Bingourou Kamara

Early life and training

After starting out with Sainte-Geneviève Sports, he joined Brétigny Foot CS, initially as a central defender. However, at the age of nine, Bingourou Kamara became a goalkeeper, taking advantage of an injury to the team's regular keeper. Bingourou Kamara then joined the Tours Football Club academy in 2012. He won the French U19 Championship in 2014 after saving two penalties in the final against Évian Thonon Gaillard.

Club career

Early career at Tours FC (2014–2017)

During the 2014–2015 season, he joined the professional squad as the third-choice goalkeeper. However, due to suspensions, injuries, and poor form of the goalkeepers above him in the hierarchy, he played his first match during the 13th matchday of Ligue 2 against Stade Lavallois, and subsequently became the first-choice goalkeeper for Tours.

RC Strasbourg (2017–2022)

Kamara signed a four-year contract with Racing Club de Strasbourg on 13 July 2017. He played his first official match as a starter on 5 August 2017, during the first matchday of the Ligue 1 season against Olympique Lyonnais. During the 2018–2019 season, he played all the matches in the Coupe de la Ligue. He stood out in the final by making several decisive saves and stopping a penalty during the shootout, which his team ultimately won. As the backup to Matz Sels, he did not play any league matches during the 2018-2019 and 2019–2020 seasons. Following the injury of the Belgian goalkeeper…

Born in France, Kamara is of Mauritanian and Senegalese descent. He was a youth international for France. He switched sporting nationalities, first representing Senegal in a 3–1 friendly loss to Morocco on 9 October 2020.

Club

As of match played 20 December 2025

International

As of match played 26 March 2021

Strasbourg

Coupe de la Ligue: 2018–19