Thomas John Barkhuizen (born 4 July 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays a forward for EFL Championship club Derby County.
Barkhuizen started his career at Blackpool, making his senior debut in 2010 he also had loan spells at Hereford United, Fleetwood Town and Morecambe.
He then signed a pre-contract agreement with Preston North End, which started in January 2017, Barkhuizen made 209 appearances in five and a half years.
In July 2022, Barkhuizen signed with Derby County and in his second season in the club helped them gain automatic promotion to the Championship.
[4] On 24 August 2010, whilst still a second-year youth scholar, he made his first team debut in the second round of the 2010–11 League Cup, against Milton Keynes at Stadium MK.
[8] On 20 December, after scoring seven goals for the Bulls, Barkhuizen stated that he wanted to stay at Edgar Street until the end of the season.
[21] However, his season soon was disrupted with fractured and dislocated collarbone injury that kept him out for six weeks[22] and then made his return to action in early March.
[29] After Morecambe were late paying staff wages in November 2016 due to cash-flow problems, the option of selling a player was proposed.
Barkhuizen picked up a calf injury in Derby's first pre-season friendly ahead of the 2023–24 season against Matlock Town on 8 July 2023.
[40][41] Barkuzien scored eight goals in 43 appearances for Derby during his second season for the club as they finished runners-up in the division and earn promotion to the Championship automatically.