Fode Camara has completed a move to North Macedonian side Tikves Kavadarci, signing from free agency after a spell without a club. The Guinean defensive midfielder joins the Prva liga outfit on a deal running from 2026-02-09 to 2027-06-30, arriving with a listed market value of €250k and previous top-flight experience in North Africa.
Camara, 23, was most recently registered without a club following his departure from Algerian side ES Mostaganem, but Tikves have now secured his registration on a free transfer, with no fee paid. The switch places the holding midfielder in North Macedonia’s top division, where he will compete in the Prva liga rather than in his homeland of Guinea, marking another step in his increasingly international career path.
The transfer continues a sequence of moves that has taken Camara across several leagues in Africa before this first confirmed stint in the Balkans. After emerging at Guinean club Horoya AC, he left his home country for Tunisian side CS Sfaxien in 2023. From there, he moved to ES Mostaganem in Algeria in early 2025, before becoming a free agent later that year and subsequently signing for Tikves.
His market value trajectory underlines both his potential and the fluctuations in his recent form and circumstances. While at CS Sfaxien, Camara’s valuation climbed as high as €400k in mid-2024 before dropping back to €250k by the end of that year. A short spell at ES Mostaganem saw that figure adjust to €300k in June 2025, before he returned to a €250k valuation while unattached later in 2025. Tikves now take on a player rated at a quarter of a million euros without paying a transfer fee.
Primarily deployed as a defensive midfielder, Camara is listed at 1.85m and is expected to bring physical presence and ball-winning ability at the base of Tikves’ midfield. His experience in the Tunisian and Algerian domestic systems, combined with his grounding at Horoya AC, offers the North Macedonian club a profile that blends African continental competition exposure with the adaptability required to move between countries and football cultures.
For Tikves, recruiting a free agent of this profile represents an opportunity to add depth and pedigree to their squad without transfer expenditure. For Camara, the move confirms another chapter abroad, with the chance to establish himself in the Prva liga and potentially stabilise his market value after a period of frequent moves and a stint out of contract.
If he adapts quickly to life in Kavadarci and asserts himself in midfield, this North Macedonian venture could become a springboard, shaping his reputation as a reliable defensive anchor and opening further doors in European football once his Tikves contract approaches its end date of 2027-06-30.
