Full name John Bankole Kamara 2008–2012 Tadamon Sour Weight 83 kg Years Team Height 1.86 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name John Kamara | |
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Date of birth (1988-05-12) 12 May 1988 (age 27) Current teams Apollon Smyrni F.C. (#25 / Midfielder), Sierra Leone national football team (Midfielder) | ||
John kamara
John Bankolé Kamara (born 12 May 1988) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays for Latvian club Riga, as a midfielder.
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- John kamara
- John Kamara Riga FC summary video April 2016
- Club career
- International career
- International
- International goals
- References

John Kamara (Riga FC) summary video April 2016
Club career
Born in Freetown, Kamara has played in Lebanon and Greece for Tadamon Sour, Apollon Smyrni and Lamia. In October 2014 he was told not to train with Lamia, on advice from the Greek health ministry, following fears over the ongoing Ebola virus epidemic. He wore off a T-shirt saying "we are west Africans not a virus", and as a result faced sanctions.
In August 2015 he signed a two-year contract with Aris Thessaloniki. He signed for Latvian club Riga for the 2016 season.
Kamara joines Kazakh club FC Kaisar on 1 January 2017.
International career
He made his senior international debut for Sierra Leone in 2013, and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.