 KuPS 23 (0)
2007–2010 HJK 91 (13)
2010–2013 Partizan 52 (0)
2013–2016 Bolton Wanderers 52 (3)
2015 → Maccabi Haifa (loan) 16 (1)
2016 HJK 21 (1)
2016–2018 Kuwait SC
2019 Kazma
2020 Haka 18 (1)
2022–2023 Gnistan 31 (1)
2024– HJS 27 (2)
International career‡
2003 Sierra Leone U17 3 (0)
2011–2021 Sierra Leone 33 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 September 2022

Mohamed Kamara (born 16 November 1987), widely known as Medo, is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Finnish club HJS.

Early life

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Kamara was born in Port Loko and raised in Bo, Sierra Leone. Both of his parents were said to have been killed during the civil war in Sierra Leone.[1] However, this is a claim that has since been denied by Kamara himself.[2]

Club career

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Early career

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Kamara started playing football in his school at the age of seven. His older brother, Kemoh Kamara, was teaching in the school and also taught football. At the age of 12, Kamara joined his first club, Sierra Rangers. His football career took a great step forward after signing for top division club Kallon in 2002.

Career in Finland

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Kamara (wearing stripes) in action for HJK versus former club KuPS, 2008

After playing for the national youth selection at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Finland, Kamara escaped along with several teammates from their accommodation and applied for asylum.[3] After he got asylum, Kamara was ineligible to play professional football until his 18th birthday. During the waiting period, he trained with LehPa-77 in Kontiolahti. Kamara signed his first contract with Veikkausliiga club KuPS before the 2006 season. After a season and relegation with the Kuopio-based club, he moved to HJK in the Finnish capital.

In his first year with HJK, Kamara played in every league match and was voted for the club MVP of the season. In March 2008, he signed a new three-year contract, which would keep him with HJK until the end of the 2010.[4] In April 2010, Kamara signed a contract extension at HJK to stay with the Finnish champions until June 2011.[5] On 30 August 2010, he played his farewell match for HJK, in a 3–1 victory against IFK Mariehamn.[6]

Despite the fact that he left HJK before the end of the season, Kamara was awarded for the 2010 Veikkausliiga Player of the Year.[7]

Partizan

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On 31 August 2010, a day after his last match for HJK, Kamara signed a three-year contract with Serbian side Partizan. He was presented with together with Pierre Boya.[8] Kamara made his debut for the club on 4 September 2010 in a home fixture against Hajduk Kula. He played for the full duration of the match as Hajduk were beaten 2–0. Kamara also made five appearances in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage.

Bolton Wanderers

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Kamara (centre) playing for Bolton Wanderers against Chelsea in the League Cup in 2014

On 31 January 2013, Kamara signed for English Championship club Bolton Wanderers on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee, subject to international clearance.[9][10] His debut came on 23 February as he came on as a substitute in Bolton's 4–1 win versus Hull City.[11] His first goal for the club came on 30 March against Charlton Athletic as he scored Bolton's second in a 2–3 defeat.[12]

On 19 January 2015, Kamara was officially loaned to Maccabi Haifa for the remainder of the 2014–15 season.[13]

After returning from loan to Bolton, Kamara failed to make any competitive appearance for the club, before being released by mutual agreement in January 2016.[14]

Return to HJK

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In March 2016, Kamara returned to his former club HJK.[15]

Kazma

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On 31 January 2019, it was confirmed that Kamara had signed for another Kuwaiti side, Kazma SC in the Kuwait Premier League.[16] Kamara had been without club for six months since his departure from Kuwait SC.

In 2022 Medo signed contract with Finnish second division club Gnistan. In 2024 he joined Finnish club HJS, which plays third tier football in Finland.

International career

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Internationally, Kamara played for the Sierra Leonean under-17 team that finished runner-up of the 2003 African U-17 Championship in Swaziland. He was also a member of the same team at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland.

By 2010, he had received Finnish citizenship.[17] After spending seven years in Finland, Kamara has expressed his wish to play for the Finnish national team, but FIFA ruled this out as they rejected his application to play for Finland in December 2010.[18] After FIFA's decision, Kamara announced his availability for the Sierra Leonean national team and was subsequently called up to face Niger on 27 March 2011.[19] Finally, Kamara debuted for his homeland in that match playing the full 90 minutes.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 20 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
KuPS 2006 Veikkausliiga 23 0 4 2 9 1 0 0 — 36 3
HJK 2007 Veikkausliiga 26 2 4 0 7 1 4[a] 0 — 41 3
2008 Veikkausliiga 26 4 5 0 7 0 0 0 — 38 4
2009 Veikkausliiga 23 3 1 0 8 2 2[b] 1 — 34 6
2010 Veikkausliiga 16 4 3 1 6 1 4[c] 1 — 29 7
Total 91 13 13 1 28 4 10 2 — 142 20
Partizan 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga 18 0 6 0 – 5[c] 0 — 29 0
2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga 26 0 4 0 – 6[d] 0 — 36 0
2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga 8 0 0 0 – 6[b] 0 — 14 0
Total 52 0 10 0 – 17 0 — 79 0
Bolton Wanderers 2012–13 Championship 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 12 1
2013–14 Championship 35 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 — 39 2
2014–15 Championship 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 6 0
Total 52 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 — 57 3
Maccabi Haifa (loan) 2014–15 Israeli Premier League 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 17 1
HJK 2016 Veikkausliiga 21 1 3 0 0 0 6[b] 0 — 30 1
Kuwait SC 2016–17 Kuwait Premier League ? 2 ? ? – ? ? — ? 2
2017–18 Kuwait Premier League ? 1 ? ? – ? ? — ? 1
Total ? 3 ? ? – ? ? – ? 3
FC Haka 2020 Veikkausliiga 18 1 3 0 – 0 0 — 21 1
IF Gnistan 2022 Ykkönen 8 0 0 0 – 0 0 — 8 0
2023 Ykkönen 23 1 7 0 – — 2[e] 0 32 1
Total 31 1 7 0 – — 2 0 40 1
HJS 2024 Kakkonen 27 2 0 0 — — — 27 2
Career total 331 25 43 3 40 5 33 2 2 0 449 34
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in Relegation playoffs

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sierra Leone 2011 4 0
2012 5 1
2013 4 0
2014 6 1
2015 4 0
2016 5 0
2017 1 0
2018 1 0
2020 2 0
2021 1 0
Total 33 2
Scores and results list Sierra Leone's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 June 2012 National Stadium, Freetown File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 1–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 19 November 2014 Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 1–0 1–3 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

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KuPS

HJK

Partizan

Individual

References

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