Biography
Exciting winger and forward Abu Kamara joined Hull City in August 2024 for a fee in the region of £4.5 million.
Abu Bakarr Kamara was born in Lambeth, South London, to parents with Sierra Leonean heritage. He joined the Norwich City academy as a boy and progressed through the age groups, breaking into the Canaries’ Under-23 side in October 2020 and scoring regularly before making his senior debut in a December 2020 EFL Trophy tie against Milton Keynes Dons. He signed his first professional contract in January 2021 and in April 2022 he was an unused substitute in a Premier League match against Brighton & Hove Albion.
In April and May 2023 Abu made three Championship appearances for the Canaries having spent the 2022/23 season scoring nearly a goal a game in Norwich’s Premier League 2 Under-23 league. In July 2023 he signed for League One side Portsmouth on a season-long loan and helped Pompey win the league title, scoring ten goals in 52 appearances. He returned to Norwich for the start of the 2024/25 season and added 3 appearances that took his Canaries’ senior tally to 7 appearances. He left Norwich City in late August 2024 to join Hull City.
In June 2024 Kamara received his first international recognition, playing twice for England’s Under-20 side against Sweden and Ireland.
Details
Nationality: England
Date/Place of Birth: 21 July 2003, Lambeth
Hull City First Game: 13 September 2024, Sheffield United H (Championship), 21 years, 54 days old
Hull City Final Game: [current player]
Clubs
Norwich City (2020-2024), Hull City (2024-current)
Hull City Record
Career: 3 apps, 0 goals
Abu Kamara| Season | LGE App | LGE Gls | FAC App | FAC Gls | FLC App | FLC Gls | EUR App | EUR Gls | OTH App | OTH Gls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 1 (2) | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |