Carlos Bacca is close to the historical record as top scorer held by Víctor Hugo Aristizábal

J.unior of Barranquilla It was confirmed in the fight to get the group A spot in the finals of the first semester of the Colombian league. With the victory against Bucaramanga, the Barranquilla team placed second, tied on points with Deportivo Pereira. But everything will be defined on the last date.

The goal of Carlos Bacca In the 49th minute, not only did it bring the ‘shark’ team closer to the final, but it put them at the top of the scoring table and is bringing them closer. also to a very important individual achievement in Colombian soccer: the list of top Colombian scorers.

15 goals away from the record

Currently, the first in that ranking is Victor Hugo Aristizábal. ‘Aristi’, who scored 346 goals in his career, is followed very closely Radamel Falcao García with 345 notes; third place is Dayro Moreno with 337, of which 328 have been in the local league.

Carlos Bacca takes fourth place with 332 goals scored, 15 goals away from the record held by Aristizábal. This season, he is the leading scorer with 12 goals, followed by Hugo Rodallega. With Junior his contract ends on June 30, but he is negotiating a renewal and playing the second semester. Next Sunday the pass to the final will be played in which a victory could put them in the last two games of the current league.

Bacca’s career

The scorer plans to retire at the club where his career as a professional footballer began to take off. The one born in Puerto Colombia, Atlantic, He has extensive experience in clubs around the world. He began his career at Junior de Barranquilla, from there he went to Barranquilla FC for a season and, after being loaned to Minerven in the Venezuelan league, he returned to Barranquilla to later begin his career in Europe.

In the Belgian league, he played for a year and a half with the Brugesfrom there, he reached the Spanish league in which he signed two seasons as winner of the Europa League with Sevilla.

Milan received him after two seasons, in Italy he won a super cup before going back and forth between the Italian team and Villareal of the Spanish league
where, finally, in 2021, he won his third Europa League.

Before returning to the team that saw him grow as a professional footballer, He played for Granada CF to finally return to Colombia in July 2022 and win his third local league in the second half of 2023.