Bojan Krkic joins the senior squad for the 2006-07 season at the tender age of 16. In just one year he has progressed from the youth side to Barça B and now the first team.
Bojan Krkic was born in Linyola (Catalonia) on 28th August 1990. In just one season, from
2006-07 to 2007-08, this promising young forward has made the leap from Juvenil A to the first
team. Along the way he played the second part of the season with Barça B in Second Division B.
Bojan joined Barça in 1999 becoming part of the Benjamí A boys squad. His rise through the
ranks of the Barça academy teams was meteoric: Aleví B (2000-01), Aleví A (2001-02), Infantil B
(2002-03), Infantil A (2003-04) and Cadet B (2004-05). He started the 2005-06 season with the Cadet
A team but was soon promoted up to Juvenil A. The pattern was repeated in the 2006-07 season, which
he began with Juvenil A and finished with Barça B.
During his half season with Barça B, he scored 10 goals and became the team’s top
scorer.
He really arrived on the scene in 2007. He played in the European Under-17 Championship with
Spain, both winning the tournament and scoring the winner against England in the final (1-0); he
made his debut with Barça’s first team in a friendly played in Egypt, scoring once; and
finally he made his debut with Spain’s Under-21 side at the age of just 16. A year to
remember to be sure.
Bojan began the 2007/08 preseason with the first team. However, he couldn’t go on the
club’s Asia tour as he was called up for the World Under-17 Cup in South Korea, where he
notched 5 goals and Spain finished as runners-up.
Back in Barcelona, he began to get time on the pitch with Rijkaard in both the League and the
Champions League. He set new records as Barça’s youngest player in the Champions League (on
19 September 2007 against Olympique de Lyon, when aged 17 years and 22 days); Barça’s
youngest goalscorer (against Villarreal on 20 October in the same year, aged 17 years, 1 month and
22 days); and the second youngest goalscorer in the Champions League (aged 17 years and 217 days
when he scored against Schalke 04, just 22 days later than Oforiquaye, the youngest goalscorer in
the Champions League).
Thus the 2007/08 season consolidated Bojan as one of the finest strikers in the League, in
which he scored 10 goals and was in the starting line-up 14 times.
In the 2008/09 season, Bojan scored two League goals, but contributed more to the 25th
cup title in club history. Guardiola used him in both the cup and league as a player that could
come on as sub and change the course of matches.
PROFILE
Bojan is fast and has the ability to go past his marker. Despite his youth, he is used to
dealing with defenders that are stronger and more experienced than him. His bursts of speed and his
skill with the ball at his feet are two of his virtues. However, his main strength is his killer
instinct in front of goal.
HONOURS
FC Barcelona
2009/10 Liga
2009/10 World Club Cup
2009/10 European Super Cup
2009/10 Spanish Super Cup
2008/09 Champions League
2008/09 Liga
2008/09 Copa del Rey
Spain
2007 European under-17 Champion
2007 World Cup under-17 Runner-up
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