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Bacari

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Bubacar Njie Kambi (born 14 March 1988), known as Bacari, is a Gambian footballer who plays as a forward for Andorran club UE Sant Julià.

Bacari
Bacari playing with Cherno More in 2013
Personal information
Full name Bubacar Njie Kambi
Date of birth (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Mataró, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Mataró
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 33 (13)
2013–2017 Cherno More 76 (19)
2018–2019 San Fernando 28 (4)
2019 Linense 15 (2)
2019–2020 Vilassar Mar 19 (3)
2020–2022 Sant Julià 39 (18)
2022- Mataró 25 (12)
International career
2016 Gambia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:03, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career edit

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 development at CE Mataró and starting his career as a central defender, being known as Buba.[4] He made his senior debut with CE Premià, then spent two and a half seasons with Real Zaragoza and Real Valladolid's reserve teams.[5]

Bacari made his official debut with Valladolid's main squad on 20 March 2011, coming on as a substitute for Álvaro Antón for the last eight minutes of the 1–0 Segunda División home victory over Girona FC.[6] He contributed 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 2–1 away defeat against Valencia CF.[9] On 20 July of the following year, he joined CE L'Hospitalet in the Segunda División B.[10]

After being Hospi's second top scorer during his only season, only behind Sergio Cirio,[2] Bacari moved to Bulgaria with PFC Cherno More Varna.[11] On 30 May 2015, he scored a last-minute equalising goal in the Bulgarian Cup Final against PFC Levski Sofia to force extra time; his team went on to win 2–1.[12] On 29 May 2017, after four First Professional Football League campaigns and an average of five goals, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[13]

Bacari returned to Spain and its third tier in the 2018 January transfer window, agreeing to a deal at San Fernando CD.[14] He continued to play in the lower leagues the following years, with Real Balompédica Linense and UE Vilassar de Mar.[15]

International career edit

Bacari made his debut for Gambia on 4 June 2016, starting in a 0–4 home loss against South Africa in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[16]

Club statistics edit

As of 5 March 2017
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valladolid 2010–11[17] Segunda División 8 1 0 0 1[a] 0 9 1
Espanyol 2011–12[17] La Liga 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Hospitalet 2012–13[17] Segunda División B 33 13 1 0 6[a] 0 40 13
Cherno More 2013–14[18] First Professional League 35 11 3 0 — 38 11
2014–15[18] 12 1 5 2 — 17 3
2015–16[18] 11 3 0 0 0 0 11 3
2016–17[18] First Professional League 18 4 1 1 — 19 5
Total 76 19 9 3 0 0 85 22
Career total 118 33 10 3 7 0 135 36
  1. ^ a b Appearances in promotion play-offs

Honours edit

Cherno More

References edit

  1. ^ Gambian starlet spotted at Spanish side Espanyol Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine; The Daily Observer, 2 February 2012
  2. ^ a b Murillo, Óscar; Morales, I. (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.
  3. ^ Equipos del fútbol base (Youth system teams); at Webcindario (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Els equips infantils (The infant squads); at Webcindario (in Catalan)
  5. ^ El Promesas refuerza su delantera con Bakary (Promesas strengthen offense with Bakary); Real Valladolid, 30 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ El Valladolid sigue dando Guerra (Valladolid still wage War ("Guerra" in English)); Marca, 21 March 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Goleada sin brillo del Valladolid ante un Salamanca que acabó con nueve (Uninteresting Valladolid rout against Salamanca who ended with nine); Marca, 27 March 2011 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Bacari ficha por Espanyol B (Bacari signs with Espanyol B) Archived 17 January 2013 at archive.today; Aquesubimos, 14 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Sold to the man on the bench!; ESPN Soccernet, 3 December 2011
  10. ^ L'Hospi incorpora el porter Octavi i el davanter Bacari (Hospi add goalkeeper Octavi and forward Bacari); LH Digital, 20 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Бакари подписа с Черно море (Bakary signed with Cherno More); PFC Cherno More, 9 July 2013 (in Bulgarian)
  12. ^ a b "Cherno More defy odds to beat Levski in final". UEFA. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  13. ^ "ПФК "Черно море" се раздели с 8 футболисти" [PFC Cherno More parted ways with 8 players] (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  14. ^ Rodríguez, Joaquín (4 January 2018). "Buba Bacari, delantero de primera para el San Fernando" [Buba Bacari, primera forward for San Fernando] (in Spanish). Grada 3. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  15. ^ Almagro, Rubén (15 August 2019). "El exbalono Buba solo encuentra acomodo en Tercera" [Former balono Buba can only find a home in Tercera] (in Spanish). Europa Sur. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  16. ^ Bafana Bafana thump Gambia in Bakau; SuperSport, 4 June 2016
  17. ^ a b c "Bacari: Bubacar Njie Kambi". BDFutbol. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  18. ^ a b c d "Bacari". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

External links edit

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