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Ilay Camara

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Ilay Camara
Personal information
Full name Ilay Alioune Gino Rian Camara[1]
Date of birth (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Bonheiden, Belgium
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Anderlecht
Number 7
Youth career
Keerbergen
OH Leuven
Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 RSCA Futures 30 (0)
2023–2025 RWDM 28 (3)
2024–2025 → Standard Liège (loan) 34 (0)
2025– Anderlecht 25 (2)
International career‡
2018 Belgium U15 1 (0)
2018–2019 Belgium U16 6 (0)
2025– Senegal 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:06, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Ilay Alioune Gino Rian Camara (born 18 January 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a full-back or winger for Belgian Pro League club Anderlecht. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Senegal national team.

Club career

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Born in Bonheiden in Antwerp Province, Camara began playing as a youth for KSC Keerbergen [nl] before joining OH Leuven. In 2019, he joined R.S.C. Anderlecht.[2] In February 2023, while playing for the reserve team of Les Mauves in the second-tier Challenger Pro League, the 20-year-old signed his first professional contract, lasting until June 2025.[3]

On 6 September 2023, Camara joined Belgian Pro League side R.W.D. Molenbeek on a three-year deal in a free transfer. He arrived to cover the injury of Sambu Mansoni.[4] He played 28 games, scoring three goals and assisting five, as his team were relegated;[5] on 26 November he was sent off in a 2–1 loss on his return to Anderlecht.[6]

In June 2024, Camara was linked with a transfer to three clubs of the EFL Championship – Coventry City, Preston North End and Burnley – for a fee of £1.5-2 million. Stade de Reims of the French Ligue 1 were also interested.[7][8] Instead, on 13 August he was loaned to Standard Liège of the Belgian top flight, with the option to purchase.[5] In his first month at the club, he played at left and right full-back positions, being praised for his performances by newspaper La Dernière Heure.[9]

In April 2025, Standard signed Camara on a permanent four-year deal, before selling him back to Anderlecht on 5 July for a fee reported by RTBF as between €4 million and €4.5 million.[10] He signed a contract to last until 2030.[11] Having missed the start of the season through injury, he made his debut on 3 August with an assist in a 2–0 win away to Cercle Brugge, and four days later on his European debut he set up the opening goal for Nilson Angulo in a 3–0 home win over Moldova's Sheriff Tiraspol in UEFA Conference League qualifiers.[12] He was substituted from that game after 30 minutes and was ruled out with a hamstring injury.[13]

International career

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Camara was born in Belgium to a Senegalese father and Belgian mother and holds dual citizenship. He is a former youth international for Belgium.[14]

On 13 March 2025, Camara was called up to the senior Senegal national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[15] Eight days later, his request to switch international allegiance to Senegal was approved by FIFA.[1] He made his debut in the starting line-up in a 2–0 win over Togo on 25 March.[16]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 21 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Belgian Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
RSCA Futures 2022–23 Challenger Pro League 170——9[a]0220
2023–24 Challenger Pro League 40———40
Total 220——90260
RWDM 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 28030——310
Standard Liège (loan) 2024–25 Belgian Pro League 34020——360
Anderlecht 2025–26 Belgian Pro League 252301[b]0—292
Career total 10928010901252
  1. ↑ Appearances in Challenger Pro League play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Conference League

International

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As of match played 18 November 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Senegal 202530
Total30

References

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  1. 1 2 "FIFA Change of Association Platform". knowledge.fifa.com. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Delstanches, Christophe (13 September 2024). "Formé à Anderlecht, Ilay Camara veut devenir un pion incontournable au Standard" [Formed at Anderlecht, Ilay Camara wants to become an undisputed part of Standard] (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Bourlon, Antoine (24 February 2023). "Premier contrat pro pour un espoir des RSCA Futures" [First pro contract for an RSCA Futures prospect] (in French). WalFoot. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ilay Camara, des U23 d'Anderlecht à titulaire avec le RWDM en D1 : " Il doit saisir sa chance "" [Ilay Camara, from Anderlecht U23 to starter with RWDM in First Division: "He must take his chance"] (in French). Sud Info. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Nouvelle arrivée au Standard de Liège : Ilay Camara débarque en prêt du RWDM" [New arrival at Standard Liège: Ilay Camara arrives on loan from RWDM] (in French). RTBF. Belga. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Janssen, Louis (28 November 2023). "Le RWDM demande que Camara, exclu contre Anderlecht, ne soit pas suspendu : "Ça ouvrirait la porte à toutes les dérives", explique Boucaut" [RWDM ask that Camara, sent off against Anderlecht, not be suspended: "It would open the door to all sorts of precedents", explains Boucaut]. La Dernière Heure (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  7. ↑ Jones, Jordan (20 June 2024). "Burnley reportedly join Preston North End and Coventry City in £1.5m transfer chase". Lancashire Evening Post. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  8. ↑ Turner, Andy (28 June 2024). "Sell, marry, avoid - Coventry City's transfer priorities amid Joe Worrall and Ilay Camara links". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  9. ↑ Sterpigny, Sébastien (13 September 2024). "Ilay Camara s'est rapidement fait une place au Standard : "Je veux réaliser de grandes choses au Standard"" [Ilay Camara is quickly making a place for himself at Standard: "I want to perform great things at Standard"]. La Dernière Heure (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Retour à la case départ : Ilay Camara quitte le Standard pour Anderlecht" [Back to the starting point: Ilay Camara leaves Standard for Anderlecht] (in French). RTBF. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Officiel : Ilay Camara retourne à Anderlecht" [Official: Ilay Camara returns to Anderlecht]. La Dernière Heure (in French). 5 July 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  12. ↑ Elikplim, Bokor. "Senegalese international Ilay Camara shines early but exits injured in Anderlecht's Conference League triumph". Africa Soccer. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Anderlecht sera à nouveau privé de son défenseur Ilay Camara pendant "quelques semaines"" [Anderlecht will again be deprived of their defender Ilay Camara for "some weeks"] (in French). BX1. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Belgique ou Sénégal, Ilay Camara se confie : « Ce sera un choix du cœur »" [Belgium or Senegal, Ilay Camara confides: "It will be a choice from the heart"] (in French). D Sports. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  15. ↑ "Senegal announce squad for March international break; Sadio Mane included". Khel Now. 13 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "Senegal 2-0 Togo". fifa.com. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
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