Fabien Camus

Fabien Bachir Camus (born 28 February 1985) is a Tunisian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Fabien Camus
Personal information
Full name Fabien Bachir Camus[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-28) 28 February 1985
Place of birth Arles, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Arles-Avignon
2000–2002 Montpellier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Marseille B
2003–2005 Marseille 2 (0)
2005–2009 Charleroi 100 (10)
2009–2015 Genk 104 (12)
2012–2013 → Troyes (loan) 32 (7)
2014–2015 → Évian (loan) 19 (0)
2015 → Évian B (loan) 7 (0)
2015–2016 Troyes 35 (5)
2016–2018 Antwerp 18 (5)
2018 YR KV Mechelen 5 (0)
2018–2019 Montélimar
National team‡
2009– Tunisia 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:42, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:38, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Camus joined Montpellier HSC at the age of 15. Two years later, he was remarked by a scout and taken to sign a contract with another French team Olympique de Marseille. Until he was 18, he played in the reserves, but after a while, he was promoted to the main team and he played several Ligue 1 matches.

He scored his first goal in the Belgian Jupiler League on 30 September 2005 against Club Brugge.

He had a great 2006–07 season, which raised the attention of major European clubs like Bayer Leverkusen, PSG, AS Monaco or Spartak Moscow and Panathinaikos.[2]

In the summer of 2009, Camus signed a four-year deal with K.R.C. Genk. He joined French Ligue 1 side Évian in July 2014, signing a one-year loan deal.

In the summer of 2016, Camus signed a four-year deal with Royal Antwerp F.C.

In January 2018, Camus signed till the end of the season with YR KV Mechelen.

In December 2018, he signed with UMS Montélimar.[3] He left the club again at the end of the season.[4]

International career

Camus was called to the Tunisia national football team in February 2009.

Fraud

In October 2018, midfielder Camus was charged and detained as part of an anti-corruption investigation.[5]

In November 2018, Camus, who had been locked up since October, was to be released from prison. The at that time club-less player was suspected of belonging to a criminal organization and of money laundering. He returned to the south of France.[6]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played on 17 July 2019[7]
Tunisia national team
YearAppsGoals
200910
201000
201100
201200
201310
201400
201511
Total31

Honours

References
  1. "OM1899 tout sur l'OM". OM1899. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. "Fabien Camus (Charleroi) weer in beeld bij Genk". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 5 June 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. "Fabien Camus signe à l'US Montélimar". ledauphine.com. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. L’UMS libère 4 joueurs séniors, umsfoot-montelimar.fr, 25 June 2019
  5. "Fraudes dans le foot belge : Fabien Camus devient le premier joueur écroué dans l'enquête". lequipe.fr. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. "Fabien Camus, l'envers du décor". rfi.fr. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  7. Fabien Camus at National-Football-Teams.com
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