Barry James Douglas (born 4 September 1989) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation' ...

. After playing for Queen's Park and

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in Scotland, he joined Polish club

in 2013, where he won the

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title. He signed for

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in Turkey in 2016, after which he joined

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in 2017. Douglas enjoyed a successful season with Wolves, winning the 2017–18 EFL Championship and making his full international debut. He joined

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in July 2018, where he won the 2019–20 EFL Championship under Manager

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Club career

Queens Park

Douglas was born in

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and raised in the city's

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district. He played for

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's youth teams, but was released at the age of sixteen because he was considered "too small". He then spent a year out of football before joining Queen's Park, becoming part of their first team squad in 2008. He made his senior debut in August 2008 in a

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match against

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, and went on to become a first team regular for Queen's Park, playing for the amateur club part-time while also working as a refrigeration engineer and serving an apprenticeship in the trade. His performances saw him linked with a number of professional clubs, despite Queen's Park being relegated to the Third Division in 2009. Douglas continued to impress at the lower level, scoring nine goals from his full-back position during the 2009–10 season. He finished the season as Queen's Park's top scorer.

Dundee United

On 20 June 2010, he signed professionally with

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club

. His debut for his new club came in August of that year, as a substitute against

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in the

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. He spent three seasons at

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; the player signed by United to replace him in the position,

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, also moved from Queen's Park, leading to disputes between the clubs as Dundee United had used the amateur status of Queen's Park and Douglas to avoid paying a transfer fee, and attempted to do the same with Robertson.

Lech Poznań

On 28 May 2013, Douglas signed a two-year deal with Polish club

. He made his debut against

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in a 1–0 win on 29 September 2013. His first goal for the club came on 3 August 2014, from a freekick in a 3–2 defeat against

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. He scored a freekick on 6 March 2015 against

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in a 2–0 victory, before scoring another on 22 March in a 2–1 win over Wisła Kraków. He played 27 times as Lech won the Polish league championship in 2014–15, and the subsequent Super Cup. He scored from another freekick for Poznań in the

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qualification phase against

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on 22 July 2015. He made 75 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring 5 goals.

Konyaspor

Douglas signed for Turkish

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team

in January 2016. He played his first league match against Galatasaray on 6 February 2016. With Konyaspor, Douglas reached the

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final and played the full game as they defeated İstanbul Başakşehir on penalties. He played 45 times in all competitions during his spell, including four games in the

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 1 July 2017, he was signed by manager

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for English

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club

for an undisclosed fee on a two-year deal with a year's option in the club's favour. He made his debut for the club on 5 August 2017 in a 1–0 win against

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at Molineux. He scored his first goal a week later, in a 2–0 win away against

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. On 22 November 2017, Douglas scored a long range freekick in a 4–1 win against

. He was nominated for the

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Player of The Month award for November 2017. Douglas picked up a winner's medal during the 2017–18 EFL Championship with Wolves winning the league, contributing five goals and 14 assists from the left back position. His tally of assists also saw him finish joint-top (with

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) of the relevant charts in the EFL Championship.

Leeds United

2018–19

On 28 July 2018,

side

signed Douglas for an undisclosed fee (roughly £3 million) on a 3 year contract. He was given the number 3 shirt for the season. He made his debut and got an assist in the opening game of the 2018–19 season on 5 August 2018 against

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at Elland Road in a 3–1 win. Douglas had injury problems in the beginning of 2019, which resulted in him missing several games, which saw Gjanni Alioski slot into his left back position whilst out injured, and on 30 March, Douglas, in obvious distress, played through a ruptured knee ligament, as all three substitutes had been used, in a tightly fought 3–2 win over

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. The injury ruled the Scot out for the remainder of the season, including playoffs. During an injury-hit 2018–19 season, Douglas played 27 games in all competitions, making 5 assists. Leeds finished the regular season in third place, dropping out of the automatic promotion places with three games left after a defeat to ten-man

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on 19 April. With Douglas' season already ended by injury, Leeds lost to

in the playoff semi-finals.

2019–20

After three months out injured, Douglas returned from injury on 10 July in a pre-season friendly 5–0 win against

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. He started the season as Leeds' first choice left back, but after a series of injuries, he found himself out of the side behind Gjanni Alioski. After an impressive half time substitute appearance against

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on 1 January 2020, head coach

said Douglas would start against

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side

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in the third round of the

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. Douglas played the full 90 minutes of the cup tie, which Arsenal won 1–0 but was substituted for Alioski during

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's late win at

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on 11 January. After the English professional football season was paused in March 2020 due to

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, the season was resumed during June, where Douglas earned promotion with Leeds to the

and also become the

Champions for the 2019–20 season in July after the successful resumption of the season.

2020–21

His first start of the

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season came on 16 September 2020 for

Leeds in a 1–1 draw against

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in the

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(Hull went on to win 9–8 on penalties). Douglas was loaned to Championship club

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on 16 October 2020 until the end of the 2020–21 season. In May 2021, he was released by Leeds at the expiry of his contract.

Return to Lech Poznań

On 2 July 2021, Douglas returned to Poland, signing a 2-year contract with Lech Poznań.

International career

Douglas was selected for the Scotland national team in March 2018. He made his international debut on 27 March, coming on as a substitute for

in a 1–0 win against

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Style of play

Douglas plays either as a

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or a left wing-back. He is also known for his free-kick and

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ability.

Trivia

In August 2019, Douglas was one of the main stars of

documentary 'Take Us Home' on

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, featuring in several episodes, the documentary was narrated by

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winning actor and Leeds United fan

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Lech Poznań *

: 2014–15, 2021–22 *

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Konyaspor *

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: 2016–17 Wolverhampton Wanderers *

: 2017–18 Leeds United *EFL Championship: 2019–20

References

External links

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