Nicklas Bärkroth

Nicklas Bärkroth

Personal information
Full name	Nicklas Robert Bärkroth
Date of birth	(1992-01-19) 19 January 1992
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Height
Position(s)	Striker / Winger
Team information
Current team	IFK Norrköping
Youth career
1998–2006	Balltorps FF
2006–2007	IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2013	IFK Göteborg	55	(4)
2011	→ IF Brommapojkarna (loan)	11	(6)
2012	→ União Leiria (loan)	10	(0)
2013–2014	IF Brommapojkarna	51	(3)
2015–	IFK Norrköping	22	(0)
International career‡
2007–2009	Sweden U17	12	(4)
2009–2011	Sweden U19	13	(2)
2012–2015	Sweden U21	11	(1)
2015–	Sweden	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 January 2016

Nicklas Robert Bärkroth (born 19 January 1992 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish footballer who plays for IFK Norrköping in Allsvenskan as a Winger. Previously, he has played for Balltorps FF, IFK Göteborg, União Leiria and IF Brommapojkarna.

Career

Bärkroth became the youngest person 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. 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, these are the only two 15-year-olds ever to play in the history of Allsvenskan.

His father, Robert Bengtsson Bärkroth, played 239 matches in Allsvenskan with Västra Frölunda IF and Örgryte IS. On 23 July 2008 he made his UEFA Champions League 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.