Brandon Barker

Brandon Lee Colin Barker (born 4 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Rangers, as a left sided winger.

Barker has previously played for Manchester City, Rotherham United, NAC Breda, Hibernian, Preston North End and Oxford United. He has also represented England at the under-18, under-19 and under-20 international levels.

Club Career

Manchester City

Barker joined the Manchester City academy at the age of eight. He was the winner of the Academy Players' Player of the Year award in the 2013–14 season and signed his first professional contract with Manchester City in July 2014. In the opening months of the 2015–16 season he appeared on the first team bench for a number of times but did not manage to make an appearance. Barker made his first-team debut for City on 21 February 2016, coming on as a substitute for Bersant Celina in a 5–1 defeat against Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

On 6 November 2015, Barker signed for Rotherham United of the Championship on a loan with an initial length of two months. The next day he made his professional debut, playing 90 minutes and scoring in a 5–2 loss to Ipswich. On 15 December 2015, Barker was recalled from his loan by Manchester City.

In August 2016, Barker was sent to NAC Breda of the Dutch Eerste Divisie on loan for the 2016-17 season. He made his debut on 19 August, as a substitute in a 2–1 loss to Maastricht. His first goal came on 21 October, in a 3–1 win over Fortuna Sittard.

On 17 August 2017, Barker was loaned to Scottish Premiership side Hibernian for the 2017–18 season. Barker said in November that he had been encouraged to move to Scotland by the example of Patrick Roberts, a winger who had moved on loan from Manchester City to Celtic. Barker scored his first goal for Hibs in a 2–1 win against Motherwell on 31 January, but then suffered a torn hamstring in his next match. Towards the end of the season, Barker said he expected to be loaned out again by Manchester Ci