Barcelona has lastly registered Roony Bardghji and he’ll put on the mercurial quantity 19 jersey previously worn by the legendary Lionel Messi, Softfootball stories.
The 20-year-old was completely unplayable throughout the 2026 Supercopa de España semi-final when Barcelona destroyed Athletic Bilbao 5-0 with the Sweden worldwide scoring a spectacular purpose to remind Hansi Flick why he introduced he to the membership and Lamine Yamal sitting on the bench applauded with a smile of approval.
Barcelona by way of their official X deal with made the announce with an image of Roony Bardghji and a easy caption. They posted:
Roony Bardghji, Barça’s new quantity 19, is formally registered. The Swedish ahead, one of many standout performers within the Spanish Tremendous Cup semi-final towards Athletic Membership, has now been registered with the primary staff. Till now, the winger was formally listed with Barça Atlètic and wore the quantity 28. From this Sunday’s Tremendous Cup ultimate onwards, he’ll don the quantity 19 as a totally fledged first-team squad quantity.
Roony Bardghji, who joined Barcelona on a 4-year deal from Copenhagen in 2025 was born in Kuwait to an Assyrian household from Aleppo, Syria. He’s of Armenian descent by his paternal grandfather. His household moved to Kallinge, Sweden, when he was 6 years outdated for higher alternatives.
After selecting to signify Sweden, Bardghji made his worldwide debut for the Sweden U17 staff on 7 August 2021. He additionally performed for the Sweden U21 staff, along with his debut on 2 June 2022.
In October 2025, Bardghji was known as as much as the Sweden nationwide soccer staff for the primary time. On 10 October 2025, Bardghji made his first look for the nationwide staff within the eighty fifth minute of a 2–0 loss towards Switzerland within the 2026 UEFA World cup qualifiers.
Roony Bardghji’s debut purpose within the Supercopa was shared by Barcelona by way of their official X deal with. Watch the video beneath.
Scored on his Tremendous Cup debut!
𝑅𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑦 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑔ℎ𝑗𝑖 pic.twitter.com/f9AC1JuJ52— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 7, 2026
Roony Bardghji shall be hoping to have a good time a trophy win along with his Barcelona teammates after they face bitter rivals Actual Madrid within the 2026 Supercopa de España ultimate on the King Abdullah Sports activities Metropolis in Jeddah on Sunday.
