04 March 2009

Amazing Facts of Bojan Krkic


Bojan Krkic is held to have a killer instinct in front of goal and, despite his youth and slight stature, is more than able to handle experienced defenders. He can show a devastating turn of speed, mature positional awareness and is extremely skillful on the ball

Full Name : Bojan Krkic Perez

Birthplace : Linyola, Spain

Date of Birth : 28th August 1990

Position : Forward

1. Bojan joined Barça in 1999 and has had one of the fastest moves through the ranks. He played in Alevi A (2001-2), Infantil B (2002-3), Infantil A (2003-4) and Cadet B (2004-5) He joined the Cadet A squad in 2005-6 but then moved straight up to Juvenil A before moving into the Barça B team in 2006-7

2. In the first half of his season with Barça B he scored 10 goals and became the team’s top scorer

3. During his time in the Barcelona youth set up the player scored 961 goals in seven years breaking all youth goal scoring records

4. Bojan played his first match for the Spanish Under 21 team at the young age of 16

5. He has won the European Under 21 Championship with Spain (2007) and was a runner up in the 2007 Under 17 World Cup where he was voted third best player and won the Bronze Ball

6. Bojan made his Champions League debut as a sub for Messi and became the youngest player to play in a Champions League game

UEFA European Under 17 Championships

A quick striker, with quite notable dribbling skills, Bojan shot to prominence at the UEFA European Under 17 Championships in Luxembourg in May 2006 when he was joint top-scorer. He achieved this despite being a year younger than most of the other players in the tournament and only playing 45 minutes in four out of five of Spain Under-17s matches

He scored a hat-trick against Luxembourg before inspiring his side to a 3-0 victory over the eventual champions Russia, with all of the goals of the game being scored with him on the pitch as a second half sub. In the third match of the tournament, he scored a penalty after once again being introduced at half time

He started the semi-final against the Czech Republic but after his team mate Roberto Garcaa was sent off, Spain struggled and lost 2-0 in a shock result. In the third-place play-off Bojan was once again a second half sub and scored the opener on 53 minutes. When the match went to penalties, he scored and his side won 5-4 to finish third

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