Chris Barker

Chris Barker

Barker at Southend United in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Andrew Baker[1]
Date of birth	2 March 1980[2]
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Weston-super-Mare
Youth career
1997–1999	Alfreton Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	Barnsley	113	(3)
2002–2007	Cardiff City	162	(0)
2004	→ Stoke City (loan)	4	(0)
2006–2007	→ Colchester United (loan)	38	(0)
2007–2008	Queens Park Rangers	25	(0)
2008–2010	Plymouth Argyle	54	(0)
2010	→ Southend United (loan)	4	(0)
2010–2013	Southend United	113	(0)
2013-2016	Aldershot Town	77	(0)
2016	Hereford	5	(0)
2016–	Weston-super-Mare	0	(0)
Teams managed
2015	Aldershot Town (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:49, 8 September 2016 (UTC).

Christopher Andrew "Chris" Barker (born 2 March 1980) is an English professional footballer who is a defender and assistant manager at Weston-super-Mare.

He has also represented Alfreton Town, Barnsley, Cardiff City, Stoke City, Colchester United, Queens Park Rangers, Plymouth Argyle and Southend United since beginning his career in 1997. In 2015 Barker was appointed player-manager of Aldershot Town.

His brother, Richie is also a professional footballer.

Career

Barker was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.^[2] He began his professional career at Barnsley, winning the club's young player of the year award in his first full season. After beating off competition for his place from Mateo Corbo, Barker was again awarded the clubs young player of the year award, becoming the first player to win the award on two occasions. After appearing in over 100 games for the club, on 12 July 2002, 22-year-old Barker joined Cardiff City in a deal which was thought to be worth an initial £500,000, with an extra £100,000 if Cardiff achieved promotion.^[3]

After dropping down a division to sign for the club, Barker helped the team win promotion in his first year. He remained first choice left back for the majority of the next few years, joining Stoke City on loan in August 2004 for three months only to be recalled after one,^[4] and was voted the Cardiff City supporters' player of the season in 2004–05.^[5] On 18 August 2006, Barker was signed on loan by Colchester United until January 2007.^[6] This was later extended until the end of the season.^[7] However, the move was not made permanent at the end of his loan spell, but was regarded as a very popular and respected player with the fans at Layer Road. On 5 June 2007, Barker signed for Queens Park Rangers in a two-year deal, on a free transfer.^[8]

He signed for Championship rivals Plymouth Argyle on an emergency loan deal on 9 August 2008, allowing him to make his debut later that day against Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[9] Two days later, the transfer was made permanent, with Barker signing a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.^[10][11] On 5 August 2010, Barker joined Southend United on loan for one month after being told he was surplus to requirements by Argyle manager Peter Reid.^[12][13] He signed a two-year contract with the club at the end of the month on a free transfer.^[14] On 30 April 2011, Barker was voted Southend's player of the year for the 2010–11 season. Having been vice-captain during his first season with the club, he was appointed captain ahead of the new campaign after the departure of Craig Easton.^[15] He scored his first goal for Southend as they were defeated by Crewe Alexandra in the 2011–12 League Two play-offs.^[16]

Barker left Southend on 9 August 2013 after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.^[17] He subsequently joined Aldershot Town the same day^[18] and made his debut for the Conference side the following day in a 1–1 draw with Grimsby Town.^[19]

In January 2015 Barker was appointed player-manager of Aldershot following the sacking of Andy Scott.^[20]

In June 2016, Barker signed for Hereford as a player-coach. In October 2016, he joined National League South side Weston-super-Mare as player/assistant manager to boss Scott Bartlett.^[21]

