{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kyle Barker | image = | fullname = Kyle Lennon Barker<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Peterborough United |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/general-news/efl-squad-numbering-06.09.2019.pdf |accessdate=13 November 2019 |publisher=English Football League |page=52}}</ref> | 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".<ref name="Peterborough United">{{cite web |title=Young Midfielder Agrees Professional Contract |url=https://www.theposh.com/news/2019/march/young-midfielder-agrees-professional-contract/ |accessdate=13 November 2019 |publisher=Peterborough United}}</ref> The midfielder started against Arsenal Under-21s and Cambridge United in the EFL Trophy in 2019.<ref name="Soccerbase_3">{{cite web |title=Kyle Barker Football Stats |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=108591&season_id=152 |accessdate=13 November 2019 |publisher=Soccerbase}}</ref> Barker also appeared on the bench against Gillingham in a League One fixture in October 2019.<ref name="Gillingham 1">{{cite news |title=Gillingham 1-2 Peterborough |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50024221 |accessdate=13 November 2019 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Wrexham AFC">{{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 |accessdate=19 February 2020 |publisher=Wrexham AFC}}</ref>
Barker would sign a new two-year deal with Peterborough in 2021.<ref name="Gillingham 1" /> Despite this, Barker would leave the club after the end of the following season.<ref name="Wrexham AFC" />
Barker played two matches as a trialist for Scottish Championship team Dundee in July 2022<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1547294023290871808 |user=dundeefc |title=Dundee trialists tonight are two returning from Montrose friendly last week. Number 22, Kyle Barker and Number 12 Tyler Frost.<br/>Also in the starting line up is Number 16 Callum Rowe. Callum has been training with the club for the last week #thedee |author=Dundee F.C. |access-date=14 July 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713185830/twitter.com/dundeefc/status/1547294023290871808 |archive-date=13 July 2022 |url=https://twitter.com/dundeefc/status/1547294023290871808}}</ref> against Montrose and Blackburn Rovers.
== Career statistics == {{Updated|10 August 2021}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |National Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="4" |Peterborough United |2019–20<ref name="Soccerbase_1">{{Cite web |title=Games played by Kyle Barker in 2019/20 |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=108591&season_id=152 |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=Soccerbase}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |EFL League One |0||0||1||0||0||0||3<ref name="SCC" group="lower-alpha">Appearances in the Football League Trophy.</ref>||0||4||0 |- |2020–21<ref name="Soccerbase_2">{{Cite web |title=Games Played by Kyle Barker in 2020/2021 |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=108591&season_id=153 |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=Soccerbase}}</ref> |1||0||0||0||0||0||2<ref name="SCC" group="lower-alpha" />||0||3||0 |- |2021–22<ref>{{Cite web |title=Games Played by Kyle Barker in 2021/2022 |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=108591&season_id=154 |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=Soccerbase}}</ref> |EFL Championship |0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !1!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!5!!0!!8!!0 |- |Kettering Town (loan) |2017–18<ref name="Soccerbase_3" /> |Southern Football League Premier Division |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |Lowestoft Town (loan) |2018–19<ref name="Peterborough United" /> |Southern Football League Premier Division Central |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0 |- |Wrexham (loan) |2019–20<ref name="Soccerbase_1" /> |National League |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |King's Lynn Town (loan) |2020–21<ref name="Soccerbase_2" /> |National League |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !6!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!5!!0!!13!!0 |} <references group="lower-alpha" />
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, Kyle}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people 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 Category:Footballers from Norfolk Category:21st-century English sportsmen