Roony Bardghji

Roony Bardghji
Bardghji with Copenhagen in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-11-15) 15 November 2005 (age 19)
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 55 (12)
International career‡
2021 Sweden U17 6 (5)
2022– Sweden U21 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:28, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:26, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Roony Bardghji (Arabic: روني بردغجي; born 15 November 2005) is a professional Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Copenhagen. Born in Kuwait, he represents Sweden at youth level.

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] In early May 2024, he sustained a serious knee injury during training which would sideline him for 9 to 12 months.[9]

International career

Bardghji was born in Kuwait to a Syrian family, and moved to Sweden when he was 6 years old.[10] He is a current Sweden under-21 international.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[12]
Club Season League Danish Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Copenhagen 2021–22 Danish Superliga 13 2 0 0 2[a] 0 15 2
2022–23 19 3 6 0 2[b] 0 27 3
2023–24 23 7 2 2 9[b] 1 34 10
Career total 55 12 8 2 13 1 68 15
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Copenhagen

Individual

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. ^ "FC Copenhagen talent Roony Bardghji out for 9-12 months after knee injury". The Athletic. 2 May 2024.
  10. ^ "FCK Talent signs rising star Roony Bardghji". F.C. København.
  11. ^ "Roony Bardghji". Soccerway.com.
  12. ^ "Sweden - R. Bardghji - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  13. ^ "FC Copenhagen win 14th Danish league title". www.dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Danish Champions 2022/23". Copenhagen. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  15. ^ "FCK win 2022/23 Danish Cup". Copenhagen. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  16. ^ Bak, Daniel (31 August 2023). "Seks SL-klubber har spillere på månedens hold". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Månedens Hold i Superligaen – september". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.


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