Here is all you need to know about Barcelona’s La Masia product Ebrima Tunkara including his age, career, bio and moreย
FC Barcelona’s La Masia football programme continues to create players in spite of their financial difficulties. Barcelona developed this scheme as part of its ongoing efforts to bolster its young ranks with developing talent from diverse footballing backgrounds.
The youth academy of FC Barcelona is called La Masia de Can Planes, but it’s typically just referred to as La Masia. It developed a number of elite players in the early 2000s and was a major contributor to Barcelona’s success in Europe.
Who is Barcelona’s La Masia player Ebrima Tunkara, bio, age, position, stats and style of play
There are almost 300 young players at the academy andnone of which is Ebrima Tunkara who is currently grabbing alot of attentions of the fans following his outstanding performance on academic level. The young rising star has now scored four goals in his last three matches so far.
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Who is Ebrima Tunkara?
Ebrima Tunkara is a 14-year-old La Masia prospect and a Spanish U-15 who was born on March 10, 2010. In addition to being a player with exceptional physical ability, the attacking midfielder can score goals anytime the chance arises.
Barcelona Youth side has around five key players and Ebrima is one of the midfielders alongside Michal Zuk (midfielder), defenders Joan Ingles and Jordi Pesquer and forward Ruslan Mba.
The Spanish Under-15 squad recently returned from Florence, where they had two exhibition matches at the CTF Coverciano versus Italy weeks back. He made a deft play and scored a penalty inspired by senior player in true “Lewandowski style.”
Not much is known about the youngster however, if he continues to play like this, the whole world will sooner or later come to know about him. Marc Guie is one well-known recent example of a gifted club producer who is becoming well-known and the other is Pau Cubarsi. The academy has produced some of the very promising players so far.
In 2010, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, and Xavi made history by becoming the first youth academy to train all three Ballon d’Or finalists in the same year.