Fabien Bachir Camus (born 28 February 1985) is a Tunisian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fabien Bachir Camus[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-02-28) 28 February 1985 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Arles, France | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arles-Avignon | |||
| 2000–2002 | Montpellier | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | Marseille B | ||
| 2003–2005 | Marseille | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Charleroi | 100 | (10) |
| 2009–2015 | Genk | 104 | (12) |
| 2012–2013 | → Troyes (loan) | 32 | (7) |
| 2014–2015 | → Évian (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Évian B (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Troyes | 35 | (5) |
| 2016–2018 | Antwerp | 18 | (5) |
| 2018 | YR KV Mechelen | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Montélimar | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Tunisia | 3 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:42, 17 July 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:38, 17 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Camus joined Montpellier HSC at the age of 15. Two years later, he was remarked by a scout and taken to sign a contract with another French team Olympique de Marseille. Until he was 18, he played in the reserves, but after a while, he was promoted to the main team and he played several Ligue 1 matches.
He scored his first goal in the Belgian Jupiler League on 30 September 2005 against Club Brugge.
He had a great 2006–07 season, which raised the attention of major European clubs like Bayer Leverkusen, PSG, AS Monaco or Spartak Moscow and Panathinaikos.[2]
In the summer of 2009, Camus signed a four-year deal with K.R.C. Genk. He joined French Ligue 1 side Évian in July 2014, signing a one-year loan deal.
In the summer of 2016, Camus signed a four-year deal with Royal Antwerp F.C.
In January 2018, Camus signed till the end of the season with YR KV Mechelen.
In December 2018, he signed with UMS Montélimar.[3] He left the club again at the end of the season.[4]
Camus was called to the Tunisia national football team in February 2009.
In October 2018, midfielder Camus was charged and detained as part of an anti-corruption investigation.[5]
In November 2018, Camus, who had been locked up since October, was to be released from prison. The at that time club-less player was suspected of belonging to a criminal organization and of money laundering. He returned to the south of France.[6]
| Tunisia national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 1 |