Glen Kamara

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Glen Kamara
2015 Glen Kamara (cropped).jpg
Kamara with Finland U21 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Glen Adjei Kamara[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 26)[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 76 (3)
National team‡
2013 Finland U19 3 (0)
2015–2017 Finland U21 12 (0)
2017– Finland 40 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:36, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:39, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

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.

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[]

Kamara playing for Arsenal U21s in 2015

Born in Tampere, Finland, into a family of Sierra Leonean descent, Kamara started his career in England in the Southend United youth system before moving to Arsenal in 2012.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

On 22 January 2016, Kamara returned to Southend in League One, on loan for the rest of the season.[7][8] 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.[9] He played six times, starting just once in the league.

Dundee[]

On 13 July 2017, Kamara signed a two-year deal with Dundee.[10] 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.[11]

Rangers[]

On 5 January 2019, Kamara signed a pre-contract with Rangers on a four-and-a-half year contract.[12] On 31 January, this deal was brought forward when the two clubs agreed to a £50,000 transfer.[13] He scored his first goal in senior club football on 27 February 2019, opening a 4–0 home win over his former club Dundee.[14]

On 18 March 2021, Kamara accused Slavia Prague player Ondřej Kúdela of racist verbal abuse during a Europa League knockout match.[15][16] 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.[17] Ahead of the Old Firm derby, Celtic and Rangers players stood side by side in support of Kamara.[18] 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.[19]

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.[20] 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.[21]

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.[22] On 9 November 2017, he made his debut in a 3–0 victory over the same country in a friendly match.[23] He scored his first international goal to conclude a 2–0 home win over Greece in the UEFA Nations League on 15 October 2018.[24]

Kamara was called up for Finland's first major tournament, the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 in June 2021.[25]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 15 December 2021
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[26] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2016–17[27] 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[26] League One 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Colchester United (loan) 2016–17[27] League Two 4 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 6 0
Dundee 2017–18[28] Scottish Premiership 37 0 3 0 6 0 — 46 0
2018–19[29] 17 0 0 0 2 0 – 19 0
Total 54 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 65 0
Rangers 2018–19[30] Scottish Premiership 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
2019–20[31] 19 0 1 0 4 1 15[b] 0 39 1
2020–21[32] 33 1 3 0 2 0 13[b] 1 51 2
2021–22[33] 16 1 0 0 3 0 6[b] 0 25 1
Total 81 3 7 0 9 1 34 1 131 5
Career total 145 3 10 0 18 1 36 1 209 5
  1. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International[]

As of match played on 16 November 2021.[34]
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 2017 1 0
2018 8 1
2019 10 0
2020 8 0
2021 13 0
Total 40 1
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kamara goal.[34]
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

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "List of Temporary Transfers of Players under Written Contract Between 01/08/2016 and 31/08/2016". The Football Association. p. 27. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Glen Kamara". ESPN. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Glen Kamara: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ^ Phillips, Chris (22 January 2016). "Glen Kamara wants to repay Southend United after returning on loan from Arsenal". Southend Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Galatasaray 1-4 Arsenal". Soccerway.
  6. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  7. ^ Karen, Mattias (22 January 2016). "Arsenal's Glen Kamara returns to Southend United on loan". ESPN FC. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Southend United sign Arsenal's Glen Kamara on loan". Southend United F.C. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  9. ^ Karen, Mattias (31 August 2016). "Arsenal midfielder Glen Kamara joins Colchester United on loan". ESPN FC. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Dundee sign up midfielder Glen Kamara after Arsenal release". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Glen Kamara". Dundee FC.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Rangers: Kilmarnock's Jordan Jones and Dundee's Glen Kamara sign four-year pre-contract deals". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Glen Kamara completes Rangers move from Dundee after clubs agree fee". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Rangers 4–0 Dundee". BBC Sport. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Glen Kamara: Rangers midfielder reveals extent of alleged racist abuse suffered in Slavia Prague Europa League tie". Sky Sports. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Enough is enough". Twitter. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Slavia filed criminal complaint for physical assault". SK Slavia Praha. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  18. ^ Mannion, Damian. "Solidarity Rangers and Celtic players remain standing in protest at racism as Scott Brown embraces Glen Kamara during warm-up and reveals disgust at ordeal, while Jude Bellingham reveals abuse". TalkSport.com. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Slavia's Ondrej Kudela gets 10-game racism ban; Rangers Glen Kamara & Kemar Roofe also banned". BBC News. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Glen Kamara: Rangers midfielder extends his contract at Ibrox until 2025". Sky Sports. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  21. ^ Paton, Ewan (15 October 2021). "Sparta Prague WON'T face UEFA punishment after booing of Rangers ace Glen Kamara". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  22. ^ "Finland 0-2 Estonia". Soccerway.
  23. ^ "Glen Kamara tonight". Twitter.com. Dundee Football Club.
  24. ^ Jamieson, Stuart (17 October 2018). "Sunderland reported target Glen Kamara makes big impression in UEFA Nations League". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  25. ^ "Euro 2020 Group B preview: Full squads, players to watch, odds and chances". Sky Sports. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  26. ^ a b "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  27. ^ a b "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  28. ^ "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  29. ^ "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  30. ^ "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  31. ^ "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  32. ^ "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  33. ^ "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  34. ^ a b "Kamara, Glen". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  35. ^ "Rangers top-flight champions for first time since 2011 after Celtic drop points". BBC Sport. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  36. ^ Pirie, Mark (17 May 2021). "Rangers dominate the PFA Premiership Team of the Year but Celtic trio make the grade". Daily Record. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

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