Lamine Camara #8

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The rise of the 2024 African Young Player of the Year has been startling. In 2023 he won the African Nations Championship, was named best player at the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations and sealed a move from the Génération Foot academy to Europe. After a remarkable goal from inside his own half at the Stade Louis II in his first season with Metz, Monaco shelled out €15m for his signature. The midfielder has continued to prove himself in one of Europe’s top five leagues and made his Champions League debut in 2024, yet his head remains firmly on his shoulders. “I still feel like the kid who played on those pitches in Diouloulou,” he has said. The 22-year-old has already shone at two Afcons and is the tempo-setter in the Senegal midfield.

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