Bojan Krkić

Profile Football Stars | Bojan Krkić | Bojan played his first match with Barcelona on 24 April 2007, scoring a goal in a friendly match against Egyptian giants Al-Ahly. Bojan Krkic Bojan just known as, is a Spanish footballer currently plays who as a forward or winger for Italian Serie A Club of Rome. Born in Linyola, Lleida, Catalonia, to a Serbian father (Bojan Krkic Sr.) who was a professional footballer for the Serbian side Red Star Belgrade and a Spanish mother (Maria Lluïsa Pérez), Bojan played for FC Barcelona's youth teams from 1999 to 2006.

On 20 October 2007 (at 17 years and 53 days), Bojan made his first league start for Barcelona away to Villarreal CF 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. In the match against AD Ceuta in the Copa del Rey, Bojan captained Barcelona for the first time in an official match. In a La Liga match against Real Sociedad, Bojan came again off the bench to score the fifth goal in 5-0 win. He scored a crucial league goal from a Daniel Alves assist for Barcelona against Sevilla in a 1-1 draw.

That game Roma lost 2-3. On October 5, he opened the scoring against Novara, from an assist from Miralem Pjanic. Roma won 0-2. He has also scored at the last minutes of the game against Inter Milan won the which Roma 4-0.

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. Bojan made his official debut with Barcelona in the friendly match against the Basque Country on 29 December 2007 in Bilbao; he scored the Catalan goal in the 1-1 draw.

Personal information
Full name Bojan Krkic Pérez
Date of birth 28 August 1990 (age 21)
Place of birth Linyola, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Forward / Winger

Club information
Current club Roma
Number 14

Youth career
Barcelona 1998-2008

Senior career
years Team
Barcelona B 22 2006 2007 (10)
Barcelona 2007 2011 104 (26)
2011 Roma 21 (4)

National team
Spain U17 2006 2010 20 (16)
Spain U21 2007 2011 21 (4)
2008 Spain 1 (0)
2007 Catalonia five (5)

Honours

Barcelona
     La Liga: 3
         2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
     Copa del Rey: 1
         2008-09
     Supercopa de España: 2
         2009, 2010
     UEFA Champions League: 2
         2008-09, 2010-11
     UEFA Super Cup: 1
         2009
     FIFA Club World Cup: 1
         2009

Spain national team
     UEFA U-17 Championship: 1
         2007
     Under-21 European Championship: 2
         2011

Individual
     2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup: Bronze Ball and Bronze Shoe
     La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2008