Glen Kamara

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.

Glen Kamara
Kamara with Finland U21 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Glen Adjei Kamara[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-28) 28 October 1995[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 53 (2)
National team‡
2013 Finland U19 3 (0)
2015–2017 Finland U21 12 (0)
2017– Finland 27 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:41, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:46, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

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 went back 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 4​1⁄2-year deal.[12] On 31 January, this deal was brought forward when the two clubs agreed to a £50,000 transfer.[13]

Kamara scored his first goal in senior club football on 27 February, opening a 4–0 home win over his former club Dundee.[14]

International career

Kamara has represented both the Finland U19 and Finland U21 sides in internationals. He was an unused substitute for the Finland senior side in a friendly against Estonia in June 2015.[15] In 2017, Kamara made his debut for Finland in a 3–0 victory over Estonia.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 23 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2015–16[17] Premier League 0000100010
2016–17[18] 0000000000
Total 0000100010
Southend United (loan) 2015–16[17] League One 6000000060
Colchester United (loan) 2016–17[18] League Two 4000002[lower-alpha 1]060
Dundee 2017–18[19] Scottish Premiership 3703060—460
2018–19[20] 1700020–190
Total 540308000650
Rangers 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 131300000161
2019–20 190104115[lower-alpha 2]0391
2020–21 211002091322
Total 5324061241874
Career total 1172701512611654
  1. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International
As of 7 September 2020
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 201710
201871
2019100
202020
Total201
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kamara goal.[21]
List of international goals scored by Glen Kamara
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
115 October 2018Tampere Stadium, Tampere, Finland Greece2–02–02018–19 UEFA Nations League C

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. "Finland 0-2 Estonia". Soccerway.
  16. "Glen Kamara tonight". Twitter.com. Dundee Football Club.
  17. "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  18. "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  19. "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  20. "Games played by Glen Kamara in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  21. "Kamara, Glen". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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