Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Bankolé Kamara | ||
Date of birth | 12 May 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | United City | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2008–2012 | Tadamon Sour | 20 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Apollon Smyrnis | 47 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Lamia | 17 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Aris Thessaloniki | 0 | (0) |
2016 | Riga | 26 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Kaisar | 53 | (1) |
2019–2021 | Keşla | 53 | (1) |
2022 | Politehnica Iași | 6 | (1) |
2023–2024 | Egaleo | 22 | (1) |
2024– | United City | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013– | Sierra Leone | 21 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:46, 21 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:21, 4 January 2022 (UTC) |
John Bankolé Kamara (born 12 May 1988) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Philippines Football League club United City.
Born in Freetown, Kamara has played in Lebanon and Greece for Tadamon Sour, Apollon Smyrni and Lamia. [1] [2] In October 2014 he was told not to train with Lamia, on advice from the Greek health ministry, following fears over the ongoing Ebola virus epidemic. [3] He wore off a T-shirt saying "we are west Africans not a virus", and as a result faced sanctions. [4]
In August 2015 he signed a two-year contract with Aris Thessaloniki. [5] He signed for Latvian club Riga for the 2016 season. [1] [2]
Kamara joined Kazakh club Kaisar on 1 January 2017. [6]
On 8 January 2019, Kamara joined Azerbaijan Premier League club Keşla FK. [7] On 25 June 2020, Kamara signed a new contract with Keşla for the 2020–21 season. [8]
On 27 December 2021, Kamara left Keşla by mutual consent. [9]
In January 2023, he signed for Greek team Egaleo. [10]
In March 2024, Kamara joined Philippines Football League club United City. [11]
He made his senior international debut for Sierra Leone in 2013, [1] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. [12] He was a squad member at the 2021 AFCON. [13]
Sierra Leone national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2013 | 2 | 0 |
2014 | 4 | 1 |
2015 | 2 | 0 |
2016 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | 1 | 0 |
2018 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 4 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 21 | 1 |
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
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1. | 19 November 2014 | Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa, DR Congo | DR Congo | 1–0 |
1–3 |
2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
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