Lloyd Barker (footballer)

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Lloyd Barker
Personal information
Full name Lloyd Barker
Date of birth (1970-12-12) 12 December 1970 (age 52)
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988-1990 Ottawa Intrepid 37 (2)
1993–1998 Montreal Impact 112 (34)
1994 Harbour View FC ? (?)
1996–1998 Edmonton Drillers (indoor) 46
1997–2000 Montreal Impact (indoor) 25
1999–2000 Toronto Lynx 46 (1)
1999–2000 Detroit Rockers (indoor) 2
2001–2004 Montreal Impact 78 (0)
International career
1994 Jamaica (0)
Managerial career
2007 Concordia Stingers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2008

Lloyd Barker (born 12 December 1970) is a former professional soccer player who represented the Jamaica national team.

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Playing career

After beginning his pro career in 1988 with the Ottawa Intrepid of the Canadian Soccer League. [1] He then joined the Montreal Impact in 1993 and was part of the team's starting eleven when the Impact beat the Colorado Foxes 1–0 in the playoff final and won the 1994 league championship. He also helped Montreal win the regular-season titles in 1995, 1996, and 1997.

Barker played internationally for Jamaica, including in a 0–3 friendly loss to the United States in Kingston on 22 November 1994. [2]

In 1995 Barker won the Giuseppe Saputo Trophy and was picked on the league's first all-star team in 1995. In 1999 Barker was transferred to Impact rivals the Toronto Lynx where he gave new impetus to his career when he moved from the forward position to that of defender.

He left the Lynx in 2001 to join the Impact again where he helped the team win their second League Championship in 2004 against the Seattle Sounders.

Barker also played in the National Professional Soccer League for the Edmonton Drillers, Montreal Impact and Detroit Rockers. [3]

Managerial career

He retired as a player following the 2004 season, was third in Impact history for games played (190), as well as second for goals scored (34).

He was assistant coach with the Impact in 2005, helping the team win the regular-season title.

On 24 July 2007 he was appointed the head coach of the men's Concordia University soccer team. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lloyd Barker soccer statistics on StatsCrew.com".
  2. ↑ "USA - Details of International Matches 1990-1994". RSSSF . Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Lloyd Barker". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Former Impact star to coach Stingers". 24 July 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2008.


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