Carlos Bacca

Carlos Arturo Bacca Ahumada (born 8 September 1986) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Italian club AC Milan and the Colombia national football team, as a striker.

He 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 , and in 2015 he moved to AC Milan for €30 Million . He won the UEFA Europa League in both of his first two seasons with the club, scoring twice in the 2015 final.

An international for Colombia since 2010, Bacca represented the country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 Copa América.

Club career
Sevilla

On 9 July 2013, Sevilla signed Bacca for €7 million on a five-year contract and in addition, with a €30 million buy-out release clause.

In the Copa EuroAmericana, Bacca scored his first Sevilla goal, in a 3–1 win over Barcelona S.C. on 26 July. He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 1 August, in a 3–0 home win over Mladost for the third qualifying round of the 2013–14 Europa League. His La Liga debut came on 18 August, in a 1–3 home loss to Atlético Madrid. On 25 September, he scored his first two league goals against Rayo Vallecano in a 4–1 victory.

On 26 March 2014, Bacca netted two goals in a surprising Sevilla victory against the then league leaders Real Madrid 2–1 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.[17] In the second leg of Sevilla's Europa League quarter-final tie with Porto on 10 April, he scored his side's third goal in a 4–1 win, securing a 4–2 aggregate victory and a spot in the semi-finals of the competition.Two weeks later, he scored the second goal in their 2–0 semi-final first leg win over compatriots Valencia CF.In the final on 14 May, he scored in the penalty shootout where Sevilla beat S.L. Benfica to lift the trophy. Bacca was voted by Marca as the best signing of the 2013–14 La Liga season. At the LFP Awards, he was voted the season's best player from the Americas, ahead of Real Madrid's Ángel Di María and FC Barcelona's Neymar.

On 30 September 2014, Bacca signed a contract extension with Sevilla, keeping him at the club until 2018. He scored seven European goals as the club retained their Europa League crown, including two in the final for a 3–2 victory over FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, thus qualifying the team to the next season's Champions League.

On June 26, 2015, Bacca agreed to terms with AC Milan.

In June 2015 it was reported that English giants Liverpool were interested in acquiring the services of Bacca and also that the Colombian international was keen on a move to the club. Bacca's agent, Sergio Barila commented on the matter; "We have had lots of interest but so far there has been no official approach. I spoke with Carlos on Wednesday night and we agreed we need a real solution. Clubs are telling him not to sign anything until they have made an offer but we are still waiting. Before he went to Chile, we wrote down a list of clubs that fit that description and Liverpool was on that list. We have not received an official offer for Bacca. We are not in negotiations for any important player. I’m no fortune-teller but top strikers in the market there aren’t that many. Bacca has averaged 24.5 goals, 21 goals in his first season at the club and 28 in his second. I hope no one pays his buy-out clause. It’s a risk we take but we can’t do anything about that. We gave him a new contract 10 months ago and I believe he and his family are very happy here. But I cannot predict the future." 

International career

Bacca scored his first goal for the senior national team in his debut on 11 August 2010, putting Colombia in front against Bolivia at the Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz; the match finished in a 1–1 draw. His next goal for Colombia came over two years later, scoring his side's second of the match in a 3–0 win over Cameroon on 17 October 2012.

On 31 May 2014, Bacca scored to put Colombia ahead 2–0 against Senegal, in a match that finished 2–2. Bacca was selected to the final 23-man roster for Colombia at the2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil less than a week later. Bacca made one appearance in the finals, coming on as a substitute and winning a penalty in Colombia's 1–2 defeat to hosts Brazil in the quarter-finals.

In a friendly match against El Salvador at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey on 10 October 2014, Bacca scored twice as Colombia won 3–0.

In May 2015, Bacca was included in Colombia's 23-man squad for the 2015 Copa América by coach José Pékerman. After the team's second match, a 1–0 defeat of Brazil inSantiago on 17 June, Bacca was red carded after the final whistle for pushing over Brazilian striker Neymar, who himself was earlier sent off for deliberately kicking the ball atPablo Armero. Bacca was given a two-match ban, while Neymar was suspended for four matches.

source: wikipedia