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Birth Name: Aleksander Aleksandrovich Barkov
Place of Birth: Tampere, Finland
Date of Birth: 2 September, 1995
Ethnicity: Russian
Aleksander Barkov is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. A centre, he plays for, and is the captain of, the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was previously with Tappara; and has also played for the Finland national team. He has earned the Selke Trophy multiple times for his defense as a centre. He is 6′3″.
Aleksander is the son of Olga and Alexander Barkov, Sr., a professional ice hockey player and coach, who played for Sibir Novosibirsk, Spartak Moscow, Lions Courmaosta, and Tappara. His father was born in Novosibirsk. The family stayed in Finland, where Aleksander was born, after his father played there. Aleksander has Russian and Finnish citizenship.
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