Titi Camara
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aboubacar Sidiki Camara | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1995 | Saint-Étienne | 94 | (16) |
| 1995–1997 | Lens | 111 | (14) |
| 1997–1999 | Marseille | 61 | (12) |
| 1999–2000 | Liverpool | 33 | (9) |
| 2000–2003 | West Ham United | 14 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Al-Ittihad (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Al-Siliya | 20 | (14) |
| 2005–2006 | Amiens | 26 | (9) |
| Total | 359 | (74) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–2004 | Guinea | 38 | (23) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009 | Guinea | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1/3/2007. |
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Aboubacar Sidiki "Titi" Camara (born 17 November 1972 in Conakry) is a former football player who was also the coach of the Guinean national team, which he captained and played for. He was also the Guinea sports minister before being replaced in October 2012. He is best known for his stint with Liverpool in the 1999-2000 season, where he scored 9 goals in 33 games, memorably scoring the winner in a game against Arsenal at Highbury.
Camara played for Saint-Étienne, Lens and Marseille in France (playing in the 1999 UEFA Cup Final for the latter) before transferring to Liverpool.
A cult hero and crowd favourite at Anfield, Camara is best remembered for playing at Anfield against West Ham in October 1999, the morning after the death of his father, scoring the winning goal and then dropping to his knees in front of the Anfield Road stand with tears flowing. He also managed to score in three successive Premier League games for the Reds in late autumn of 1999. On 13 February, he scored the winner at Highbury, leading Liverpool to a 1–0 win over Arsenal. Despite his short spell at Liverpool, he was voted in 91st position in the 2006 poll "100 Players Who Shook The Kop", which was conducted by the official Liverpool Football Club web site. Camara's placing made him the second highest placed African player, behind Bruce Grobbelaar.
Signed by manager Harry Redknapp on 21 December 2000 for a fee of £1.5 million which, depending on other factors, could have risen to £2.6 million, Camara announced, "I've come to West Ham to play, play, play – and score, score, score. If it was a question of money, I could have stayed at Liverpool and picked it up. I need to play, and if I don't it is totally pointless." Making his West Ham debut on 23 December 2000 in a 2–1 away defeat to Leicester City, Camara went on to play only fourteen games, in all competitions, without scoring at all.
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