Carlos Bacca
Bacca in 2012
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Arturo Bacca Ahumada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Puerto Colombia, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Current team
|
Milan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | Atlético Junior | 97 | (50) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | → Barranquilla (loan) | 27 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Minervén (loan) | 29 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | → Barranquilla (loan) | 19 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Club Brugge | 45 | (28) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Sevilla | 72 | (34) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Milan | 66 | (31) | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Colombia | 40 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Honours
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Carlos Arturo Bacca Ahumada (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkarlos ˈβaka]; born 8 September 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Italian club A.C. Milan and the Colombian national team as a striker.
Bacca began his career at Atlético Junior, where he was top scorer in the 2010 Categoría Primera A Apertura. In January 2012, he moved to Club Brugge, where he was the Belgian Pro League's top scorer in his only full season before joining Sevilla for €7 million. He won the UEFA Europa League in both of his first two seasons with the club, scoring twice in the 2015 final. In the summer of 2015, he joined Serie A side Milan for €30 million.
An international for Colombia since 2012, Bacca represented the country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2015 Copa América, and the Copa América Centenario, in which they finished third. He is renowned for his pace, aggression, eye for goal, and determination as a forward.
Bacca was born in Puerto Colombia, a coastal town within the Barranquilla metropolitan area, to Gilberto Bacca and Eloisa Ahumada. Bacca is known to be an extremely religious person of the Evangelical Christian faith, frequently thanking God in interviews, and despite his denomination it was at one time rumored that he wanted to join Italian club Roma so that he would be close to the Pope.
...
Wikipedia