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.

Career statistics
Club
Source:

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropeTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsWatford1981–82Second Division361330510044141982–83First Division421041304253131983–84391174216054161984–85401220530047151985–8639983310050131986–8737107331104814Total23365311121711229685Liverpool1987–88First Division381572300048171988–8933863320042131989–90342285210044281990–91351671200044171991–921214300101741992–93Premier League2752020003151993–942632020003031994–953876260005091995–963637030405031996–97354203073477Total314845116263123403106Newcastle United1997–98Premier League2665030513971998–991000000010Total276503051407Charlton Athletic1998–99Premier Legue120000000120Career total58615587275010286751198

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

TeamNationFromToMatchesWonDrawnLostWin %Celtic10 June 199910 February 200029192865.5%Jamaica16 September 200830 June 20091174063.6%Tranmere Rovers15 June 20099 October 20091231825%

Honours
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

References

Other websites

 John Barnes at LiverpoolFC.com

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