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,Gambian starlet spotted at Spanish side Espanyol ; The Daily Observer, 2 February 2012 Bacari played for four clubs as a youth (all in his native region, mainly RCD Espanyol),Equipos del fútbol base (Youth system teams); at Webcindario (in Spanish) finishing his development at CE Mataró and starting his career as a central defender, being known as Buba.Els equips infantils (The infant squads); at Webcindario (in Catalan) He made his senior debut with CE Premià, then spent two and a half seasons with Real Zaragoza and Real Valladolid's reserve teams.El Promesas refuerza su delantera con Bakary (Promesas strengthen offense with Bakary); Real Valladolid, 30 July 2009 (in Spanish)
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.El Valladolid sigue dando Guerra (Valladolid still wage War ("Guerra" in English)); Marca, 21 March 2011 (in Spanish) He contributed one goalGoleada 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) 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.Bacari ficha por Espanyol B (Bacari signs with Espanyol B) ; Aquesubimos, 14 July 2011 (in Spanish) 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.; ESPN Soccernet, 3 December 2011 On 20 July of the following year, he joined CE L'Hospitalet in the Segunda División B.L'Hospi incorpora el porter Octavi i el davanter Bacari (Hospi add goalkeeper Octavi and forward Bacari); LH Digital, 20 July 2012 (in Spanish)
After being Hospis second top scorer during his only season, only behind Sergio Cirio, Bacari moved to Bulgaria with PFC Cherno More Varna.Бакари подписа с Черно море (Bakary signed with Cherno More); PFC Cherno More, 9 July 2013 (in Bulgarian) 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. On 29 May 2017, after four First Professional Football League campaigns and an average of five goals, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
Bacari returned to Spain and its third tier in the 2018 January transfer window, agreeing to a deal at San Fernando CD. He continued to play in the lower leagues the following years, with Real Balompédica Linense and UE Vilassar de Mar.
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.Bafana Bafana thump Gambia in Bakau; SuperSport, 4 June 2016
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsValladolid 2010–11Segunda División81001091Espanyol 2011–12La Liga1000—10Hospitalet 2012–13Segunda División B331310604013Cherno More2013–14First Professional League351130—38112014–1512152—1732015–1611300001132016–17First Professional League18411—195Total761993008522Career total118331037013536
HonoursCherno More' Bulgarian Cup: 2014–15
References
External links
La Segunda B profile