Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bubacar Njie Kambi | ||
Date of birth | 14 March 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Mataró, Spain | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Martinenc | ||
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) |
2022–2023 | Mataró | 37 | (18) |
2023– | Martinenc | 12 | (4) |
International career | |||
2016 | Gambia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:03, 1 June 2024 (UTC) |
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.
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 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
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
- As of 5 March 2017
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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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 |
Honours
Cherno More
References
- ^ Gambian starlet spotted at Spanish side Espanyol Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine; The Daily Observer, 2 February 2012
- ^ 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.
- ^ Equipos del fútbol base (Youth system teams); at Webcindario (in Spanish)
- ^ Els equips infantils (The infant squads); at Webcindario (in Catalan)
- ^ El Promesas refuerza su delantera con Bakary (Promesas strengthen offense with Bakary); Real Valladolid, 30 July 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Valladolid sigue dando Guerra (Valladolid still wage War ("Guerra" in English)); Marca, 21 March 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ 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)
- ^ Bacari ficha por Espanyol B (Bacari signs with Espanyol B) Archived 17 January 2013 at archive.today; Aquesubimos, 14 July 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Sold to the man on the bench!; ESPN Soccernet, 3 December 2011
- ^ L'Hospi incorpora el porter Octavi i el davanter Bacari (Hospi add goalkeeper Octavi and forward Bacari); LH Digital, 20 July 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Бакари подписа с Черно море (Bakary signed with Cherno More); PFC Cherno More, 9 July 2013 (in Bulgarian)
- ^ a b "Cherno More defy odds to beat Levski in final". UEFA. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bafana Bafana thump Gambia in Bakau; SuperSport, 4 June 2016
- ^ a b c "Bacari: Bubacar Njie Kambi". BDFutbol. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Bacari". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
External links
- Bacari at BDFutbol
- La Segunda B profile (in Spanish)
- Bacari at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mataró
- Naturalized citizens of The Gambia
- Spanish people of Gambian descent
- Footballers from the Province of Barcelona
- Spanish men's footballers
- Gambian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- CE Mataró players
- CE Premià players
- Deportivo Aragón players
- Real Valladolid Promesas players
- Real Valladolid players
- RCD Espanyol B footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- CE L'Hospitalet players
- San Fernando CD players
- Real Balompédica Linense footballers
- UE Vilassar de Mar players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- PFC Cherno More Varna players
- Primera Divisió players
- UE Sant Julià players
- The Gambia men's international footballers
- Gambian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Andorra
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen