{{short description|Guinean footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kamso Mara | image = | full_name = Youssouf Kamso Mara<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guineegoal.com/2017/07/16/youssouf-kamso-mara-signe-en-d2-tcheque-vlasim/|title=Youssouf Kamso Mara signe en D2 Tchèque (Vlasim)|date=16 July 2017|access-date=24 October 2019|archive-date=1 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201040535/https://guineegoal.com/2017/07/16/youssouf-kamso-mara-signe-en-d2-tcheque-vlasim/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|12|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Conakry, Guinea | height = 1.86 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 2016–2017 | clubs1 = Hyères | caps1 = 29 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = Vlašim | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = → Vysočina Jihlava (loan) | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2018–2022 | clubs4 = Slovan Liberec | caps4 = 88 | goals4 = 10 | years5 = 2021–2022 | clubs5 = → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2023–2024 | clubs6 = Zbrojovka Brno | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2019– | nationalteam1 = Guinea | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | medaltemplates = | club-update = 25 January 2024 | nationalteam-update = 15 August 2023 (UTC) }}
'''Youssouf Kamso Mara''' (born 24 December 1994) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
==Club career== Mara began his career in France before moving to the Czech Republic with Vlašim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcsbvlasim.cz/vlasimskou-stopu-v-prvni-lize-rozsiri-kamso-mara/|title=FC Sellier&Bellot Vlašim, a.s. » Vlašimskou stopu v první lize rozšíří Kamso Mara!|first=Jiří|last=Paýr}}</ref> He made his professional debut with Vlašim in a 2–1 Czech National Football League win over Baník Sokolov on 30 July 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/07/30/czech-republic/2-liga/fc-vlaim/fk-banik-sokolov/2471768/|title=Vlašim vs. Baník Sokolov - 30 July 2017|website=Soccerway}}</ref> On 18 July 2018, Mara transferred to Slovan Liberec.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcvysocina.cz/clanek.asp?id=Kamso-Mara-prestupuje-do-Slovanu-Liberec-6792|title=Kamso Mara přestupuje do Slovanu Liberec|website=fcvysocina.cz}}</ref> On 15 August 2023, Mara signed a one-year contract with option with Zbrojovka Brno.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Folk|first=Čestmír|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-ceska-2-liga-zbrojovka-reaguje-na-nepovedeny-vstup-do-sezony-prichazi-byvaly-zaloznik-liberce-mara-4397785|title=Zbrojovka reaguje na nepovedený vstup do sezony. Přichází bývalý záložník Liberce Mara|website=sport.cz|language=cs}}</ref>
==International career== Born in Guinea, Mara is of Ivorian descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://guineeactusport.net/index.php/kamso-mara-partage-entre-la-cote-divoire-et-la-guinee/|title=Kamso Mara partagé entre la Cote d'Ivoire et la Guinée|first=Directeur de|last=Publication|date=1 April 2019|access-date=24 October 2019|archive-date=24 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024025249/http://guineeactusport.net/index.php/kamso-mara-partage-entre-la-cote-divoire-et-la-guinee/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mara debuted for the Guinea national team in a 1–0 friendly loss to Comoros on 12 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match?gameId=558270|title=Guinea vs. Comoros Islands – Football Match Summary – October 12, 2019 – ESPN|website=ESPN.com}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Soccerway|kamso-mara/454864}} * {{NFT player|75806/Kamso_Mara}} * [https://fcslovanliberec.cz/hrac.asp?id=Kamso-Mara-1355&sezona=2019&kategorie=MUZ Slovan Liberec Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mara, Kamso}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Conakry Category:Guinean men's footballers Category:Guinea men's international footballers Category:FC Slovan Liberec players Category:FC Sellier & Bellot Vlašim players Category:FC Vysočina Jihlava players Category:FC Zbrojovka Brno players Category:Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Category:Czech First League players Category:Czech National Football League players Category:Championnat National 2 players Category:Israeli Premier League players Category:Guinean expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Category:Guinean expatriate sportspeople in France Category:Guinean expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Category:Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Israel Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Guinean people of Ivorian descent Category:Hyères FC players Category:21st-century Guinean sportsmen