Nicklas Robert Bärkroth (born 19 January 1992) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a winger for

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. Previously, he has played for Balltorps FF,

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the ...

, União Leiria,

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IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play thei ...

, Lech Poznań and

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. He has won six

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for the Sweden national team.

Career

Bärkroth became the youngest player ever to play in the highest Swedish football league, Allsvenskan, at 15 years, seven months and 14 days old when he started in IFK Göteborg's match against

on 2 September 2007. The record was previously held by Peter Dahlqvist, who was 15 years, nine months and five days when he made his debut for

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. H ...

in 1971 against

, they were the only two 15-year-olds ever to play in the history of Allsvenskan, until Sead Hakšabanović in 2015. His father, Robert Bengtsson-Bärkroth, played 239 matches in Allsvenskan with

Västra Frölunda IF Västra Frölunda Idrottsförening (English: Västra Frölunda Sports Association) is a Swedish football club located in Gothenburg. It was formed on 2 January 1930 and has played ten seasons in the Allsvenskan, the highest Swedish league. In t ...

and Örgryte IS. On 23 July 2008 he made his

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debut and scored 2 goals in IFK's 4–0 win against S.S. Murata in the second leg of the

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, coming on as a substitute at half time, making him one of the youngest players to ever score in a UEFA competition. On 19 June 2017, he signed a four-year-contract with Polish club Lech Poznań. He made his league debut for the club on 30 July 2017 in a 5–1 home victory over

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish association football, football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 Ekstraklasa, 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2022–23, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, ...

. He was subbed on for Maciej Makuszewski in the 63rd minute. On 1 March 2022, Bärkroth signed with

for two seasons with an option for a third.

International career

Bärkroth represented Sweden at all youth levels. In December 2014, he received his first senior call-up, for two friendly games against Ivory Coast and

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and debuted in the game against Ivory Coast on 15 January 2015.

Career statistics

Club

¹ Including

Svenska Supercupen Svenska Supercupen, ''Swedish Super Cup'', was a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. The fixture was played in November, after the Allsvenskan season. In the event of a ...

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :''As of 12 January 2017.''

Honours

IFK Norrköping * Allsvenskan: 2015 *

: 2015 ;Djurgårdens IF * Allsvenskan:

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barkroth, Niklas 1992 births Living people Swedish footballers Swedish expatriate footballers IFK Göteborg players IF Brommapojkarna players U.D. Leiria players IFK Norrköping players Lech Poznań players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Örgryte IS players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Primeira Liga players Ekstraklasa players Expatriate footballers in Portugal Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Poland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Sweden youth international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Sweden international footballers Footballers from Gothenburg Association football wingers