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

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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, then spent two and a half seasons with

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and

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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

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. 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

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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

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

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to force

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

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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

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. 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 Footballers from Mataró Naturalized citizens of The Gambia 21st-century Gambian people Spanish people of Gambian descent 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