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Full nameIlay Camara
PositionFull-back
NationalityBelgium
Age23
Date of birth18 Jan 2003
Height174 cm
Shirt number#7
ClubAnderlecht
Full-backalso played MID
25
Appearances
2
Goals
1
Assists
1309
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Anderlecht.

Injury-affected season

Missed 5 of Anderlecht's ~40 games this season through 5 injury absences (hamstring, muscle). He still appeared 25 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Jupiler Pro League252113096.58
UEFA Europa Conference League101307.2
Friendliesat Senegal1000

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

I. Camara is a 23-year-old full-back at Anderlecht, rated 52.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 140th of 311 on scout potential in the Jupiler Pro League. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (41.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.51 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Camara.

Judged on this season alone, Camara graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 34th of 52 of the 52 full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League, on 4 clean sheets and 3.506 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 34 → 19). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 52, top 39% of the 52 full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League. At 23 Camara is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 16.6 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Camara missed 5 games through injury (hamstring, muscle) out of roughly 40 this season. The 25 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2024/25Remarkably consistentStepped up 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/264 clubs
Current potentialTop 39% full-backs · Jupiler Pro LeagueCurrent season34th of 52 full-backs · Jupiler Pro League34th-best full-back in the Jupiler Pro League140th in the Jupiler Pro League · potential20th-highest potential full-back in the Jupiler Pro League
52.3
Ratingi
20th of 52 full-backs
18.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
41.6%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.51
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Anderlecht finished 4th of 6 · a relegation-threatened side

3.51
Def. / 90
19
Tackles
30
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

3.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (4th of 6) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.21 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
  • Defensive volume. 3.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 41.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 52.3, Camara carries the 20th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League (top 39%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Anderlecht finished 4th of 6) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.