Daniel Tan Barlaser (born 18 January 1997) is an English-Turkish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
EFL Championship club
Middlesbrough
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Until the early 1800s, the a ...
.
Club career
Living in
Rowlands Gill
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, Barlaser started his career at local youth team Swalwell Juniors as well as playing for the Hookergate Comprehensive school football team where he was educated before being signed by the
Newcastle United academy in 2006.
After training with the first team squad, he was handed his first start for the club by
manager
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Rafa Benítez on 18 January 2017 when he started the game in a 3–1
FA Cup
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win against
Birmingham City
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. He continued his run in the team when he started against
Oxford United
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in a 3–0 loss.
Barlaser made his debut in the
EFL Cup in August 2017 against
Nottingham Forest
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, a match they lost 3–2 after extra-time.
On 19 January 2018, he agreed to move on loan to
Crewe Alexandra
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until the end of the season, and made his Crewe and Football League debut in a home league game against
Wycombe Wanderers
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on 20 January 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute.
On 9 April 2018, the loan spell was prematurely ended with Barlaser returning to Newcastle having made four appearances (all as substitutes).
In July 2019, Newcastle United announced that Barlaser extended his contract with the team and would join
Rotherham United
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on loan for the 2019–20 season.
On 2 October 2020, Barlaser completed a permanent move to
Rotherham United
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for an undisclosed fee, on a three-year deal. Barlaser was awarded the
EFL League One Player of the Month
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award for December 2021 after scoring four goals across the course of the month.
On 29 January 2023, Barlaser signed for
Championship
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club
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area.
Until the early 1800s, the a ...
for an undisclosed fee.
International career
Despite being born in England, Barlaser qualified for Turkey through his father. He is a youth international for the
Turkish Football Federation
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at the U16 and U17 levels.
On 1 June 2015, Barlaser was called up to the
England U18s.
Career statistics
Honours
Rotherham United
*
League One
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runner-up:
2021–22
*
EFL Trophy:
2021–22
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barlaser, Daniel
1997 births
Living people
Footballers from Gateshead
English men's footballers
Turkish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Newcastle United F.C. players
Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
Accrington Stanley F.C. players
Rotherham United F.C. players
English Football League players
Turkey men's youth international footballers
England men's youth international footballers
English people of Turkish descent
Turkish people of English descent
Middlesbrough F.C. players