Mohammed Kamara

Mohammed Kamara
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Kesselly Kamara
Date of birth (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Sinkor, Liberia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Rapid București
Number 7
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 TJC Apache 44 (70)
2018 UCLA Bruins 14 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Atlanta Silverbacks 14 (9)
2019 SC Paderborn 0 (0)
2019 SC Paderborn II 7 (8)
2019–2020 LA Galaxy II 9 (4)
2020–2021 Menemenspor 10 (4)
2021–2022 Hatayspor 45 (5)
2022 → Astana (loan) 2 (0)
2022–2024 Hapoel Haifa 52 (11)
2024–2026 CFR Cluj 33 (8)
2026– Rapid București 8 (2)
International career‡
2023– Liberia 4 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 October 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2023

Mohammed Kesselly "Keka" Kamara (born 31 October 1997) is a Liberian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Rapid București.

Career

College and amateur

Tyler Junior College

Kamara moved to the United States to play college soccer at Tyler Junior College in 2016. During his two years at Tyler, Kamara scored 70 goals and tallied ten assists in just 44 games. He finished the 2017 season as the NJCAA player of the year after scoring a school record-breaking and NJCAA-leading 48 goals, which included 14 game-winners.

UCLA

In 2018, Kamara transferred to UCLA, where he made 14 appearances, scored five goals, and tallied a single assist.

Atlanta Silverbacks

During his time at college, Kamara also appeared for National Premier Soccer League side Atlanta Silverbacks, where he scored nine goals in 14 appearances.

Professional

SC Paderborn 07

Kamara was considered a strong candidate to sign a Generation Adidas deal with Major League Soccer, which would see him enter the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. However, he opted to move to Europe, signing with 2. Bundesliga side SC Paderborn on 5 January 2019.

During his time at Paderborn, Kamara failed to make a single first team appearance, but did score eight goals in seven appearances for Paderborn's 5th-tier second team who competed in the Oberliga Westfalen.

In June 2019, Kamara and Paderborn mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the club.

LA Galaxy II

On 2 August 2019, Kamara signed for USL Championship side LA Galaxy II. He made his professional debut on 11 August 2019, as an 84th-minute substitute during a 3–1 win over Austin Bold.

Menemenspor

On 1 October 2020, Kamara moved to Turkish TFF First League side Menemenspor.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 October 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlanta Silverbacks 2018 National Premier Soccer League 149———149
SC Paderborn 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 0000——00
SC Paderborn II 2018–19 Oberliga Westfalen 78———78
LA Galaxy II 2019 USL Championship 94——10104
2020 00——0000
Total 94——10104
Menemenspor 2020–21 TFF 1. Lig 10410——114
Hatayspor 2020–21 Süper Lig 211———211
2021–22 23420——254
2022–23 10———10
Total 45520——475
Astana (loan) 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League 20———20
Hapoel Haifa 2022–23 Israeli Premier League 24520—11276
2023–24 28620—42348
Total 521140—536114
CFR Cluj 2024–25 Liga I 3184320—230
2025–26 2000201050
Total 3384340104211
Rapid București 2026–27 Liga I 8211——93
Career total 18051124407320358
  1. ↑ Includes Turkish Cup, Israel State Cup, Cupa României
  2. ↑ Appearance in USL Championship Playoffs
  3. 1 2 Appearances in Toto Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Appearance in Supercupa României

International

As of matches played on 17 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Liberia 202341
Total41
Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kamara goal.
List of international goals scored by Mohammed Kamara
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 October 2023Stade du Phosphate, Khouribga, Morocco Libya1–12–3Friendly

Honours

CFR Cluj

References

  1. 1 2 McCarthy, Gabriel (September 20, 2018). "Mohammed Kamara dribbles around the world before scoring a home with UCLA soccer". Daily Bruin. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  2. ↑ "Mohammed Kamara 2017 Men's Soccer Roster | Tyler Junior College Athletics". www.apacheathletics.com.
  3. ↑ "Mohammed Kamara - Men's Soccer". UCLA.
  4. ↑ "ATLANTA SILVERBACKS ALUM MOHAMMED KAMARA HONORED AS PLAYER OF THE YEAR, ALL-AMERICAN". January 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ "National Premier Soccer League". npsl.bonzidev.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  6. ↑ "MLS SuperDraft: Amaya, Buchanan to headline Generation adidas class | Goal.com". goal.com.
  7. ↑ "German second-tier Paderborn sign SKC's Shelton". ESPN.com. January 5, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Khiry Shelton | Mohammed Kamara| SC Paderborn 07". bundesliga.de – die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga.
  9. ↑ "Liberian youngster Mohammed Kamara parts ways with German Club Paderborn FC – Sokafrika".
  10. ↑ "SC Paderborn: Mohammed Kamara löst Vertrag auf". bundesliga.de – die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga.
  11. ↑ "LA Galaxy II sign forward Mohammed Kamara". lagalaxy.com. LA Galaxy. 2 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Austin Bold FC vs. LA Galaxy II". uslchampionship.com. USL Championship. 10 August 2019.
  13. ↑ "Son dakika transfer haberleri: Menemenspor Mohammed Kamara'yı transfer etti".
  14. ↑ Mohammed Kamara at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "Mohammed Kamara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 May 2024.