John Barnes was an international footballer who represented England 79 times scoring 11 goals. His first cap was against Northern Ireland on 28th May 1983 at 19 years old, and his last was vs Colombia on 6th September 1995 aged 31. Barnes, born on 7th November 1963, in Kingston, Jamaica, has a FA Legacy Number of 966 and played as a Left Midfielder, Centre Forward, Attacking Midfielder, Midfielder and Right Midfielder for his country.

John Barnes - 79 caps (11 goals)

Full Name: John Charles Bryan Barnes
Born: 7th November 1963, Kingston, Jamaica
England Career: 1983 - 1995
Positions whilst with England: Left Midfielder, Centre Forward, Attacking Midfielder, Midfielder and Right Midfielder
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Watford (31) & Liverpool (48)
FA Legacy Number: 966

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Northern Ireland (HC) on 28th May 1983 aged 19 years, 6 months, 21 day
Last Cap: v Colombia (FR) on 6th September 1995 aged 31 years, 9 months, 29 days
First Goal: v Brazil (FR) on 10th June 1984 aged 20 years, 7 months, 3 days
Career Length: 12 years, 101 days
Starts: 65
Substitute: 14
Withdrawn: 15
Full Games: 50

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

British Home ChampionshipHC
2
0
0
0
0

FriendlyFR
36
3
0
0
0

European Championship QualifierECQ
8
3
0
0
0

World Cup QualifierWCQ
14
5
0
0
0

Rous CupRC
4
0
0
0
0

Ciudad de México CupCMC
2
0
0
0
0

Azteca 2000 TournamentA2K
1
0
0
0
0

World Cup FinalsWCF
6
0
0
0
0

European Championship FinalsECF
3
0
0
0
0

United States CupUSC
2
0
0
0
0

Umbro International TrophyUIT
1
0
0
0
0

Competitive
43
8
0
0
0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Away
36
6
0
0
0

Home
30
5
0
0
0

Neutral
13
0
0
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Drawn
29
1
0
0
0

Lost
16
1
0
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Left Midfielder
55
9
0
0
0

Centre Forward
10
1
0
0
0

Midfielder
9
1
0
0
0

Attacking Midfielder
3
0
0
0
0

Right Midfielder
2
0
0
0
0

Total
79
11
0
0
0

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Bobby Robson
58
10
0
0
0

England Graham Taylor
15
1
0
0
0

England Terry Venables
6
0
0
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Peter Shilton
52 Matches

Gary Lineker
45 Matches

Bryan Robson
43 Matches

Terry Butcher
40 Matches

Chris Waddle
39 Matches

Kenny Sansom
37 Matches

Peter Beardsley
34 Matches

Des Walker
30 Matches

Gary Stevens
28 Matches

Stuart Pearce
28 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
323 sources from 79 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

