Kyle Barker
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kyle Barker
| image =
| fullname = Kyle Lennon Barker{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/general-news/efl-squad-numbering-06.09.2019.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Peterborough United |publisher=English Football League |page=52 |accessdate=13 November 2019}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|12|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = King's Lynn, England
| height =
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub = Peterborough Sports
| clubnumber = 19
| youthclubs1 = Peterborough United
| youthyears1 = 2013–2019
| years1 = 2019–2022
| clubs1 = Peterborough United
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018
| clubs2 = → Kettering Town (loan)
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2019
| clubs3 = → Lowestoft Town (loan)
| caps3 = 2
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2020
| clubs4 = → Wrexham (loan)
| caps4 = 1
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2020
| clubs5 = → King's Lynn Town (loan)
| caps5 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| club-update = 14:35, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
| years6 = 2022-
| clubs6 = Peterborough Sports
}}
Kyle Lennon Barker (born 16 December 2000) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|PeterboS}} club Peterborough Sports.
Career
Barker joined the Peterborough United academy at the age of 13, signing his first professional contract in March 2019. Under 18s manager Matthew Etherington stated Barker had "a lot of ability, plays the game in a certain way, [he's] very calm on the pitch as well as off it and is very good in possession".{{cite web|title=Young Midfielder Agrees Professional Contract|url=https://www.theposh.com/news/2019/march/young-midfielder-agrees-professional-contract/|publisher=Peterborough United|accessdate=13 November 2019}} The midfielder started against Arsenal Under-21s and Cambridge United in the EFL Trophy in 2019.{{cite web|title=Kyle Barker Football Stats|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=108591&season_id=152|publisher=Soccerbase|accessdate=13 November 2019}} Barker also appeared on the bench against Gillingham in a League One fixture in October 2019.{{cite news|title=Gillingham 1-2 Peterborough|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50024221|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=13 November 2019}}
On 19 February 2020, Barker joined Wrexham on loan for the remainder of the 2019–20 season, but would only manage one game with the club before the season ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|title=WREXHAM AFC SIGN KYLE BARKER ON LOAN FROM PETERBOROUGH UNITED|url=https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/signed-wrexham-afc-sign-kyle-barker-on-loan-from-peterborough-united |publisher=Wrexham AFC|accessdate=19 February 2020}}
Barker would sign a new two-year deal with Peterborough in 2021. Despite this, Barker would leave the club after the end of the following season.
Barker played two matches as a trialist for Scottish Championship team Dundee in July 2022{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/dundeefc/status/1547294023290871808 |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Twitter |language=en}} against Montrose and Blackburn Rovers.
Career Statistics
{{Updated|10 August 2021}}
References
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Category:People from King's Lynn
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Peterborough United F.C. players
Category:Kettering Town F.C. players
Category:Lowestoft Town F.C. players
Category:Wrexham A.F.C. players
Category:English Football League players