Aboubacar Sidiki Camara, more commonly known as Titi Camara (born November 17 1972 in Conakry), is a former Guinean football player, who was last the head coach of the Syli National (National Elephant), the Guinean national team, which he captained and played for.

[edit] Club career

Camara was once a highly-touted prospect, spending time with Lens (1996–98), Olympique Marseille (1998–99, playing in the 1999 UEFA Cup Final), Liverpool (1999–2000), and West Ham United (2000–03). He signed for the latter team on December 21, 2000, for £1.5 million.

Titi Camara is famous for playing at Anfield against West Ham the morning after the death of his father, scoring the winning goal and then dropping to his knees in front of the Anfield Road stand with tears flowing. Despite his short spell at Liverpool he was seen as a cult figure amongst the supporters and was voted in at a more than respectable 91st position in the 2006 poll 100 Players Who Shook The Kop which was conducted by the official Liverpool Football Club web site. 110,000 Reds supporters worldwide voted for their favourite 10 players of all time. Camara's 91st spot made him the 2nd highest placed African player on the list behind Bruce Grobbelaar.Camara was recently inducted into the Liverpool FC hall of fame.

[edit] International career

Titi Camara was a stalwart of the Guinea side from the early 1990s until the early 2000s. He is regarded as a key protagonist in Guinea's return to respectability in African football and played for his country at the 2004 African Nations Cup.

[edit] Coaching career

In December 2005, he was linked with the vacant manager's job with his national side, Guinea. On May 13 2009, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, the President of Guinea publicly announced that he wanted him to manage the national side. At the end of May, 2009, Camara was named the National Technical Director (NTC). On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, Camara was named the Head Coach of the Syli National to succeed Robert Nouzaret.^[1] Camara was serving in dual capacities of NTC and head Coach of the Syli National. On Tuesday, September 15, 2009, three months following his nomination as head coach of the Syli National, Camara was replaced by Mamadi Souaré, a former Captain of the Syli National, for poor results, lack of cooperation/understanding with certain conspicious members of the Guinean Football Federation (FGF), and absence of "cordial" relations with certain key elements of the Syli National.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Titi Camara career stats at Soccerbase
• Thisisanfield.com Forgotten Heros
• Player profile at Liverpool FC
• LFChistory.net player profile