Home grown strikers for the Catalans
After Bojan Krkic signed the contract for Barcelona, in 2007, to tie him up with the Catalan club until 2015, it meant that he was going to add to the list of “home grown” strikers of the Spanish club. With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bojan-Krkic-c7794 being a
homegrown star and also an extraordinary talent, it means that the Barcelona youth academy La Masia has managed to be successful yet again to make another star player for the team.
The 20-year-old Barcelona striker has worked his way to the top so that he can prove that he is capable of playing at the highest level. His thoroughgoing skills make him a significant aspect of Josep Guardiola’s side. After making
146 appearances for the Barcelona first team, he was given the “new deal” so that he remains in La Blaugrana for at least 5 more seasons.
Despite the fact that he has 38 goals to his name and has appeared on numerous occasions for his team, he is still the youngest player of the team. The young Spaniard is not only a talented striker; in fact, he has many records
to his name as well. Having played for Barcelona’s first team when he was very young, he became the youngest ever player to play for Barcelona’s first team. Later, he also broke http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296’s record of being the youngest goal scorer. He was 17 years and 51
days old when he found the back of the net for the first team. Later, he was also given the award of being the second youngest goal scorer in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
Later, in November, Bojan Krkic became the youngest player ever to reach the 100 mark in terms of appearances made. He was given a chance while the team was under Frank Rijkaard back in 2008-2009; however, now he is playing under
the Catalan coach Josep Guardiola and he is often utilized as an impact substitute. His “impact” was clearly seen during the game against Real Madrid when he was substituted late in the game and made two clear chances on goal. Despite the fact he did not score,
he managed to set up Jeffren Suarez for the fifth goal of the game.
Bojan Krkic’s success is definitely not a surprise to any player who has seen him play from day one. The young Spanish striker has performed for Barcelona on each and every rank and has risen through those ranks to reach the first
team. He started in the Benjami side, and then he was taken by the Barcelona Junior team until he reached the level of the Barca B team, where he succeeded and joined the ranks of senior players. In his very first season for the Barcelona first team, he scored
10 goals to show everyone that his selection was not a mistake.
Considering Barcelona’s current star-studded squad, it is safe to say that they have managed to make great names in the past few years. There is no doubt that this young Spanish striker is playing for a historic side that has won
everything that is there to win. Even though Barcelona are currently relying on the services of the Spanish goal scoring machine http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629, there is no doubt that if a team of La Masia products was made by the Barcelona coach, they wouldn’t perform anything
less than they are performing now.
Barcelona have now shown that their youth academy, La Masia is definitely the world’s best. With players like Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez and Lionel Messi being the finalists of the Ballon d’Or and all three of them coming from
the Barcelona youth ranks, it is very clear that the Catalan club are the best when it comes to making great players.
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