Hassane Kamara

Hassane Kamara (born 5 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back or left wing-back for Serie A club Udinese. Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.

Hassane Kamara

Kamara with Nice in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Hassane Kamara[1]
Date of birth	(1994-03-05) 5 March 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	Saint Denis, France
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Left back/left wing-back[2]
Team information
Current team	Udinese
Number	11
Youth career
0000–2013	Châteauroux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Châteauroux II	35	(6)
2013–2015	Châteauroux	27	(5)
2015–2020	Reims II	32	(7)
2015–2020	Reims	64	(3)
2017	→ Créteil (loan)	15	(2)
2020–2022	Nice	47	(2)
2022	Watford	23	(1)
2022–	Udinese	65	(2)
2022–2023	→ Watford (loan)	28	(0)
International career‡
2021–	Ivory Coast	7	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:05, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Châteauroux

Kamara is a youth exponent of Châteauroux. He made his Ligue 2 debut for the club on 4 April 2014 in a match against Clermont.^[3] On 2 May 2014, he scored his first league goal in a match against Laval.^[4]

Reims

In August 2015, Kamara signed with Reims before joining Paris FC on loan. He helped Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2, achieving promotion to Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season.^[5]

Nice

On 26 June 2020, Kamara signed with Nice for an undisclosed fee reported to be around €4 million euros.^[6]

Watford

On 4 January 2022, Kamara signed for English club Watford on a contract until June 2025.^[7] He scored his first Watford goal in the 5-1 defeat to the league leaders Manchester City.^[8] On 7 May 2022, in the game against their manager Roy Hodgson's return to Selhurst Park, Kamara was sent off by two yellow cards after in the first half he gave away a penalty due to a handball. His team would go on to lose 1-0 against Crystal Palace and be relegated from the Premier League for the fourth time.^[9]

Udinese

On 23 August 2022, Kamara signed for Serie A club Udinese for an undisclosed fee, returning on loan to Watford for the 2022–23 season.^[10]

International career

Kamara holds French, Malian, Gambian and Ivorian nationalities.^[11][12] He rejected a callup to the Gambia national team in March 2017.^[13] He debuted for the Ivory Coast national team in a friendly 2–1 win over Burkina Faso on 5 June 2021.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 2025^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Châteauroux II	2012–13	CFA 2	10	1	—		—		—		10	1
	2013–14	CFA 2	20	4	—		—		—		20	4
	2014–15	CFA 2	5	1	—		—		—		5	1
	Total		35	6	—		—		—		35	6
Châteauroux	2013–14	Ligue 2	5	1	0	0	0	0	—		5	1
	2014–15	Ligue 2	21	4	3	1	1	0	—		25	5
	2015–16	Championnat National	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		27	5	3	1	1	0	—		31	6
Reims II	2015–16	CFA 2	10	3	—		—		—		10	3
	2016–17	CFA	14	3	—		—		—		14	3
	2017–18	Championnat National 2	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2018–19	Championnat National 2	7	1	—		—		—		7	1
	Total		32	7	—		—		—		32	7
Reims	2015–16	Ligue 1	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2016–17	Ligue 2	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2017–18	Ligue 2	22	1	2	0	2	0	—		26	1
	2018–19	Ligue 1	16	0	2	0	1	0	—		19	0
	2019–20	Ligue 1	23	2	1	0	4	0	—		28	2
	Total		64	3	5	0	7	0	—		76	3
Créteil (loan)	2016–17	Championnat National	15	2	0	0	0	0	—		15	2
Nice	2020–21	Ligue 1	36	2	2	0	—		4[a]	1	36	7
	2021–22	Ligue 1	11	0	0	0	—		0	0	11	0
	Total		47	2	2	0	—		4	1	53	2
Watford	2021–22	Premier League	19	1	—		—		—		20	1
	2022–23	Championship	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	Total		23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	1
Watford (loan)	2022-23	Championship	28	0	—		—		—		28	0
Udinese	2023–24	Serie A	35	1	2	0	—		—		37	1
	2024–25	Serie A	30	1	2	0	—		—		32	1
	Total		65	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	69	2
Career total			321	27	14	1	10	0	4	1	347	29

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Reims

• Ligue 2: 2017–18^{[citation needed]}