Nicklas Bärkroth

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Nicklas Bärkroth
Bärkroth with Lech Poznań in 2017
Personal information
Full name Nicklas Robert Bärkroth
Date of birth (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Örgryte
Number 10
Youth career
1998–2006 Balltorps FF
2006–2007 IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 IFK Göteborg 54 (4)
2011 → Brommapojkarna (loan) 11 (6)
2012 → União Leiria (loan) 10 (0)
2013–2014 Brommapojkarna 51 (3)
2015–2017 IFK Norrköping 53 (6)
2017–2018 Lech Poznań 19 (0)
2018 Lech Poznań II 1 (0)
2018–2021 Djurgårdens IF 76 (8)
2022– Örgryte 37 (5)
International career‡
2007–2009 Sweden U17 12 (4)
2009–2011 Sweden U19 13 (2)
2012–2015 Sweden U21 11 (1)
2015–2017 Sweden 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 January 2017

Nicklas Robert Bärkroth (born 19 January 1992) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Örgryte. Previously, he has played for Balltorps FF, IFK Göteborg, União Leiria, IF Brommapojkarna, IFK Norrköping, Lech Poznań and Djurgårdens IF. He has won six caps for the Sweden national team.

Career[edit]

Club career[edit]

Bärkroth in 2014, while at Brommapojkarna

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 IF Brommapojkarna on 2 September 2007.[1] 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 in 1971 against IFK Norrköping, they were the only two 15-year-olds ever to play in the history of Allsvenskan, until Sead Hakšabanović in 2015.[2]

On 23 July 2008 he made his UEFA Champions League debut[3] 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,[4] making him one of the youngest players to ever score in a UEFA competition.

In July 2011, he was loaned out to IF Brommapojkarna.[5]

Bärkroth joined IFK Norrköping on a three-year deal after his previous club IF Brommapojkarna was relegated in the 2014 Allsvenskan.[6]

On 19 June 2017, he signed a four-year-contract with Polish club Lech Poznań.[7] He made his league debut for the club on 30 July 2017 in a 5–1 home victory over Piast Gliwice. He was subbed on for Maciej Makuszewski in the 63rd minute.[8]

One year after leaving IFK Norrköping, Bärkroth returned to Allsvenskan and Djurgården on a three-and-a-half year deal.[9] He made his debut for the Stockholm team in a 1–1 draw against GIF Sundsvall at home.[10] In the following season, Bärkroth helped his new team to win the 2019 Allsvenskan, together with former IFK Norrköping teammate Emir Kujovic, winning the deciding match on their former home ground in Norrköping.[11] In June 2020, he was forced to miss a couple of months from a knee injury.[12] Bärkroth left Djurgården after the 2021 season after his contract ended and three and half years in the club.[13]

On 1 March 2022, Bärkroth signed with Örgryte for two seasons with an option for a third.[14]

International career[edit]

Bärkroth represented Sweden at all youth levels.

In December 2014, he received his first senior call-up,[15] for two friendly games against Ivory Coast and Finland and debuted in the game against Ivory Coast on 15 January 2015.

Personal life[edit]

His father, Robert Bengtsson-Bärkroth, played 239 matches in Allsvenskan with Västra Frölunda IF and Örgryte IS.[1]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 20 May 2018.[16][17]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other1 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
IFK Göteborg 2007 Allsvenskan 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
2008 Allsvenskan 2 0 0 0 2 2 – 4 2
2009 Allsvenskan 22 2 2 1 1 0 – 25 3
2010 Allsvenskan 16 1 0 0 1 0 – 17 1
2011 Allsvenskan 10 1 2 2 – – 12 3
Total 51 4 4 3 4 2 – 59 9
Brommapojkarna (loan) 2011 Superettan 11 6 0 0 – – 11 6
União de Leiria (loan) 2011–12 Primeira Liga 10 0 0 0 – – 10 0
Brommapojkarna 2013 Allsvenskan 23 2 4 1 – – 27 3
2014 Allsvenskan 28 1 1 0 5 1 – 34 2
Total 51 3 5 1 5 1 – 61 5
IFK Norrköping 2015 Allsvenskan 18 0 4 2 – – 22 2
2016 Allsvenskan 22 4 5 1 – 1 0 28 5
2017 Allsvenskan 13 2 7 2 2 0 – 22 4
Total 53 6 16 5 2 0 1 0 72 11
Lech Poznań 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 19 0 1 0 4 0 – 24 0
Career total 195 19 26 9 15 3 1 0 237 31

1 Including Svenska Supercupen.

International[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

As of 12 January 2017.
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2015 2 0
2016 2 0
2017 2 0
Total 6 0

Honours[edit]

IFK Norrköping

Djurgårdens IF

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Nicklas Bärkroth, 15, yngst i allsvenskan: "Det gick helt okej"". Aftonbladet. 2 September 2007.
  2. ^ Bärkroth tidernas yngste allsvensk - Startsida - svenskfotboll.se
  3. ^ IFK Göteborg - Matchreferat
  4. ^ Dagensnyheter. Bärkroth glänste i Champions League
  5. ^ "Niklas Bärkroth till BP". Svenska Dagbladet. 6 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Bärkroth klar för IFK Norrköping". Aftonbladet. 26 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Nicklas Bärkroth zawodnikiem Kolejorza" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Lech Poznan vs. Piast Gliwice – 30 July 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Officiellt: Bärkroth klar för Djurgården: "Hade andra alternativ"".
  10. ^ "Bärkroth efter Dif-debuten: "Är en bit kvar till toppformen"".
  11. ^ "Guldhjältarna från 2015 fick fira i andra färger". Aftonbladet. 3 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Uppgifter: Bärkroth blir borta flera månader". Aftonbladet. 28 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Tack för den här tiden Nicklas Bärkroth". 12 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Nicklas Bärkroth klar för ÖIS Fotboll" (Press release) (in Swedish). ÖIS Fotboll. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Herrlandslaget - Svensk fotboll". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  16. ^ Nicklas Bärkroth at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
  17. ^ Nicklas Bärkroth at Soccerway

External links[edit]

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