Bubacar Njie Kambi (born 14 March 1988), known as Bacari, is a Gambian

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who plays as a

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for Andorran club

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Club career

Born in

Mataró Mataró () is the capital and largest town of the ''comarca'' of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the Costa del Maresme, to the south of Costa Brava, between Cabrera de Mar and Sa ...

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, to

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n parents, Bacari played for four clubs as a youth (all in his native region, mainly

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), finishing his development at

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and starting his career as a

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, being known as Buba. He made his senior debut with

CE Premià Club Esportiu Premià is a Spanish football team based in Premià de Mar, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1915, it plays in Segona Catalana, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Premià'', with a capacity of 1,500 ...

, then spent two and a half seasons with

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

and

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

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s. 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

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home victory over

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. He contributed one goal in 131 minutes during the campaign, as the

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side finished in seventh position. In July 2011, Bacari signed with

RCD Espanyol B Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona "B" is the reserve team of the RCD Espanyol, club based in Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The team was founded in 1991 and plays in the Segunda Federación, Segunda Federación – ...

. On 3 December he made his first

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appearance with the first team, replacing

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in the dying minutes of a 2–1 away defeat against

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. On 20 July of the following year, he joined

CE L'Hospitalet Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF - Group 5, holding home games at Estadi Municipal ...

in the

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. After being ''Hospis second top scorer during his only season, only behind

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, Bacari moved to

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with

PFC Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an assoc ...

. On 30 May 2015, he scored a last-minute equalising goal in the Bulgarian Cup Final against

PFC Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

to force

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; his team went on to win 2–1. On 29 May 2017, after four

First Professional Football League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

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

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, agreeing to a deal at

San Fernando CD San Fernando Club Deportivo Isleño is a Spanish football team based in San Fernando, Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at Estadio Bahía Sur, ...

. He continued to play in the lower leagues the following years, with

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and UE Vilassar de Mar.

International career

Bacari made his debut for

on 4 June 2016, starting in a 0–4 home loss against

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in the

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qualifiers.Bafana Bafana thump Gambia in Bakau
SuperSport, 4 June 2016

Club statistics

Honours

Cherno More *

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: 2014–15

References

External links

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La Segunda B profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacari 1988 births Living people People from Mataró People with acquired Gambian citizenship Spanish people of Gambian descent Spanish sportspeople of African descent Sportspeople from the Province of Barcelona Spanish footballers Gambian footballers Footballers from Catalonia Association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CE Mataró players CE Premià players Real Zaragoza B 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 international footballers Gambian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Andorra Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Andorra