Kike Barja

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Kike Barja
Barja with Osasuna in 2018
Personal information
Full name Enrique Barja Afonso
Date of birth (1997-04-01) 1 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Noáin, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Osasuna
Number 19
Youth career
2005–2014 Osasuna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Osasuna B 146 (38)
2014– Osasuna 53 (4)
International career
2014 Spain U17 1 (1)
2015 Spain U18 2 (0)
2015 Spain U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2019

Template:Spanish name Enrique "Kike" Barja Afonso (born 1 April 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CA Osasuna mainly as a right winger.

Club career

Born in Noáin, Navarre, Barja joined CA Osasuna's youth setup in 2005 at the age of eight.[1] He made his senior debut for the reserves on 25 August 2013 at the age of 16, coming on as a second-half substitute for Miguel Olavide and scoring the last in a 2–0 Tercera División home win against CD Huarte.[2]

On 28 November 2015, Barja scored a brace in a 4–0 away routing over UD Mutilvera; he added another double seven days later, in a 5–0 thrashing of CD Erriberri.[3] The following 25 September, he again scored two goals in a 3–1 home win against CD Guijuelo for the Segunda División B championship.[4]

On 15 May 2017, Barja was definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2017–18 season.[5] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut five days later, replacing Carlos Clerc in a 0–5 away loss to Sevilla FC, as his side was already relegated.[6]

Honours

Osasuna

References

  1. ^ "Kike Barja: "Tengo la sensación de haber cumplido un sueño"" [Kike Barja: "I have the feeling of fulfilling a dream"] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. ^ "La nueva perla de Osasuna que estuvo a punto de recalar en Lezama: Kike Barja" [The new pearl of Osasuna who were near to end up in Lezama: Kike Barja] (in Spanish). La Cantera de Lezama. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Kike Barja capitanea las últimas goleadas del Promesas" [Kike Barja captains the last routings of Promesas] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Kike Barja sigue aupando a Osasuna B" [Kike Barja keeps raising Osasuna B] (in Spanish). Vavel. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Kike Barja formará parte de la primera plantilla del Club Atlético Osasuna la próxima temporada" [Kike Barja will be a part of the first team of Club Atlético Osasuna the following season] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Pitos para Sampaoli, aplausos para el Sevilla" [Boos for Sampaoli, applauses for Sevilla] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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