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

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, União Leiria,

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and

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. He has won six

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for the Sweden national team.

Career

Club career

Bärkroth became the youngest player ever to play in the highest Swedish football league,

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, 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. ...

in 1971 against

, they were the only two 15-year-olds ever to play in the history of Allsvenskan, until

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in 2015. 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 first qualifying round, coming on as a substitute at half time, making him one of the youngest players to ever score in a UEFA competition. In July 2011, he was loaned out to

. Bärkroth joined

on a three-year deal after his previous club

was relegated in the

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. On 19 June 2017, he signed a four-year-contract with Polish club

. He made his league debut for the club on 30 July 2017 in a 5–1 home victory over

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. He was subbed on for

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in the 63rd minute. One year after leaving IFK Norrköping, Bärkroth returned to Allsvenskan and

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on a three-and-a-half-year deal. He made his debut for the Stockholm team in a 1–1 draw against

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at home. In the following season, Bärkroth helped his new team to win the

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, together with former IFK Norrköping teammate

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, winning the deciding match on their former home ground in

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. In June 2020, he was forced to miss a couple of months from a knee injury. Bärkroth left Djurgården after the

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after his contract ended and three and half years in the club. On 1 March 2022, Bärkroth signed with

for two seasons with an option for a third.

International career

Bärkroth represented

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at all youth levels. In December 2014, he received his first senior call-up, for two friendly games against

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and

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and debuted in the game against

on 15 January 2015.

Personal life

His father, Robert Bengtsson-Bärkroth, played 239 matches in Allsvenskan with

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and Örgryte IS.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

IFK Norrköping *

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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 ...

;Djurgårdens IF *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barkroth, Niklas 1992 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers IFK Göteborg players IF Brommapojkarna players U.D. Leiria players IFK Norrköping players Lech Poznań players Lech Poznań II players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Örgryte IS players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Primeira Liga players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's international footballers Footballers from Gothenburg Men's association football wingers 21st-century Swedish sportsmen