Sebastian Barnes
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-11-18) 18 November 1976
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Hearts of Oak
1995–1996 Bayer Leverkusen 0 (0)
1997 Orlando Sundogs 23 (14)
1997–1998 Mainz 05 6 (0)
1998–2001 VfL Hamm/Sieg
2006–2008 SF Neitersen
International career
1991–1993 Ghana U17 12 (0)
1994 Ghana 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Ghana
FIFA U-17 World Cup
WinnerItaly 1991U-17 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sebastian Barnes (born 18 November 1976) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.[2]

Club career

Barnes began his career with Hearts of Oak,[3] before playing for top-level German teams Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz 05.[4] In 1997, Barnes played for the Orlando Sundogs in the USISL A-League.[5] After leaving Mainz in 1998, Barnes played for a number of lower league German clubs, including VfL Hamm/Sieg and SF Neitersen.[3]

International career

After representing Ghana at the FIFA U-17 World Championship in both 1991 and 1993,[6] Barnes earned one cap for the senior team in 1994.

Personal life

Barnes is the father of fellow footballer Joselpho Barnes.[7]

Honours

Ghana U17

References

  1. "Barnes, Sebastian" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. "Former Ghana U17 captain Sebastian Barnes wants to coach Hearts of Oak after Akunnor | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Sebastian Barnes". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  4. Sebastian Barnes at fussballdaten.de (in German)
  5. Solano, Javier (6 April 1997). "Sundogs Hitch Their Hopes To Shooting Star". orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  6. Sebastian BarnesFIFA competition record (archived)
  7. Kühn, Urs (5 March 2021). "Ich habe Deutschland daran gehindert, für Ghana zu spielen, um meinen Vater stolz zu machen".
  8. "FIFA U-17 World Championship Italy 1991™". FIFA. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2022.


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