Bacari
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Bacari playing with Cherno More in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bubacar Njie Kambi | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Mataró, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cherno More | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2006 | Espanyol | ||
| 2006–2007 | Mataró | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Premià | 33 | (13) |
| 2009 | Zaragoza B | 11 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Valladolid B | 51 | (28) |
| 2011 | Valladolid | 8 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Espanyol B | 28 | (20) |
| 2012 | Espanyol | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Hospitalet | 38 | (13) |
| 2013– | Cherno More | 72 | (18) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016– | Gambia | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2016. | |||
Bubacar Njie Kambi (born 14 March 1988), known as Bacari, is a Gambian footballer who plays for Bulgarian club PFC Cherno More Varna as a forward.
Club career
Born in Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, to Gambian parents,[1][2] Bacari played for four clubs as a youth (all in his native region, mainly RCD Espanyol[3]), finishing his formation with CE Mataró and starting his career as a central defender, being known as Buba.[4] He made his senior debuts with CE Premià, then played two-and-a-half seasons with Real Zaragoza and Real Valladolid's reserve teams.[5]
On 20 March 2011, Bacari made his official debut with Valladolid's main squad, coming on as a substitute for Álvaro Antón for the last eight minutes of the 1–0 Segunda División home win against Girona FC.[6] He contributed with one goal[7] in 131 minutes during the campaign, as the Castile and León side finished in seventh position.
In July 2011, Bacari signed with RCD Espanyol B.[8] On 3 December he made his first La Liga appearance with the first team, replacing Álvaro Vázquez in the dying minutes of a 1–2 away defeat against Valencia CF.[9] On 20 July of the following year he joined CE L'Hospitalet, in the third level.[10]
After being Hospi's second top scorer during his only season, only behind Sergio Cirio, Bacari moved to Bulgaria with PFC Cherno More Varna.[11]
International career
On 4 June 2016, Bacari made his debut for Gambia, starting in a 0–4 home loss against South Africa for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[12]
Club statistics
- As of 2 December 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Valladolid | 2010–11[13] | Segunda División | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Espanyol | 2011–12[13] | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Hospitalet | 2012–13[13] | Segunda División B | 33 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 40 | 13 |
| Cherno More | 2013–14[14] | A Group | 35 | 11 | 3 | 0 | — | 38 | 11 | |
| 2014–15[14] | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 17 | 3 | |||
| 2015–16[14] | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17[14] | First Professional League | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 15 | 4 | ||
| Total | 72 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 21 | ||
| Career total | 114 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 131 | 35 | ||
Honours
Club
- Cherno More
References
- ↑ Gambian starlet spotted at Spanish side Espanyol; Daily Observer, 2 February 2012
- ↑ Óscar Murillo (17 June 2013). "Los ´chicos´ de Stosic se estudian a fondo la Segunda B" [Stosic ´boys´ have thoroughly studied Segunda División B] (in Spanish). Estadio Deportivo. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ↑ Equipos del fútbol base (Youth system teams); Webcindario (Spanish)
- ↑ Els equips infantils (The infant squads); Webcindario (Catalan)
- ↑ El Promesas refuerza su delantera con Bakary (Promesas strengthen offense with Bakary); Real Valladolid, 30 July 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Valladolid sigue dando Guerra (Valladolid still wages War ("Guerra" in English)); Marca, 21 March 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Goleada sin brillo del Valladolid ante un Salamanca que acabó con nueve (Uninteresting Valladolid routing against Salamanca who ended with nine); Marca, 27 March 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Bacari ficha por Espanyol B (Bacari signs with Espanyol B); Aquesubimos, 14 July 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Sold to the man on the bench!; ESPN Soccernet, 3 December 2011
- ↑ L'Hospi incorpora el porter Octavi i el davanter Bacari (Hospi adds goalkeeper Octavi and forward Bacari); L'H Digital, 20 July 2012 (Catalan)
- ↑ Бакари подписа с Черно море (Bakary signed with Cherno More); PFC Cherno More, 9 July 2013 (Bulgarian)
- ↑ Bafana Bafana thump Gambia in Bakau; SuperSport, 4 June 2016
- 1 2 3 "Bacari: Bubacar Njie Kambi". BDFutbol. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bacari". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
External links
- Bacari profile at BDFutbol
- La Segunda B profile (Spanish)
- Bacari at National-Football-Teams.com