Lassana Camará

Saná
Personal information
Full nameLassana Camará
Date of birth29 December 1991
Place of birthBissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Braga B
Number48
Youth career
2006–2010Benfica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2011Benfica0(0)
2010–2011→ Servette (loan)7(0)
2011–2012Valladolid2(0)
2012–2013Académica0(0)
2014Botafogo-BA
2014–Braga B21(0)
National team‡
2007–2008Portugal U173(0)
2008–2010Portugal U1932(2)
2011Portugal U2013(0)
2011Portugal U213(1)
2014–Guinea-Bissau1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 March 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 August 2014

Lassana Camará (born 29 December 1991), commonly known as Saná, is a Guinea-Bissauan footballer who plays for S.C. Braga B as a central midfielder. He also holds Portuguese citizenship.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Guinea Bissau, Camará spent four years in S.L. Benfica's youth system, scoring two goals in 33 games in his last year as a junior. He started his professional career at Servette FC in Switzerland: having arrived injured from the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, he only returned to competition in January 2011, and played just 257 minutes in the second division campaign as the João Alves-led team – a former Benfica player and also his manager in the juniors – attained top level promotion.

On 9 July 2011, Camará signed a three-year contract with Real Valladolid in Spain.[1] At the end of his first and only season the team promoted to La Liga after a two-year absence, but he only totalled 33 minutes of action and was released.

On 30 August 2014, after nearly two years without a club and a brief spell in Brazil, Camará signed with S.C. Braga, being assigned to the reserves in the second level.[2]

International career

Saná gained 51 caps for Portugal at youth level, including 13 for the under-20s which he helped reach the final at the 2011 FIFA World Cup, appearing in three games.

In 2014 Saná switched allegiance to Guinea Bissau, making his debut on 2 August by playing 59 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Botswana for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Sana: "Voy a demostrar por qué el Real Valladolid ha confiado en mí" (Sana: "I will show why Real Valladolid trusted in me"); El Norte de Castilla, 10 July 2011 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Saná no SC Braga" [Saná to SC Braga] (in Portuguese). International Foot. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Guinea Bissau 1–1 Botswana". African Soccer Weebly. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.

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