Sebastian Barnes (footballer)

Sebastian Barnes
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-11-18) 18 November 1976
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Hearts of Oak
1995–1996 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 (0)
1997 Orlando Sundogs 23 (14)
1997–1998 1. FSV Mainz 05 6 (0)
1998–2001 VfL Hamm/Sieg
2006–2008 SF Neitersen
National team
1991–1993 Ghana U17 12 (0)
1994 Ghana 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Sebastian Barnes (born 18 November 1976) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.

Career

Club career

Barnes began his career with Hearts of Oak,[2] before playing for top-level German teams Bayer 04 Leverkusen and 1. FSV Mainz 05.[3] In 1997, Barnes played for the Orlando Sundogs in the USISL A-League.[4] After leaving Mainz in 1998, Barnes played for a number of lower league German clubs, including VfL Hamm/Sieg and SF Neitersen.[2]

International career

After representing Ghana at the FIFA U-17 World Championship in both 1991 and 1993,[5] Barnes earned one cap for the senior team in 1994.

References

  1. ↑ "Barnes, Sebastian" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Sebastian Barnes". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Sebastian Barnes profile at Fussballdaten
  4. ↑ Solano, Javier (6 April 1997). "Sundogs Hitch Their Hopes To Shooting Star". orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Sebastian Barnes – FIFA competition record


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