The Senegal striker, 31, who spent the whole of last season on loan at West Ham, took full advantage of his first start of the season by netting with a superb 32nd-minute opener.

He scored again with a clinical header in the 62nd minute - two minutes after substitute Amr Zaki had made the game safe with a close-range tap-in, and substitute Tomasz Kupisz added a fourth in the last minute.

The impressive Russell Hoult was powerless to prevent Camara opening the scoring with a strike that so typified his desire to almost single-handedly take the game by the scruff of the neck.

He collected a pass from left-back Maynor Figueroa on the edge of the 18-yard box and rifled a low shot past Hoult and into the bottom corner.

It was his first goal at club level since he found the net for Wigan in a 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough on December 9, 2006.

Wigan made the game safe on the hour mark when half-time substitute Zaki set the willing Kevin Kilbane free down the left flank and raced into the box.

Zaki timed his run to perfection to greet Kilbane's low delivery with a cool sidefooted finish which flew into the net from six yards.

Camara made it 3-0 with a diving header from 10 yards before Kupisz produced a neat finish in the last minute.