 Bacca in 2018 | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Arturo Bacca Ahumada[1] | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1986 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Puerto Colombia, Colombia | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Atlético Junior | ||||||||||
| Number | 70 | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Atlético Junior | 117 | (79) | ||||||||
| 2007 | → Barranquilla (loan) | 27 | (12) | ||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Minervén (loan) | 29 | (12) | ||||||||
| 2008 | → Barranquilla (loan) | 19 | (14) | ||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Club Brugge | 54 | (31) | ||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Sevilla | 108 | (49) | ||||||||
| 2015–2018 | AC Milan | 77 | (34) | ||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Villarreal (loan) | 35 | (15) | ||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Villarreal | 75 | (28) | ||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Granada | 19 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2022– | Atlético Junior | 94 | (46) | ||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 2010–2018 | Colombia | 52 | (16) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2024 | |||||||||||
Carlos Arturo Bacca Ahumada (born 8 September 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Junior.
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 AC Milan for €30 million.
An international for Colombia from 2012 to 2018, Bacca represented the country at the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups, 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.
- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Colombia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.