Lamine Camara does not want to stop only at the Trophy for the best African hopeful. The Senegalese international is aiming for the African Ballon d’Or. Great ambitions like the first straight line of his career.
At 20 years old, Lamine Camara already has everything great but there is no question of stopping there. This Monday, December 16, he won the Trophy for Best African Newcomer of the Year. He thus succeeds himself, after having won the stake for the first time in 2023. A new reward for a long list of accomplishments? In any case, the Senegalese international displays an insatiable desire for success.
The AS Monaco midfielder would like to win the African Ballon d’Or one day in his career, as he said this Tuesday in front of the cameras at the Principality Club. “We will try to get the African Ballon d’Or now. I leave the trophy for the best young person small player »he first smiled, before adding: “I’m happy. It’s a source of pride to be voted best young player twice. »
“I’m happy for him, it’s deserved”
For the same occasion, Lamine Camara received congratulations from his teammates, including Wilfried Singo : “Frankly, I’m happy for him,” says the Ivorian international defenderunder the hilarious reaction of Camara, who was in competition with two other Ivorians (Karim Konaté and Oumar Diakitis. “He had a good season in Metz and, frankly, he helps us a lot in Monaco”justifies Singo.
The 2024 African champion did not fail to offer some advice to his young teammate. “I think he will have many years with us. Let him concentrate and things will go well. » For his part, Krépin Diatta believes that Lamine Camara is currently “the best hope African »then evoking a reward “deserved”as is the case with the Moroccan Eliesse Ben Senghir and the Ghanaian Salisu.
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