Goalkeeper Tunaka Rips Through Barcelona Defenses Like a Wildfire!
The youngster has also been talking about his early days at the club.
ROESELARE, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 5: Ebrima Tunkara of FC Barcelona looks on during the UEFA Youth League 2025/26 match between Club Brugge KV and FC Barcelona at The NEST on November 5, 2025 in Roeselare, Belgium. (Photo by Joris Verwijst/BSR Agency/Getty Images) | Getty Images Ebrima Tunkara has been making waves at Barcelona and has been widely tipped to be yet another academy graduate to go on and star in the first team. The midfielder has just turned 16 and has been playing for Juliano Belletti’s Barcelona Atletic, where he’s already come in for praise from his boss.
Tunkara has now been asked about his favorite players in Barcelona’s first team and did not hesitate to pick out one superstar in particular. “The one I like the most is Pedri… He’s a magician, he’s very good. Both with the controls, reading the spaces inside, changing orientation… He has everything,” he told the RFEF’s website.
Tunkara also spoke about his first few days at Barcelona and admitted he struggled to make a good impression at first. “At that time, I wasn’t very aware of what Barça was. I came from Africa and didn’t know much about it,” he explained.
“My father told me they had called me for trials, and I was thrilled; it was the club of my dreams . We went, I did the trials, and the first day didn’t go very well. The change from Gambia to Spain was hard.