Joshua Lee Barrett (born 21 June 1998) is an Irish footballer who plays for National League club King's Lynn Town as a midfielder. He has represented Republic of Ireland at U21 level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joshua Lee Barrett[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-06-21) 21 June 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Oxford, England | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | King's Lynn Town | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | St Kevin's Boys | ||
| 2015 | Reading | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2020 | Reading | 10 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Coventry City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Aldershot Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | (0) |
| 2021– | King's Lynn Town | 20 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Republic of Ireland U16 | |||
| 2014–2015 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 11 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2016–2019 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:21, 15 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:22, 12 June 2019 (UTC) | |||
Barrett's parents are from Dublin and Tipperary; he played GAA with Hampshire, growing up in Oxfordshire .[3]
Barrett signed his first professional contract with Reading in October 2015,[4] having joined from Irish youth side St Kevin's Boys. He went on to make his senior debut for Reading on 8 March 2016, in a 3-1 defeat away to Huddersfield Town, coming on as an 84-minute substitute for Chris Gunter.[5] On 21 December 2017 Barrett signed a new contract with Reading, until the summer of 2021, and also agreed to join EFL League Two side Coventry City on loan from 1 January 2018, until the end of the season.[6] On 10 November 2018 Barrett signed for Aldershot Town on a month long loan.[7] Barrett scored his first goals for Reading when he scored twice in an EFL Cup tie against Plymouth Argyle on 27 August 2019.[8]
On 7 January 2020, Barrett joined Bristol Rovers on a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee from Reading.[9][10] Barrett failed to make an impact during the 2019–20 season that was prematurely ended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This came after manager Ben Garner had, although praising his skill levels, criticised Barrett's fitness levels with the midfielder below the standards of the first-team.[11]
Barrett made 9 appearances during the 20/21 league campaign, the Gas were relegated that same season. On 1 September 2021, it was announced that the club had terminated Barrett's contract to allow him to move on.[12]
On 13 October 2021, Barrett joined National League side King's Lynn Town.[13] Barrett made his debut for the club that weekend, coming off of the bench in a 2–1 FA Cup Fourth qualifying round victory over Peterborough Sports, Barrett playing a part in the winning goal.[14] Barrett opened his account for the club on 11 December with a double as second-bottom King's Lynn beat bottom side Dover Athletic by two goals to one.[15]
Barrett made his debut for the Republic of Ireland U17s against Hungary U17s in August 2014.[3] Barrett was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21s for the first time in March 2016,[16] making his debut as a 75th-minute substitute against Slovenia U21s on 28 March 2016.[17]
On 28 May 2019, Barrett was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 team for the 2019 Toulon Tournament.[18] He started the match against Bahrain U23s and won the penalty for the winning goal.[19]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading | 2015–16[21] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016–17[22] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[23] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[24] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[25] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Coventry City (loan) | 2017–18[23] | League Two | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Aldershot Town (loan) | 2018–19[24] | National League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bristol Rovers | 2019–20[25] | League One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020–21[26] | League One | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| King's Lynn Town | 2021–22[27] | National League | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | 23 | 6 | |
| Career total | 57 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 70 | 8 | ||