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John Barnes (footballer)

John Barnes
John Barnes in Kristiansund, Norway.jpg
Barnes in 2012
Personal information
Full name John Charles Bryan Barnes
Date of birth (1963-11-07) 7 November 1963 (age 53)
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Playing position Left winger
Youth career
Stowe Boys Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 Sudbury Court
1981–1987 Watford 233 (65)
1987–1997 Liverpool 314 (84)
1997–1999 Newcastle United 27 (6)
1999 Charlton Athletic 12 (0)
Total 586 (155)
National team
1982–1983 England U21 3 (0)
1983–1995 England 79 (11)
Teams managed
1999–2000 Celtic
2008–2009 Jamaica
2009 Tranmere Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE (born 7 November 1963) is an English former footballer, rapper and manager, who currently works as a commentator and pundit for ESPN and SuperSport. A fast, skilful left winger, Barnes had successful periods at Watford and Liverpool in the 1980s and 1990s, and played for the England national team on 79 occasions. In 2006, in a poll of Liverpool fans' favourite players, Barnes came fifth; a year later FourFourTwo magazine named him Liverpool's best player of all time.

Born and initially raised in Jamaica, the son of a military officer from Trinidad, Barnes moved to London with his family when he was 12 years old. He joined Watford at the age of 17 in 1981 and over the next six years made 296 appearances for the club, scoring 85 goals. He made his debut for England in 1983 and four years later joined Liverpool for £900,000. Between 1987 and 1997 Barnes won the then top-flight First Division twice and the FA Cup twice with Liverpool, scoring 106 goals in 403 matches. By the time of his last appearance for England in 1995 he had been capped 79 times—then a record for a black player. After two years with Newcastle United, he ended his playing career at Charlton Athletic in 1999.

Barnes moved to Scotland to become head coach of Celtic in 1999 with his former Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish as director of football. This was not successful and Barnes was sacked in 2000. Since then Barnes has managed the Jamaica national team in 2008–09 and the English club Tranmere Rovers for four months in 2009.


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