Background
He is the son of former Russian hockey player Aleksander Barkov, Senior, and holds dual Finnish and Russian citizenship. He grew up in Tampere, Finland where his father was playing for Tappara of the Finnish Master of Science-Liiga.
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He is currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (National Hockey League). Barkov was selected by the Florida Panthers in the first round (second overall) of the 2013 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Barkov made his debut in Master of Science-liiga with Tappara Tampere on October 1, 2011 and became the youngest ever player in the league to score a point with his assist to a goal by Kalle Kaijomaa.
In December 2011, he was chosen to play for Finland men"s national junior ice hockey team as the youngest Finnish player in the Ice Hockey World Junior Championships.
During the quarter-final match on January 2, 2012 against Slovakia, Barkov became the second youngest player to score a goal at the World Juniors at the age of 16 years, 4 months. The record is held by Kazakhstan"s Viktor Alexandrov, who set the record in 2001 at the age of 15.
On July 15, 2013, Barkov signed his first National Hockey League contract with the Florida Panthers. He became the youngest player since the 1967 National Hockey League expansion to score a goal on October 3, 2013, which he did it in a road game against Kari Lehtonen of the Dallas Stars at the age of 18 years, 31 days.
Jordan Staal had previously held that record (for the post-expansion era), scoring his first National Hockey League goal at the age of 18 years, 32 days.
