Brandon Barker

Brandon Barker
Personal information
Full name Brandon Lee Barker
Date of birth (1996-10-04) 4 October 1996
Place of birth Manchester, England
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 NAC Breda
Number 16
Youth career
2004–2015 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Manchester City 0 (0)
2015 → Rotherham United (loan) 4 (1)
2016– → NAC Breda (loan) 14 (2)
National team‡
2013–2014 England U18 4 (0)
2014 England U19 5 (3)
2015– England U20 8 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:41, 3 December 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:53, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Brandon Barker (born 4 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for NAC Breda,[1] on loan from Manchester City, as a Winger.[2][3][4][5]

Club career

Manchester City

Brandon Barker joined Manchester City at the age of eight. He was the winner of the Academy Players’ Player of the Year award in the 2013–14 season and signed his first professional contract with Manchester City in July 2014.[6] In the opening months of the 2015–16 season he appeared on the first team bench for a number of times but did not manage to make an appearance.[7][8]

2015-16

On 6 November 2015, Barker signed for Rotherham United of the Championship on a loan with an initial length of two months.[9] The next day he made his professional debut playing 90 minutes and scoring in a 5-2 loss to Ipswich.[10] On 15 December 2015, Barker was recalled early from his loan and returned to Manchester City.[11]

He made his first-team debut for City on 21 February 2016, coming on as a substitute for Bersant Celina in a 5-1 defeat against Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup.[12]

Loan to NAC Breda

In August 2016, Barker was sent to NAC Breda of the Dutch Eerste Divisie on loan for the 2016-17 season.[13] He made his debut on 19 August, as a substitute in a 1-2 loss to Maastricht.[14] His first goal came on 21 October, in a 3–1 win over Fortuna Sittard.[15]

International career

Barker made his international debut for England U18 in October 2013 and has since gone on to play for his country at U19 and U20 levels.

Career Statistics

As of 3 December 2016[16]
Club Season League Cup[note 1] League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 2015-16[17] Premier League 0010000010
Rotherham United (loan) 2015-16[17] Championship 410000—41
NAC Breda (loan) 2016-17 Eerste Divisie 14210——152
Career Total 183200000203
Note
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, KNVB Cup

Honors

References

  1. ↑ 'NAC profiteert van City-samenwerking: Guardiola stuurt buitenspeler naar Breda' (Dutch). Voetbalprimeur. 3 August 2016
  2. ↑ "Brandon Barker player profile - Manchester City Academy - Manchester City FC". mcfc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Brandon Barker - Manchester City FC". mcfc.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "England - B. Barker - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
  5. ↑ Simon Bajkowski (21 January 2015). "Man City starlet Brandon Barker leading new era of boy Blues". men.
  6. ↑ https://www.mcfc.co.uk/teams/eds/midfielders/brandon-barker
  7. ↑ Brennan, Stuart (11 November 2015). "Manchester City youngster Brandon Barker speaks of his frustration sitting on Blues' bench". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Bajkowski, Simon (22 October 2015). "Man City: Brandon Barker keen on game time to keep moving forward". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Brandon Barker: Man City midfielder joins Rotherham on loan". BBC. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "Rotherham United 2–5 Ipswich Town". BBC. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  11. ↑ Veal, Jonathan (15 December 2015). "Barker's Loan Spell Cut Short". Millers Time. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  12. ↑ McNulty, Phil (21 February 2016). "Chelsea 5-1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Bajkowski, Simon (15 August 2016). "Barker Moves to NAC Breda On Loan". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "LOAN WATCH: UNAL NETS HAT-TRICK OF GOLAZOS". mancity.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  15. ↑ Dirven, Johan (21 October 2016). "Ontlading bij de Parel na broodnodige winst op Fortuna" (in Dutch). breda.nieuws.nl. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Brandon Barker profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  17. 1 2 "Matches played by Brandon Barker in 2015-2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  18. ↑ "Man City starlet Brandon Barker leading new era of boy Blues". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

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