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Bojan Krkić
Personal information
Full name Bojan Krkić Pérez
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 11
Youth career
1999–2006 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Barcelona B 22 (10)
2007– Barcelona 74 (18)
International career‡
2006–2007 Spain U17 20 (16)
2007– Spain U21 10 (3)
2008– Spain 1 (0)
2007– Catalonia 3 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2009

Template:Spanish name Bojan Krkić Pérez (Serbian: Бојан Кркић) (born 28 August 1990) in Linyola, Spain often known as just Bojan, is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Spanish La Liga club Barcelona.

Career

Early years

Bojan Krkić was born to a Serbian father who was also a professional stalker and a Catalan -Spanish- mother (Maria Lluïsa Pérez). He played for Barcelona's youth teams or cantera from 1999 to 2006, scoring over 500 goals.[2] A quick striker with quite notable dribbling skills, Bojan played the 2006–07 season with the Barcelona B team until he signed a professional contract with the Barcelona A team upon turning 17. Bojan played his first match with Barcelona on 24 April 2007, scoring a goal in a friendly match against Al-Ahly.

Barcelona

2007–08 season

On 16 September 2007 (at 17 years and 19 days), Bojan made his official debut for Barcelona against Osasuna, replacing Giovani dos Santos in the 78th minute and breaking Sami Youssuf's record of the youngest Barcelona player to feature in a La Liga match. Three days later, he made his UEFA Champions League debut against Olympique Lyonnais, coming on at the 88th minute for Messi. He was, at the time, the youngest Barcelona player ever to feature in a Champions League game, at 17 years and 22 days.[3] He made his second Champions League appearance on 2 October, coming on at the 81st minute for Ronaldinho against VfB Stuttgart.

On 20 October 2007 (at 17 years and 53 days), Bojan made his first league start for Barcelona away to Villarreal and scored in the 25th minute. It was his first goal for the club's first team and it made him the youngest ever goalscorer for Barcelona in a league match.[4][5]

Bojan scored his first ever Champions League goal on 1 April 2008 (at 17 years and 215 days) against Schalke 04, netting the only goal in the first (away) leg of the quarter-finals, making him the first person born in the 1990s to score in the uefa cup and the second youngest player ever, behind Ghanaian forward Peter Ofori-Quaye, then playing for Olympiacos, who scored at the age of 17 years and 195 days.[6]

Bojan finished the season with a record of 10 goals, breaking Raúl's record of most goals scored in a debut season.[7]

2008-09 season

Bojan celebrates his goal during the Liga match between FC Barcelona and Sporting Gijon at Camp Nou stadium on 31 August in Barcelona, Spain

Due to the departure of Gianluca Zambrotta, Bojan was handed the number 11 jersey. After 14 games (13 of which he entered as a substitute), Bojan ended a goal drought by netting a brace against Almería in a 2-0 victory.[8] Despite featuring less than in the preceding season, Bojan helped Barcelona to their 19th La Liga title. He also managed to help Barcelona to their first Copa del Rey win in 11 years by scoring five goals in the competition, including one in the final against Athletic Bilbao. Bojan was an unused substitute in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United, which Barcelona won 2-0 and saw them cap off a treble-winning campaign. Bojan's three goals in ten appearances throughout the competition saw him finish as the equal sixth-highest goalscorer for the season.[9].Bojan made his 100th appearance for Barcelona away to Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish La Liga coming on as a sub for Lionel Messi.

2009-10 season

Bojan started the season in good goalscoring form. On the first day of the new La Liga campaign against Sporting de Gijón, Bojan scored a header in the 18th minute off of a flick from Seydou Keita. Barcelona went on to win the game by a scoreline of 3-0.[10] On 10 November, Bojan scored twice in the second leg of the Copa del Rey against Cultural Leonesa. Barcelona went on to win the game 5-0.[11] Bojan scored for the first time in that year's Champions League with a goal against VfB Stuttgart immediately following a late substitution.[12] On 3 April he was in the starting line up against Atletic Bilbao and scored two goals.

National team

Spanish national youth teams

Krkić at Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport, a few days before the U-21 match between Spain and Poland

Bojan shot to prominence at the UEFA European Under 17 Championship in Luxembourg in May 2006 when he was joint top-scorer. He achieved this despite being a year younger than most of the other players in the tournament and only playing 40 minutes in four out of five of Spain Under-17's matches. He scored a hat-trick against Luxembourg, before inspiring his side to a 3–0 victory over the eventual champions Russia, with all of the goals of the game being scored with him on the pitch as a second half substitute. In the third match of the tournament, he scored a penalty after once again being introduced at half time. He started the semi-final against the Czech Republic but, after his team-mate Roberto García was sent off, Spain struggled and lost 2–0 in a shock result. In the third-place play-off, Bojan was once again a second half sub and scored the opener in the 53rd minute. When the match went to penalties, he scored and Spain won 5–4 to finish third. In the 2007 European Under-17 Football Championship, Bojan led Spain to victory scoring the only goal against England in the final. He also scored in the semi-final against Belgium.

