| Variations of Name | John Charles Bryan Barnes |
| Biography | John Barnes MBE is a former professional football player and manager. Barnes works as an author, as well as a commentator and pundit for ESPN and SuperSport.Barnes won two league titles and two FA Cup finals with Liverpool. He was also an FA Cup runner-up with Watford, Liverpool and Newcastle United. He earned 79 international caps for England.
He debuted for England in 1983, and in 1987 joined Liverpool for £900,000. In his ten seasons there, Liverpool won the then-top-flight First Division twice and the FA Cup twice. He scored 106 goals in 403 matches. By the time of his last cap, in 1995, he had more caps than any other black England player. After two years at Newcastle United, he ended his playing career at Charlton Athletic in 1999. Barnes had eight months as Celtic head coach when his former Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish was director of football. He has since managed the Jamaica national team, in 200809, and English club Tranmere Rovers, for four months in 2009. |