- Source: Ilay Camara
Ilay Camara (born 18 January 2003) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a full back or winger for Standard Liège.
Club career
Born in Bonheiden in Antwerp Province and of Senegalese origin, Camara began playing as a youth for KSC Keerbergen before joining OH Leuven. In 2019, he joined R.S.C. Anderlecht. In February 2023, while playing for the reserve team of Les Mauves in the third-tier Belgian National Division 1, the 20-year-old signed his first professional contract, lasting until June 2025.
On 6 September 2023, Camara joined Belgian Pro League side R.W.D. Molenbeek on a three-year deal in a free transfer. He arrived to cover the injury of Sambu Mansoni. He played 28 games, scoring three goals and assisting five, as his team were relegated; on 26 November he was sent off in a 2–1 loss on his return to Anderlecht.
In June 2024, Camara was linked with a transfer to three clubs of the EFL Championship – Coventry City, Preston North End and Burnley – for a fee of £1.5-2 million. Stade de Reims of the French Ligue 1 were also interested. Instead, on 13 August he was loaned to Standard Liège of the Belgian top flight, with the option to purchase. In his first month at the club, he played at left and right full-back positions, being praised for his performances by newspaper La Dernière Heure.
References
External links
Ilay Camara at Soccerway
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- RWD Molenbeek
- Ilay Camara
- R.W.D. Molenbeek (2015)
- Standard Liège
- 2024–25 Standard Liège season
- Belgium national under-21 football team
- 2023–24 R.W.D. Molenbeek season
- List of Belgian football transfers summer 2023
- Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
- Deaths in November 2023
- 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads
