Bojan Krkić Pérez (born 28 August 1990), also known as simply Bojan, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Stoke City. Bojan began his career at Barcelona after progressing the the youth ranks at La Masia. His early promise saw him make his first-team debut at the age of 17 years and 19 days, breaking the record set by Lionel Messi. In his debut season he scored 12 goals in 48 matches. In total he spent four seasons at the Camp Nou scoring 41 goals in 162 games before he was sold in July 2011 to Italian side AS Roma for a fee of €12 million. Whilst in Rome he scored seven goals in 37 appearances in 2011–12 and the spent the 2012–13 on loan at Milan where he score three goals in 27 games.