Roony Bardghji
Bardghji with Copenhagen in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-11-15) 15 November 2005
Place of birth Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Copenhagen
Number 40
Youth career
2012–2015 Kallinge SK
2015–2018 Rödeby AIF
2019–2020 Malmö FF
2020–2021 Copenhagen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Copenhagen 49 (12)
International career‡
2021 Sweden U17 6 (5)
2022– Sweden U21 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:36, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Roony Bardghji (Arabic: روني بردغجي, romanized: Rūnī Bardaḡdjī; pronounced [ˈruːniː barˈdaˤdʒiː]; born 15 November 2005) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Copenhagen.

Club career

Arriving in Sweden in 2012, Bardghji played for youth teams of Kallinge SK, Rödeby AIF and Malmö FF.[1] In 2020, he moved from Malmö to Copenhagen.[2] On 21 November 2021, he made his senior debut for Copenhagen against AGF in the Danish Superliga,[3] to become the youngest player to feature at the club, aged 16 years and 6 days, breaking previous record of Kenneth Zohore.[4] Seven days later, he scored his first goal for Copenhagen in a 3–1 against AaB.[5]

On 25 October 2022, Bardghji made his UEFA Champions League debut, coming off the bench in the 62nd minute, in a 3–0 defeat against Sevilla.[6] On 7 January 2023, he signed a new contract, extending his contract to December 2025.[7]

On 8 November 2023, Bardghji scored the first Champions League goal of his career - an 87th minute winner in a 4–3 win over Manchester United.[8]

International career

Bardghji was born in Kuwait to a Syrian family, and moved to Sweden at a young age.[9] He is a current Sweden under-21 international.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[11]
Club Season League Danish Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Copenhagen 2021–22 Danish Superliga 132002[lower-alpha 1]0152
2022–23 Danish Superliga 193602[lower-alpha 2]0273
2023–24 Danish Superliga 177228[lower-alpha 2]12710
Career total 4912821216115

Honours

Copenhagen

References

  1. ↑ "Framtiden Är Vår — Roony Bardghji". Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish). 11 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "FCK Talent signs rising star Roony Bardghji" (in Danish). F.C. København. 15 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "FC Copenhagen vs. AGF". Soccerway.com. 21 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Roony Bardghji becomes youngest ever F.C. Copenhagen player". F.C. København. 22 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "AaB vs. FC Copenhagen". Soccerway.com. 28 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Roony Bardghji on his Champions League debut and Parken noise". F.C. København. 2 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Roony Bardghji extends his contract". F.C. København. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "At 17, Roony Bardghji, the 'Swedish Messi', writes his name into Champions League history: Moment of the UCL Week". ESPN. 9 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "FCK Talent signs rising star Roony Bardghji". F.C. København.
  10. ↑ "Roony Bardghji". Soccerway.com.
  11. ↑ "Sweden - R. Bardghji - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "FC Copenhagen win 14th Danish league title". www.dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Danish Champions 2022/23". Copenhagen. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "FCK win 2022/23 Danish Cup". Copenhagen. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.


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