Diomansy Kamara
Mehdi Diomansy Kamara ( born November 8, 1980 in Paris, France) is a Senegalese football player and is under contract with the Turkish first division club Eskişehirspor. The deployable both on both outer positions and in the middle striker has been active since the beginning of the 2007/ 08 season for Fulham in the English Premier League, having previously played for West Bromwich Albion and there after a streaky first season in the 2006 / 07 had stated at a sporting level flight. Kamara is the current Senegalese national football team. He was nominated in 2004, 2006 and 2008 each of its national association in the squad for the African Cup of Nations.
Career
The first career steps
Born in the French capital Diomansy Kamara began his professional career at local club Red Star Paris and moved during the 1999/2000 season in the Italian Serie C2 to the Calabrian U.S. Catanzaro. From there he joined the northern Italian Modena FC, who had risen in just the second-rate series B. There already succeeded in the following season 2001 /02 right off the bat the walkover in the Serie A and the young Senegalese made in the top Italian league by his agile playing style attracted attention throughout Europe. At the end of the season 2003/ 04 - Kamara total of six championship gates were succeeded - had the FC Modena but back to Serie B dismount.
Portsmouth
In August of 2004, the club's first division team of FC Portsmouth initially planned a loan deal with Kamara, but then decided to make a full commitment for 2.25 million pounds, which was the highest transfer fee the club in its history at this time. The center forward because of his already with his speed as a "new Thierry Henry" provided with advance praise showed earlier in the season 2004/ 05 good performances before then threw him back a nearly three-month injury lay-off and a form of crisis. After only one year of Portsmouth transferred by means of a contractual clause Kamara on to West Bromwich Albion and received £ 1.5 million from FC Modena back (the full sum would only in case of a two-year employment Kamara must be paid ). Kamara changed hands for £ 1.5 million to the trained by Bryan Robson league rivals West Bromwich Albion.
West Bromwich Albion
Kamara came on 13 August 2005 as a substitute for Nwankwo Kanu after 60 minutes, a 0-0 draw away at Manchester City on his debut for the " Baggies ". His first goal for WBA he achieved little more than a month later than 20 September 2005 in the League Cup against Bradford City (4:1). However, this goal should be the first of only two in the entire 2005/ 06; the second goal in a 2-0 win against Manchester City on 10 December 2005, at the same time his only league goal of the season. In the end he rose with his club into the second-class Football League Championship.
In the subsequent second league season 2006/07 Kamara rehabilitated for the previously dependents benefits, developed with 23 goals in all competitions to a scorer and was instrumental in the fact that his club to the play - off final reached for promotion to the Premier League. In October 2006, he already had the award for the best second division player of the month ( " Championship Player -of- the-Month " ), and in February of the following year the analog price of the players association PFA ( "PFA Fans ' Player -of- the-Month " ) won. This also came from the PFA nomination in the ( second division ) Team of the Year ( "PFA Championship team of the year" ) and simplifying internal election to the WBA best player last season.
Fulham
After missing out on Premier League promotion of WBA by a 0-1 defeat against Derby County committed on 9 July 2007 Fulham Kamara for a record transfer fee of six million pounds. On August 12, 2007, he came in the second half in the 1-2 defeat at Arsenal as a substitute for David Healy to his first race for the " Cottagers ". The first hit was followed during the 1-0 League Cup victory at Shrewsbury Town on 28 August 2007. The first goal in the championship just four days later, he managed a 3-3 draw against the Tottenham Hotspur when he bicycle kick equalizer in the last minute scored.
Eskişehirspor
End of June 2011 was Kamara known not to renew his expiring contract at Fulham. On 24 June 2011, the Turkish club Eskişehirspor announced the commitment of the Senegalese. Kamara has signed a three-year contract here. In the first friendly match in preparation for the striker scored in the 2-0 victory against the Syrian national football team on July 2, 2011, both Treffer.Sein first competitive goal he succeeded on the second matchday of the Süper Lig, met in the 4-0 victory of his team in Sivas it to 3:0. In his first season in Turkey, the Senegalese scored 15 goals in 35 league games.