Dillon Barnes

Dillon Barnes (born 8 April 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dulwich Hamlet. Born in England, he represents the Jamaica national team.

Dillon Barnes

Personal information
Full name	Dillon Barnes[1]
Date of birth	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth	Enfield Town, London, England
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Dulwich Hamlet
Youth career
2012–2014	Barnet
2014–2015	Fulham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Beckenham Town	1	(0)
2014–2015	Fulham	0	(0)
2014–2015	→ Farnborough (loan)	11	(0)
2015	Bedford Town	3	(0)
2015–2019	Colchester United	24	(0)
2017	→ Welling United (loan)	15	(0)
2018	→ Hemel Hempstead Town (loan)	3	(0)
2019–2022	Queens Park Rangers	0	(0)
2020–2021	→ Hibernian (loan)	4	(0)
2021	→ Burton Albion (loan)	1	(0)
2022	→ Yeovil Town (loan)	1	(0)
2022	→ Aldershot Town (loan)	4	(0)
2023–2024	Haringey Borough	36	(0)
2024–	Dulwich Hamlet	0	(0)
International career
2021–	Jamaica	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:53, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Barnes began his career with Barnet and later Fulham. He failed to make a first-team appearance for either club. He was loaned to Farnborough in late 2014, making his competitive debut in the Conference South, making 14 appearances. He left Fulham in summer 2015, briefly joining Bedford Town before signing for Colchester United following a trial. He made his professional debut in August 2016 for Colchester. He was loaned to Welling United in August 2017 and then Hemel Hempstead Town in January 2018.

Career

Born in Enfield Town, London,^[4] Barnes began his career with Barnet where he first featured on the bench for the first-team during the 2012–13 season.^[5] He moved to Fulham for the 2014–15 season, and he was loaned out to Conference South side Farnborough for the second half of the season.^[6] He made eleven appearances for Farnborough between December 2014 and April 2015.^[5]

In summer 2015, Barnes joined Bedford Town before joining League One club Colchester United on trial in August. He kept one clean sheet in three games for the under-21s before being offered a one-year development contract which he signed on 1 September.^[7]

Barnes missed an opportunity to make his professional debut on 8 May 2016, in Colchester's final game of the 2015–16 season after getting caught in traffic, meaning teammate James Bransgrove was selected for the game ahead of him for his own debut.^[8] Barnes eventually made his debut for Colchester on 9 August 2016, when he was named in the starting line-up for their EFL Cup match against Brighton & Hove Albion. He conceded four goals as Colchester lost to their Championship opponents 4–0.^[9] In his next game on 8 November, in the EFL Trophy, Barnes saved two penalties during the penalty shoot-out with Charlton Athletic to help his side to a 4–3 win and an additional bonus point.^[10]

National League South side Welling United signed Barnes in an initial one-month loan deal on 8 August 2017.^[11] He made his Welling debut in their 1–0 defeat by Chelmsford City the same day.^[12] On 8 September, his loan was extended to run until 8 November.^[13]

In January 2018, Barnes signed on an initial one-month loan for National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town.^[14]

On 28 April 2018, Barnes made his English Football League debut, standing in for Sam Walker for Colchester's League Two game against Swindon Town. He kept a clean sheet in the 0–0 draw.^[15]

Following Sam Walker's summer move to Reading, Barnes was handed Colchester United's number one shirt.^[16] He started in Colchester's first game of the 2018–19 season, keeping a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw with Notts County.^[17] He was sent off for the first time in his career on 22 April, after being shown a red card for violent conduct during Colchester's 1–1 draw at Yeovil Town.^[18]

Queens Park Rangers

On 22 July 2019, Barnes joined Championship side Queens Park Rangers on a two-year deal.^[19]

Hibernian (loan)

He was loaned to Scottish club Hibernian in September 2020.^[20] Barnes made his debut in the Scottish League Cup, playing the duration of a 3–1 victory over Brora Rangers.^[21] On 4 January 2021, Barnes was recalled by Queens Park Rangers, after only three months on loan at Hibernian.^[22]