COL, 0 - 0, 6th Sep 1995 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 79.
Age: 31 years, 9 months, 29 days.
SWE, 3 - 3, 8th Jun 1995 (UIT) Liverpool, Cap: 78.
Age: 31 years, 7 months, 1 day.
URU, 0 - 0, 29th Mar 1995 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 77.
Age: 31 years, 4 months, 22 days.
NGA, 1 - 0, 16th Nov 1994 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 76.
Age: 31 years, 0 months, 9 days.
ROU, 1 - 1, 12th Oct 1994 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 75.
Age: 30 years, 11 month, 5 days.
USA, 2 - 0, 7th Sep 1994 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 74.
Age: 30 years, 10 months, 0 days.
GER, 1 - 2, 19th Jun 1993 (USC) Liverpool, Cap: 73.
Age: 29 years, 7 months, 12 days.
USA, 0 - 2, 9th Jun 1993 (USC) Liverpool, Cap: 72.
Age: 29 years, 7 months, 2 days.
POL, 1 - 1, 29th May 1993 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 71.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 22 days.
NED, 2 - 2, 28th Apr 1993 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 70.
Age: 29 years, 5 months, 21 day.
TUR, 2 - 0, 31st Mar 1993 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 69.
Age: 29 years, 4 months, 24 days.
SMR, 6 - 0, 17th Feb 1993 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 68.
Age: 29 years, 3 months, 10 days.
FIN, 2 - 1, 3rd Jun 1992 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 67.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 26 days.
TCH, 2 - 2, 25th Mar 1992 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 66.
Age: 28 years, 4 months, 18 days.
ARG, 2 - 2, 25th May 1991 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 65.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 18 days.
URS, 3 - 1, 21st May 1991 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 64.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 14 days.
TUR, 1 - 0, 1st May 1991 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 63.
Age: 27 years, 5 months, 24 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 27th Mar 1991 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 62.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 20 days.
CMR, 2 - 0, 6th Feb 1991 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 61.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 29 days.
POL, 2 - 0, 17th Oct 1990 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 60.
Age: 26 years, 11 month, 10 days.
HUN, 1 - 0, 12th Sep 1990 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 59.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 5 days.
CMR, 3 - 2, 1st Jul 1990 (WCF) Liverpool, Cap: 58.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 24 days.
BEL, 1 - 0, 26th Jun 1990 (WCF) Liverpool, Cap: 57.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 19 days.
EGY, 1 - 0, 21st Jun 1990 (WCF) Liverpool, Cap: 56.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 14 days.
NED, 0 - 0, 16th Jun 1990 (WCF) Liverpool, Cap: 55.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 9 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 11th Jun 1990 (WCF) Liverpool, Cap: 54.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 4 days.
TUN, 1 - 1, 2nd Jun 1990 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 53.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 25 days.
URU, 1 - 2, 22nd May 1990 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 52.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 15 days.
DEN, 1 - 0, 15th May 1990 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 51.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 8 days.
BRA, 1 - 0, 28th Mar 1990 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 50.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 21 day.
ITA, 0 - 0, 15th Nov 1989 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 49.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 8 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 6th Sep 1989 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 48.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 29 days.
DEN, 1 - 1, 7th Jun 1989 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 47.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 0 days.
POL, 3 - 0, 3rd Jun 1989 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 46.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 26 days.
