Jake Barker-Daish (born 7 May 1993) is an Australian footballer (soccer) player. He is a former midfielder for Adelaide United in the A-League. In the 2010/2011 season Barker-Daish won the Australian Institute of Sport Player of the Year.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jake Barker-Daish | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Moreland Zebras | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009 | VIS | ||
| 2009–2011 | AIS | ||
| 2011–2012 | Gold Coast United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Altona Magic | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | Gold Coast United | 7 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Adelaide United | 19 | (2) |
| 2014 | Colne | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | South Melbourne | 22 | (2) |
| 2016 | Richmond SC | 27 | (9) |
| 2017 | Melbourne Knights | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | Moreland Zebras | 12 | (0) |
| 2021– | Moreland Zebras | 13 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2013 | Australia U-20 | 17 | (4) |
| 2014 | Australia U-23 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2014 | |||
Barker-Daish was selected for the Australian Institute of Sport at just 15 years of age.[1]
In 2011 Barker-Daish signed with A-League club Gold Coast United. He made his professional debut in the 2011-2012 A-League season on 17 February 2012, in a round 21 clash against Melbourne Heart.[2] He made 7 appearances for Gold Coast United, where he managed to gain 3 assists in his first two starts.
On 6 April 2012 it was announced that Barker-Daish had signed for Adelaide United in the A-League.[3] He would feature in 19 appearances over 2 injury-interrupted seasons for the Reds, scoring 2 goals in his time there.[1]
After being released from Adelaide United, Jake signed a short-term contract with North West Counties Football League side Colne F.C. He made two league appearances and made two appearances in the Men United Cup winning the man of the match award in a match against Silsden F.C., a match in which he also scored the winning goal.[4][5]
In February 2015, Barker-Daish signed for South Melbourne in the NPL.[6]
He then joined newly promoted Richmond SC in February 2016.[7] Despite scoring 9 goals for the club and winning the club's Most Valuable Player award, they were unable to escape relegation, losing 4-0 to North Geelong Warriors in the promotion-relegation playoff.
Barker-Daish joined Melbourne Knights for the 2017 season. Due to a serious hip injury his season was cut short and was unable to continue to play for the club after round 3 of the 2017 season.[1]
Barker-Daish has represented his country at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.[8]