Nicklas Bärkroth

Nicklas Bärkroth in February 2009

Nicklas Bärkroth ( born January 19, 1992) is a Swedish football player. The midfielder is after his Erstligadebüt at the age of 15 years and 226 days, the youngest-ever used in the Allsvenskan actor.

Career

Bärkroth began in 1998 with the football matches Balltorps FF. Before the start of the season 2007 he moved to the youth department of IFK Gothenburg. In the summer, he was appointed by Hans Lindbom, coach of the Swedish U15 selection to the first few games of his year in the national team and made his debut there on 28 August of the year in the 1:4 defeat against the Norwegian youth team. At the second meeting two days later, which ended with a 1-2 defeat, his first goal was scored him in the jersey with the Swedish national colors.

When in September 2007 Jonas Wallerstedt and Pontus Wernbloom failed, the coaching duo of Jonas Olsson and Stefan Rehn decided the young talent to train with the first team, and it ultimately debut on September 2, 2007, in the Game against IF Brommapojkarna in Allsvenskan and on the side of George Mourad to accrue in the attack. Before that time, Peter Dahlqvist than hitherto youngest player into the history of the league. His first game in the Ullevi aroused attention outside Sweden, and in October of the top English club Manchester United invited him for a trial.

Bärkroth came to his Erstligadebüt again mainly in the youth team of the club and was used only irregularly for Erstligakader. However, in the summer of 2008, the now 16 -year-old has once again made headlines when he could be celebrated in 2008/ 09 after coming on as a scored twice in a 4-0 success over his club SS Murata in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. In the season of 2009, he had established himself in the final squad for the first team and was in the course of the season to 22 league operations, including five in the starting lineup. With the club he won the runner-up behind AIK and reached the cup final. In the 0-2 final defeat against AIK he sat on the bench but did not play.

In preparation for the 2010 season is Bärkroth suffered a torn ligament. Shortly after the start of the season, he returned to the team and changed the course of the season between the starting lineup and bench. In early 2011 he was promoted to captain of the U-19 selection, he led at a tournament in Spain in February of this year. In league play, however, his season opener designed not as successful: Although regularly in use, he did not get beyond the reserve role on the offensive behind Stefan Selakovic, Tobias and Tobias Hysén Sana. Therefore, in order to allow him more playing time, the club gave him in the summer of 2011 until the end of the year at the Stockholm IF Brommapojkarna in the Superettan. There he was a regular player and scored in eleven league games six goals, with the club, he finished sixth in the final rankings table.

In spite of personal success in the second division of the IFK Göteborg end of January 2012 gave him again. He closed until the summer of Portuguese club União Leiria, whose league rival Benfica also agreed a purchase option. By the end of the season he ran in ten games in the Primeira Liga on, but the team was relegated as a table in the second division last from. He then returned to Sweden, but injured his knee at the end of August and fell from the longer term.

In January 2013 Bärkroth left the IFK Göteborg and changed in return for Ludwig Augustinsson to IF Brommapojkarna, where he signed a two -year contract.

Remarkable

Bärkroths father Robert Bengtsson - Bärkroth was also a professional footballer. He ran over 200 times in the Allsvenskan.