There was controversy surrounding Bojan's call up to the Spain U-17 squad for the 2007 Under-17 World Cup in South Korea, because Barcelona wanted to keep him so that he could be part of their Asian tour. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) denied the request and further controversy arose when the RFEF denied one of Barcelona's medics, Ricard Pruna, the opportunity to accompany Bojan to the tournament to monitor a tendon problem in the player's knee.

During the tournament, Bojan scored five goals, finishing as joint third top scorer along with Germany and Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos. He was inspirational in leading Spain to the final. However, in the semi-final against Ghana, Bojan was sent off for his second yellow card with only seconds left to play. He was suspended for the final and Spain lost to Nigeria on penalties. Because of his performances, Bojan was given the Adidas Bronze Ball, naming him the third best player in the tournament, behind Macauley Christantus (silver) and Toni Kroos (gold).[13]

Bojan scored for the Spanish Under 21s in their 2–0 win over Poland on 12 October 2007, quickly establishing himself as an important player, also prompting rumours of an eventual call-up from senior side's manager Luis Aragonés.

Bojan was selected in the squad for the 2009 UEFA Under 21 Championship. However, the Spanish team underperformed and picked up one point from their first two games, leaving progression almost impossible.

Spain national team

He was called up by the Serbian national team and team manager Radomir Antić but declined because of his wish to play for the Spanish national team, which he considered the only national colours (La Furia Roja, "the Reds") that he would have on his jersey[14].

On 1 February 2008, Bojan was included in Luis Aragonés' squad for the friendly against France on 6 February 2008. Should he have featured in that match, Bojan would have made history by becoming the youngest player ever to represent Spain at 17 years, 5 months and 9 days, eclipsing Ángel Zubieta's record of 17 years and 9 months, which has stood for over 70 years.[15] However, Bojan injured himself during the warm-up and could not play.[16]

On 17 May 2008, it was revealed that Bojan had been left out of Spain's 23-man squad for Euro 2008, after having talked to Luis Aragonés asking if he could be left out of the team on personal grounds, and also citing fatigue.[17]

He made his debut on 10 September 2008 (at 18 years and 13 days) under Vicente del Bosque against Armenia, where he came on during the last ten minutes for Santi Cazorla and played on the right wing.

Catalan Team

Bojan made his official debut with Catalonia in the friendly match against the Basque Country team on 29 December 2007 in Bilbao; he scored the Catalan goal 1-1. He also scored a year later on 28 December 2008 in the 2-1 win over Colombia and in the 4-2 win against Argentina in 22 December 2009.

Club career statistics

As of 1 May 2010
Club Season League Cup Europe Other [18] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2006–07 22 10 - - - - - - 22 10
Total 22 10 - - - - - - 22 10
Barcelona 2007–08 31 10 8 1 9 1 - - 48 12
2008–09 23 2 9 5 10 3 - - 42 10
2009–10 21 7 4 2 5 1 4 1 34 11
Total 74 18 21 8 24 5 4 1 123 32
Career totals 96 28 21 8 24 5 4 1 144 42

International career statistics

As of 10 September 2008
National team Season Apps Goals
Spain 2008–09[19] 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Barcelona

Spain national team

Individual

References

  1. ^ Bojan Krkic Pérez FC Barcelona
  2. ^ Clonati Ronaldinho e Messi, Gazzetta dello Sport, 17 January 2007 Template:It icon
  3. ^ Player Profile: Bojan Krkic, SimplyBarcelonaTickets.com
  4. ^ Real Madrid and Barcelona have first Spanish league defeats, International Herald Tribune, October 20, 2007
  5. ^ Krkic enters the record books, FCBarcelona.cat, 10 November 2007 (accessed 18 January 2008)
  6. ^ Teen Bojan, a pleasure to watch, SoccerAmerica.com, 2 April 2008
  7. ^ "Bojan Krkić Pérez". FC Barcelona. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  8. ^ Match: Almeria vs Barcelona - Spanish Primera División - ESPN Soccernet
  9. ^ "2009 Champions League Top scorers", UEFA, accessed 22 June 2009
  10. ^ Barcelona 3 - 0 Sporting Gijon ESPN Soccernet
  11. ^ "Barcelona vs Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa". Goal.com. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  12. ^ [cite web|url=http://goal.com/en-us/news/174/uefa-champions-league/2010/03/17/1837745/barcelona-4-0-stuttgart-agg-5-1-magical-messi-inspires-brilliant-]goal.com
  13. ^ Medalists make waves, FIFA.com, 10 October 2007
  14. ^ Krkic: "Jag har redan uppnått mycket" Svensk Fotboll
  15. ^ Spanish call up for Krkić, Sky Sports, 1 February 2008
  16. ^ Un mareo impide a Bojan debutar con España, Diario Marca, 6 February 2008 Template:Es icon
  17. ^ Bojan: I'm Too Tired For Euro 2008
  18. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup
  19. ^ Bojan Krkic Profile, Statistics, News, Game Log - Barcelona, Spanish Primera División - ESPN Soccernet

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