Link question

I don't know if this is too technical for this forum, but here goes.

Would Google see the following link and count it as a backlink for www.xyz.com, assuming the link is on www.zyx.com:

<a href="http://www.xyz.com" onclick="window.open('http://www.zyx.com/go.php?u=http://www.xyz.com'); return false;">XYZ.COM</a>

Code (markup):

In essence, the href is pointing to www.xyz.com, but the javascript tells the browser to open a new window with a page from zyx.com instead.

Reason for the question: I'd like to track the clicks, but also give backlink credit to the site I'm linking to.

 

yes they would count it as a backlink since its still has a clean <a href=""> section