ALB, 2 - 0, 8th Mar 1989 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 45.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 1 day.
GRE, 2 - 1, 8th Feb 1989 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 44.
Age: 25 years, 3 months, 1 day.
SWE, 0 - 0, 19th Oct 1988 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 43.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 12 days.
URS, 1 - 3, 18th Jun 1988 (ECF) Liverpool, Cap: 42.
Age: 24 years, 7 months, 11 day.
NED, 1 - 3, 15th Jun 1988 (ECF) Liverpool, Cap: 41.
Age: 24 years, 7 months, 8 days.
IRL, 0 - 1, 12th Jun 1988 (ECF) Liverpool, Cap: 40.
Age: 24 years, 7 months, 5 days.
SUI, 1 - 0, 28th May 1988 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 39.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 21 day.
COL, 1 - 1, 24th May 1988 (RC) Liverpool, Cap: 38.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 17 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 21st May 1988 (RC) Liverpool, Cap: 37.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 14 days.
NED, 2 - 2, 23rd Mar 1988 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 36.
Age: 24 years, 4 months, 16 days.
ISR, 0 - 0, 17th Feb 1988 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 35.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 10 days.
YUG, 4 - 1, 11th Nov 1987 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 34.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 4 days.
TUR, 8 - 0, 14th Oct 1987 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 33.
Age: 23 years, 11 month, 7 days.
FRG, 1 - 3, 9th Sep 1987 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 32.
Age: 23 years, 10 months, 2 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 19th May 1987 (RC) Watford, Cap: 31.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 12 days.
TUR, 0 - 0, 29th Apr 1987 (ECQ) Watford, Cap: 30.
Age: 23 years, 5 months, 22 days.
SWE, 0 - 1, 10th Sep 1986 (FR) Watford, Cap: 29.
Age: 22 years, 10 months, 3 days.
ARG, 1 - 2, 22nd Jun 1986 (WCF) Watford, Cap: 28.
Age: 22 years, 7 months, 15 days.
CAN, 1 - 0, 24th May 1986 (FR) Watford, Cap: 27.
Age: 22 years, 6 months, 17 days.
MEX, 3 - 0, 17th May 1986 (FR) Watford, Cap: 26.
Age: 22 years, 6 months, 10 days.
ISR, 2 - 1, 26th Feb 1986 (FR) Watford, Cap: 25.
Age: 22 years, 3 months, 19 days.
ROU, 1 - 1, 11th Sep 1985 (WCQ) Watford, Cap: 24.
Age: 21 years, 10 months, 4 days.
USA, 5 - 0, 16th Jun 1985 (FR) Watford, Cap: 23.
Age: 21 years, 7 months, 9 days.
FRG, 3 - 0, 12th Jun 1985 (A2K) Watford, Cap: 22.
Age: 21 years, 7 months, 5 days.
MEX, 0 - 1, 9th Jun 1985 (CMC) Watford, Cap: 21.
Age: 21 years, 7 months, 2 days.
ITA, 1 - 2, 6th Jun 1985 (CMC) Watford, Cap: 20.
Age: 21 years, 6 months, 29 days.
SCO, 0 - 1, 25th May 1985 (RC) Watford, Cap: 19.
Age: 21 years, 6 months, 18 days.
FIN, 1 - 1, 22nd May 1985 (WCQ) Watford, Cap: 18.
Age: 21 years, 6 months, 15 days.
ROU, 0 - 0, 1st May 1985 (WCQ) Watford, Cap: 17.
Age: 21 years, 5 months, 24 days.
NIR, 1 - 0, 27th Feb 1985 (WCQ) Watford, Cap: 16.
Age: 21 years, 3 months, 20 days.
TUR, 8 - 0, 14th Nov 1984 (WCQ) Watford, Cap: 15.
Age: 21 years, 0 months, 7 days.
FIN, 5 - 0, 17th Oct 1984 (WCQ) Watford, Cap: 14.
Age: 20 years, 11 month, 10 days.
GDR, 1 - 0, 19th Sep 1984 (FR) Watford, Cap: 13.
Age: 20 years, 10 months, 12 days.
CHI, 0 - 0, 17th Jun 1984 (FR) Watford, Cap: 12.
Age: 20 years, 7 months, 10 days.
URU, 0 - 2, 13th Jun 1984 (FR) Watford, Cap: 11.
Age: 20 years, 7 months, 6 days.
BRA, 2 - 0, 10th Jun 1984 (FR) Watford, Cap: 10.
Age: 20 years, 7 months, 3 days.
URS, 0 - 2, 2nd Jun 1984 (FR) Watford, Cap: 9.
Age: 20 years, 6 months, 25 days.
SCO, 1 - 1, 26th May 1984 (HC) Watford, Cap: 8.
Age: 20 years, 6 months, 19 days.
FRA, 0 - 2, 29th Feb 1984 (FR) Watford, Cap: 7.
Age: 20 years, 3 months, 22 days.
LUX, 4 - 0, 16th Nov 1983 (ECQ) Watford, Cap: 6.
Age: 20 years, 0 months, 9 days.
DEN, 0 - 1, 21st Sep 1983 (ECQ) Watford, Cap: 5.
Age: 19 years, 10 months, 14 days.
AUS, 1 - 1, 19th Jun 1983 (FR) Watford, Cap: 4.
Age: 19 years, 7 months, 12 days.
AUS, 1 - 0, 15th Jun 1983 (FR) Watford, Cap: 3.
Age: 19 years, 7 months, 8 days.
AUS, 0 - 0, 12th Jun 1983 (FR) Watford, Cap: 2.
Age: 19 years, 7 months, 5 days.
NIR, 0 - 0, 28th May 1983 (HC) Watford, Cap: 1.
Age: 19 years, 6 months, 21 day.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.