Daniel Tan Barlaser (born 18 January 1997) is an English-Turkish professional

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who plays as a

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for EFL Championship club

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Club career

Living in

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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

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Rafa Benítez on 18 January 2017 when he started the game in a 3–1

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win against

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. He continued his run in the team when he started against

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in a 3–0 loss. Barlaser made his debut in the EFL Cup in August 2017 against

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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 Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

until the end of the season, and made his Crewe and Football League debut in a home league game against

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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

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on loan for the 2019–20 season. On 2 October 2020, Barlaser completed a permanent move to

for an undisclosed fee, on a three-year deal. Barlaser was awarded the

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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

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club

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

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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 *

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runner-up: 2021–22 * EFL Trophy: 2021–22

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{{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