Career statistics

As of 8 May 2016

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barnsley	1999–2000[22]	First Division	29	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	35	0
	2000–01[23]	First Division	40	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	46	0
	2001–02[24]	First Division	44	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	49	3
	Total		113	3	4	0	12	0	1	0	130	3
Cardiff City	2002–03[25]	Second Division	40	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	47	0
	2003–04[26]	First Division	39	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	41	0
	2004–05[27]	Championship	39	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	44	0
	2005–06[28]	Championship	41	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	45	0
	2006–07[29]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		159	0	8	0	9	0	1	0	177	0
Stoke City (loan)	2004–05[30]	Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Colchester United (loan)	2006–07[31]	Championship	38	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	39	0
	Total		38	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	39	0
Queens Park Rangers	2007–08[32]	Championship	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
	Total		25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
Plymouth Argyle	2008–09[33]	Championship	40	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	42	0
	2009–10[34]	Championship	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
	2010–11[35]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		54	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	58	0
Southend United (loan)	2010–11[36]	League Two	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
	Total		4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
Southend United	2010–11[36]	League Two	39	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	0
	2011–12[37]	League Two	43	0	4	0	0	0	6	1	53	1
	2012–13[38]	League Two	29	0	4	0	1	0	6	0	40	0
	Total		111	0	8	0	1	0	13	1	133	1
Aldershot Town	2013–14[39]	Conference Premier	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	0
	2014–15[40]	Conference Premier	32	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	36	0
	2015–16	Conference Premier	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		77	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	81	0
Career Total			585	3	29	0	25	0	16	1	655	4

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs and the Football League Trophy.

Honours

Club

Cardiff City

• 2002–03 Second Division play-off winner

Southend United

• Football League Trophy runner-up: 2013

Individual

• 2004–05 Cardiff City Player of the Year
• 2010–11 Southend United Player of the Year

References

General

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.

Specific

1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2010 and 31/08/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
2. "Chris Barker – Football Stats – Soccer Base". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
3. "Barker secures Cardiff move". BBC Sport. 12 July 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
4. "Cardiff recall Barker". BBC Sport. 12 September 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
5. "Forest continue chase of Barker". BBC Sport. 2 July 2005. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
6. "Barker joins Colchester on loan". BBC Sport. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
7. "Barker extends stay at Colchester". BBC Sport. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
8. "QPR sign Cardiff defender Barker". BBC Sport. 5 June 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
9. "Argyle sign QPR defender Barker". BBC Sport. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
10. "Barker Signs". Plymouth Argyle FC. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
11. "Pilgrims bring in Barker". Sky Sports. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
12. "Chris Barker and Adam Bouzid set for Southend deals". BBC Sport. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
13. "Barker set to leave Pilgrims". Sky Sports. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
14. "Southend sign Plymouth Argyle defender Chris Barker". BBC Sport. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
15. "Barker Handed Armband". Southend United FC. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
16. "Southend 2 – 2 Crewe". BBC Sport. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
17. "Chris Barker leaves Blues". Southend United FC. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
18. "Aldershot sign Emmanuel Oyeleke on loan and add three more". BBC Sport. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
19. "Grimsby 1–1 Aldershot". BBC Sport. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
20. "Chris Barker: Aldershot Town caretaker relaxed on full-time job". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
21. "Weston-super-Mare FC appoint former Hereford coach as Scott Bartlett's assistant". Weston Mercury. 20 October 2016.
22. "Barnsley 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
23. "Barnsley 2000/2001 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
24. "Barnsley 2001/2002 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
25. "Cardiff 2002/2003 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
26. "Cardiff 2003/2004 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
27. "Cardiff 2004/2005 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
28. "Cardiff 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
29. "Cardiff 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
30. "Stoke 2004/2005 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
31. "Colchester 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
32. "QPR 2007/2008 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
33. "Plymouth 2008/2009 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
34. "Plymouth 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
35. "Plymouth 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
36. "Southend 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
37. "Southend 2011/2012 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
38. "Southend 2012/2013 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
39. "Aldershot 2013/2014 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 August 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
40. "Aldershot 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 August 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.

External links

• Chris Barker career statistics at Soccerbase
  
• Chris Barker profile at Soccerway