Profile Diomansy Kamara

Personal information :

Full name : Diomansy Mehdi Moustapha Kamara
Date of birth : 8 November 1980
Place of birth : Paris, France
Height : 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Striker
Current club : Fulham
Number : 15
Senior career :
1998–1999 Red Star Paris
1999–2001 Catanzaro
2001–2005 Modena
2004–2005 Portsmouth
2005–2007 West Bromwich Albion
2007– Fulham
2010 Celtic (loan)
National team :
2003– Senegal

Club career

Portsmouth

In August 2004, Portsmouth needed towards sign Kamara for a credit import but ultimately signed him for £2.5 million for a permanent shift, making him their otherwise file signing. However, despite a silver activate, Kamara fought for form and stings during the 2004–05 season, and as soon as just one year at Portsmouth they took advantage of a clause within his contract which licenced them towards move him onto towards West Bromwich Albion whilst alone paying £1 million of his initial shift fee towards Modena. Albion remunerated £1.5 million for Kamara.

West Bromwich Albion

Kamara made his Albion debut onto 13 August 2005, replacing Kanu within the 60th minute within a 0–0 draw away at Manchester City. He chosen up a yellow card within each of his former three toys for the club. His former goal for West Brom was scored within a 4–1 Hawthorns victory again Bradford City within the League Cup, onto twenty September 2005. It was one of alone two goals scored via Kamara during 2005–06; his former league goal for the club was scored against Manchester City onto ten December 2005, Albion successful 2–0. Albion were relegated from the Premier League that season, but 2006–07 observed Kamara beaten a rich vein of form, netting 23 goals within everybody contests and assisting Albion extend the playoff final. His goalscoring exploits incurred him the Championship Player-of-the-Month honor for October 2006, as well as the PFA Fans' Player-of-the-Month honor for February 2007. He was also named within the PFA Championship Team of the Year and won the West Bromwich Albion Player of the Year award.

Fulham

On 9 July 2007, Kamara signed a four-year import with Fulham for £6 million and the move was a club file sale from West Brom.[9] He made his debut for the Cottagers within a 2–1 defeat away at Arsenal onto 12 August 2007; Kamara replaced fellow debutant David Healy within the second half. Kamara scored his former goal for Fulham within a 1–0 victory at Shrewsbury Town within the League Cup, onto 28 August 2007. Four days afterwards he notched his former league goal for the Cottagers, a wonderful late overhead kick towards incur a 3–3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur. Later within the season, as soon as having a relatively dry spell within front of goal, resurrected Fulham's Premier League survival wishes with two goals within the last twenty minutes (plus a Danny Murphy penalty) knotted a rare away victory against Manchester City. Fulham ultimately existed relegation, within the last game. Whilst performing for Senegal within a match against Liberia within June 2008, Kamara ruptured his cruciate ligament, an sting which required reconstructive surgery. He is expected towards be out until morning within 2009.

In his former activate for the Cottagers since his sting he scored a brace against Aston Villa, assisting his side towards victory 3–1. On 17 September, Kamara assisted Fulham hang an away draw against CSKA Sofia which ended 1–1 within the Europa League. He scored his former league goal for them within 2010–11, onto 16 October 2010 against Tottenham Hotspur within a 2–1 defeat within the 30th minute at Craven Cottage. He also scored within the 2–1 defeat against Arsenal onto 4 December 2010 at the Emirates Stadium within the 30th minute whereas he performed 73 minutes of the match and was replaced via fellow striker Andrew Johnson. On eight January 2011, Kamara netted a hat-trick and performed the full 90 minutes within the third round of the FA Cup against Peterborough United within a 6-2 victory at Craven Cottage. As of February 2011, he has made 67 impressions and has scored 18 goals within everybody contests for Fulham since signing back within 2007.

Celtic

On 1 February 2010, Kamara transported towards Celtic onto credit until the end of the 2009–10 season, having performed below Tony Mowbray when at West Bromwich Albion. He made his debut onto two February 2010 against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park within a 1–0 defeat. On seven February, Kamara scored his former goal for Celtic against Dunfermline within the Scottish Cup with a sensational knock from the edge of the container, it was also the toy that provided the former Celtic goal for his knock partner Robbie Keane. On 13 February, he scored his second goal for Celtic and his former SPL goal, arriving against Aberdeen within thrilling 4–4 draw at Pittodrie. On 25 April, he scored the former of two within a 2–0 victory against Dundee United as soon as replacing from injury.




International career

Kamara has performed 49 toys and scored nine goals for Senegal.