John Barnes (footballer)

**John Charles Bryan Barnes**  (born 7 November 1963) is a Jamacian-born English former footballer, rapper, manager and now commentator. He played as a left winger. He was best known for playing for Liverpool between 1987 and 1997. He won three league titles, an FA Cup and a League Cup during his time playing at Liverpool. He also played for Watford, Newcastle United, Charlton Athletic and the England national team. He also managed Celtic, the Jamaica national team and Tranmere Rovers.

Barnes was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He moved to London at the age of 12. He was married to Suzy until their divorce. They had four children. With his second wife, Andrea, he has three children. He lives on the Wirral.

### Club

- Source:

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Watford|1981–82|Second Division|36|13|3|0|5|1|0|0|44|14||
|1982–83|First Division|42|10|4|1|3|0|4|2|53|13|||
|1983–84|39|11|7|4|2|1|6|0|54|16||||
|1984–85|40|12|2|0|5|3|0|0|47|15||||
|1985–86|39|9|8|3|3|1|0|0|50|13||||
|1986–87|37|10|7|3|3|1|1|0|48|14||||
|Liverpool|1987–88|First Division|38|15|7|2|3|0|0|0|48|17||
|1988–89|33|8|6|3|3|2|0|0|42|13||||
|1989–90|34|22|8|5|2|1|0|0|44|28||||
|1990–91|35|16|7|1|2|0|0|0|44|17||||
|1991–92|12|1|4|3|0|0|1|0|17|4||||
|1992–93|Premier League|27|5|2|0|2|0|0|0|31|5|||
|1993–94|26|3|2|0|2|0|0|0|30|3||||
|1994–95|38|7|6|2|6|0|0|0|50|9||||
|1995–96|36|3|7|0|3|0|4|0|50|3||||
|1996–97|35|4|2|0|3|0|7|3|47|7||||
|Newcastle United|1997–98|Premier League|26|6|5|0|3|0|5|1|39|7||
|1998–99|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0||||
|Charlton Athletic|1998–99|Premier Legue|12|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|12|0||

### International goals

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first._

|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Result|Competition|Scored|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|10 June 1984|Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil||2–0|Friendly|1|
|2, 3|14 November 1984|Besiktas Inonu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey||8–0|1986 World Cup qualifier|2|
|4, 5|14 October 1987|Wembley Stadium, London, England||8–0|Euro 1988 qualifier|2|
|6|11 November 1987|Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia||4–1|Euro 1988 qualifier|1|
|7|8 February 1989|Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece||2–1|Friendly|1|
|8|8 March 1989|Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania||2-0|1990 World Cup qualifier|1|
|9|3 June 1989|Wembley Stadium, London, England||3–0|1990 World Cup qualifier|1|
|10|22 May 1990|Wembley Stadium, London, England||1-2|Friendly|1|
|11|28 April 1993|Wembley Stadium, London, England||2–2|1994 World Cup qualifier|1|

## Managerial statistics

- _As of 6 September 2009_

|Team|Nation|From|To|Matches|Won|Drawn|Lost|Win %||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Celtic||align=left|10 June 1999|align=left|10 February 2000|29|19|2|8|65.5%|
|align=left|Jamaica||align=left|16 September 2008|align=left|30 June 2009|11|7|4|0|63.6%|
|align=left|Tranmere Rovers||align=left|15 June 2009|align=left|9 October 2009|12|3|1|8|25%|

### As player

**Liverpool**
- Football League First Division: 1987–88, 1989–90
- FA Cup: 1988–89, 1991–92
- League Cup: 1994–95
- FA Charity Shield: 1988, 1989, 1990

### As manager

**Jamaica**
- Caribbean Cup: 2008

### Individual

- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1988
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1988, 1990
- PFA First Division Team of the Year: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91
- PFA Team of the Century (1977-1996): 2007
- Member of the Order of the British Empire: 1998
- Inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame: 2005

## Other websites

- John Barnes at LiverpoolFC.com

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: John Barnes
- **image**: John Barnes in Kristiansund, Norway.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Barnes in Norway, June 2012
- **fullname**: John Charles Bryan Barnes
- **birth place**: Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
- **position**: Midfielder, Left Winger
- **youthclubs1**: Stowe Boys Club
- **years1**: 1980–1981
- **clubs1**: Sudbury Court
- **years2**: 1981–1987
- **clubs2**: Watford F.C., Watford
- **caps2**: 233
- **goals2**: 65
- **years3**: 1987–1997
- **clubs3**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps3**: 314
- **goals3**: 84
- **years4**: 1997–1999
- **clubs4**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps4**: 27
- **goals4**: 6
- **years5**: 1999
- **clubs5**: Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic
- **caps5**: 12
- **goals5**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 586
- **totalgoals**: 155
- **nationalyears1**: 1982–1983
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1983–1995
- **nationalteam2**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps2**: 79
- **nationalgoals2**: 11
- **manageryears1**: 1999–2000
- **managerclubs1**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **manageryears2**: 2008–2009
- **managerclubs2**: Jamaica national football team, Jamaica
- **manageryears3**: 2009
- **managerclubs3**: Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers