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Glen Adjei Kamara (born 28 October 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Finland national team.

Glen Kamara

Kamara with Finland U21 in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Glen Adjei Kamara[1]
Date of birth	(1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth	Tampere, Finland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Rangers
Number	18
Youth career
2003–2007	OT-77
2008	EPS
2011–2012	Southend United
2012–2015	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Arsenal	0	(0)
2016	→ Southend United (loan)	6	(0)
2016–2017	→ Colchester United (loan)	4	(0)
2017–2019	Dundee	54	(0)
2019–	Rangers	100	(5)
National team‡
2013	Finland U19	3	(0)
2015–2017	Finland U21	12	(0)
2017–	Finland	48	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 8 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:16, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

He began his senior career at Arsenal, where he made one substitute appearance in the Football League Cup and was loaned to Southend United and Colchester United. After 18 months at Dundee, he joined fellow Scottish Premiership side Rangers for £50,000. He made the PFA Scotland Team of the Year when they won the league title in 2020–21.

Kamara made his senior international debut for Finland in 2017. He was named in their squad for UEFA Euro 2020.

Club career

Youth career and Arsenal

Born in Tampere (Finland) to Sierra Leonean born-parents, Kamara started his career in England for Sunday side Westway of Ladbroke Grove,[4] before moving to the Southend United youth system before moving to Arsenal in 2012.[5]

At first Kamara joined up with the club's Academy. He went on to be an unused substitute for Arsenal's UEFA Champions League match against Galatasaray in December 2014.[6] Kamara made his only appearance for Arsenal a day before his 20th birthday on 27 October 2015, up against Sheffield Wednesday in the Football League Cup fourth round in an eventual 3–0 away loss; he started the match and was substituted for Krystian Bielik after an hour.[7]

On 22 January 2016, Kamara returned to Southend in League One, on loan for the rest of the season.[8][9] He played six matches, all but one as a starter.

On deadline day of the summer transfer window upon 31 August 2016, Kamara joined Colchester United in League Two on loan until January 2017.[10] He played six times, starting just once in the league.

Dundee

On 13 July 2017, Kamara signed a two-year deal with Dundee.[11] He made his debut for the club in a Scottish League Cup game away to Raith Rovers where he put in a man of the match performance.[12]

Rangers

On 5 January 2019, Kamara signed a pre-contract with Rangers on a four-and-a-half year contract.[13] On 31 January, this deal was brought forward when the two clubs agreed to a £50,000 transfer.[14] He scored his first goal in senior club football on 27 February 2019, opening a 4–0 home win over his former club Dundee.[15]

On 18 March 2021, Kamara accused Slavia Prague player Ondřej Kúdela of racist verbal abuse during a Europa League knockout match.[16][17] Kúdela denied the claims of racism and claimed that after the match Kamara physically assaulted Kúdela in the stadium tunnel in front of UEFA officials and Rangers manager Steven Gerrard.[18] Ahead of the Old Firm derby, Celtic and Rangers players stood side by side in support of Kamara.[19] On 14 April, UEFA officially found both Kamara and Kúdela guilty. Kúdela was banned for racial abuse for 10 UEFA matches, while Kamara was handed a three-match ban for assault.[20]

On 22 September 2021, Kamara signed a new four-year contract with the club that would see him remain with the club until the summer of 2025.[21] Days later, he was sent off away to Sparta Prague, a game in which his every touch was booed in relation to the Kúdela abuse; UEFA found insufficient evidence of a racial motive and did not punish the club.[22]

International career

Kamara represented Finland at under-19 and under-21 level. He was an unused substitute for the senior side in a friendly against Estonia in June 2015.[23] On 9 November 2017, he made his debut in a 3–0 victory over the same country in a friendly match.[24] He scored his first international goal to conclude a 2–0 home win over Greece in the UEFA Nations League on 15 October 2018.[25]

Kamara was called up for Finland's first major tournament, the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 in June 2021.[26]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 October 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsenal	2015–16[27]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2016–17[28]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Southend United (loan)	2015–16[27]	League One	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Colchester United (loan)	2016–17[28]	League Two	4	0	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	6	0
Dundee	2017–18[29]	Scottish Premiership	37	0	3	0	6	0	—		46	0
	2018–19[30]		17	0	0	0	2	0	–		19	0
	Total		54	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	65	0
Rangers	2018–19[31]	Scottish Premiership	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
	2019–20[32]		19	0	1	0	4	1	15[lower-alpha 2]	0	39	1
	2020–21[33]		33	1	3	0	2	0	13[lower-alpha 2]	1	51	2
	2021–22[34]		31	3	3	0	3	0	15[lower-alpha 2]	1	52	4
	2022–23[35]		4	0	0	0	1	0	7[lower-alpha 3]	0	12	0
	Total		100	5	10	0	10	1	50	2	170	8
Career total			164	5	13	0	19	1	52	2	248	8

International

As of match played 26 September 2022[36]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Finland	2017	1	0
	2018	8	1
	2019	10	0
	2020	8	0
	2021	13	0
	2022	8	0
Total		48	1

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kamara goal.[36]

List of international goals scored by Glen Kamara

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 October 2018	Tampere Stadium, Tampere, Finland	Greece	2–0	2–0	2018–19 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Rangers

• Scottish Premiership: 2020–21[37]
• Scottish Cup: 2021–22[38]
• Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2019–20[39]
• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2021–22[40]

Individual

• PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2020–21 Scottish Premiership[41]

References

External links

• Glen Kamara at Soccerway
• Glen Kamara at Soccerbase
• Glen Kamara at FootballDatabase.eu

На других языках

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[de] Glen Kamara

Glen Adjei Kamara (* 28. Oktober 1995 in Tampere, Finnland) ist ein finnischer Fußballprofi.

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- [en] Glen Kamara

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[es] Glen Kamara

Glen Kamara (Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finlandia, 28 de octubre de 1995) es futbolista finlandés de ascendencia sierraleonesa. Juega de centrocampista y su equipo es el Rangers F. C. de la Scottish Premiership, además es internacional absoluto con la selección de Finlandia.[1]

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[fr] Glen Kamara

Glen Kamara, né le 28 octobre 1995 à Tampere (Finlande), est un footballeur international finlandais qui évolue au poste de milieu de terrain au Rangers.

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[it] Glen Kamara

Glen Adjei Kamara (Tampere, 28 ottobre 1995) è un calciatore finlandese, centrocampista del Rangers.

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[ru] Камара, Глен

Глен Кама́ра (фин. Glen Kamara; родился 28 октября 1995 года, Тампере, Финляндия) — финский футболист, полузащитник клуба «Рейнджерс» и сборной Финляндии. По происхождению — из Сьерра-Леоне.

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