Simon Barker

Simon Barker

Personal information
Full name	Simon Barker
Date of birth	4 November 1964 (1964-11-04)
Place of birth	Farnworth, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	St Mary's college, Blackburn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1983–1988	Blackburn Rovers	182	(35)
1988–1998	Queens Park Rangers	315	(33)
1998–2000	Port Vale	32	(2)
Total		529	(70)
National team
1985–1986	England U21	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Simon Barker (born 4 November 1964 in Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire) is a retired English professional footballer in the 1980s and 1990s. Barker was a blond haired, tough tackling midfielder who played mainly for Blackburn Rovers and Queens Park Rangers.

Playing career

Barker joined QPR in 1988, purchased from Blackburn for £400,000, making his debut in a 0–0 draw against Manchester United in September of that year. A few years later he was part of the QPR team that beat Manchester United 4–1 on New Years Day 1992 with Dennis Bailey scoring a hat trick that day. Barker went on to play 315 league games for QPR scoring 33 goals.

Barker had his benefit match against Jamaica in 1998, before moving to Port Vale.

Post retirement

He is currently a senior executive for the Professional Footballers' Association.

Honours

Port Vale

• Staffordshire Senior Cup Winner: 2000

External links

• Simon Barker career stats at Soccerbase