Burton Albion (loan)

On 18 January 2021, Barnes joined League One bottom side Burton Albion on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.^[23]

Yeovil Town (loan)

On 1 January 2022, Barnes joined National League club Yeovil Town on a short-term loan deal.^[24]

Aldershot Town (loan)

On 12 February 2022, Barnes joined National League side Aldershot Town on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.^[25] On 11 March 2022, Barnes' loan spell was cut short a month in, with the Jamaican international leaving the club following four first-team appearances.^[26]

Non-League

Having taken a year out from football following his release from Queens Park Rangers, Barnes joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Haringey Borough.

In June 2024, Barnes joined Dulwich Hamlet.^[27][28]

International career

Barnes was called up to represent the Jamaica national team for a pair of friendlies in June 2021.^[29] On 1 July 2021 Barnes was named to the squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[30] He made his official debut on 20 July in Jamaica's final group stage game against Costa Rica.^[31]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2023–24 season

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup[a]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Beckenham Town	2014–15[32]	Southern Counties East League	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
Fulham	2014–15[33]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Farnborough (loan)	2014–15[5][34]	Conference South	11	0	0	0	—		4[b]	0	15	0
Bedford Town	2015–16[34]	Southern League Division One Central	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	3	0
Colchester United	2015–16[35]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016–17[36]	League Two	0	0	0	0	1	0	1[c]	0	2	0
	2017–18[37]	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2018–19[38]	League Two	22	0	1	0	1	0	2[c]	0	26	0
	Total		24	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	30	0
Welling United (loan)	2017–18[5][34]	National League South	15	0	1	0	—		1[d]	0	17	0
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan)	2017–18[5]	National League South	3	0	—		—		0	0	3	0
Queens Park Rangers	2019–20[39]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2020–21[40]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2021–22[41]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hibernian (loan)	2020–21[40]	Scottish Premiership	4	0	0	0	4	0	—		8	0
Burton Albion (loan)	2020–21[40]	League One	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
Yeovil Town (loan)	2021–22[5]	National League	1	0	1	0	—		0	0	2	0
Aldershot Town (loan)	2021–22[5]	National League	4	0	—		—		0	0	4	0
Haringey Borough	2023–24[42]	Isthmian League Premier Division	36	0	3	0	—		4[e]	0	43	0
Career total			103	0	6	0	6	0	12	0	127	0

1. Includes appearances in Scottish League Cup
2. Appearances in FA Trophy
3. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
4. Appearance in Kent Senior Cup
5. One appearance in FA Trophy, three appearances in Alan Turvey Trophy

International

As of match played 20 July 2021^[43]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Jamaica	2021	1	0
Total		1	0

References

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25. "Dillon Barnes joins Aldershot on loan". QPR FC. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
26. "TRANSFER NEWS: Dillon Barnes has returned to parent club Queens Park Rangers". Aldershot Town F.C. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
27. "Dulwich Dillon". www.isthmian.co.uk. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
28. "DILLON BARNES IS OUR NEWEST RECRUIT". dulwichhamletfc.co.uk. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
29. "Japan friendlies bring 'Tappa' joy".
30. Levy, Leighton (1 July 2021). "Jamaica names 23-man Reggae Boyz squad for 2021 Gold Cup".
31. Liljenwall, Ari (20 July 2021). "Recap: Costa Rica 1, Jamaica 0".
32. "Full-Time League Administration | the Football Association".
33. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
34. "Dillon Barnes Profile". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
35. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
36. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
37. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
38. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
39. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
40. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
41. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
42. "Dillon Barnes Profile". footballwebpages.co.uk. Football Web Pages. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
43. "Barnes, Dillon". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

External links

• Dillon Barnes profile at the official Colchester United F.C. website
• Dillon Barnes at Soccerbase