Jake Barker-Daish (born 7 May 1993) is an Australian
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who plays as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Moreland Zebras. He previously played for
Adelaide United
Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...
in the
A-League. In the 2010–11 season Barker-Daish won the Australian Institute of Sport Player of the Year.
Club career
Youth career
Barker-Daish was selected for the Australian Institute of Sport at just 15 years of age.
Gold Coast United
In 2011 Barker-Daish signed with
A-League club
Gold Coast United
Gold Coast United Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its home ground was at Nikiforides Family Park in Broadbeach. The first era of Gold Coast Unit ...
. He made his professional debut in the
2011–12 A-League season on 17 February 2012, in a round 21 clash against
Melbourne Heart
Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the south–eastern Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne East, that plays in the A-League, the top level of Australian soccer, under licence from Australian Profession ...
. He made seven appearances for Gold Coast United, where he managed to gain 3 assists in his first two starts.
Adelaide United
On 6 April 2012, it was announced that Barker-Daish had signed for
Adelaide United
Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...
in the
A-League. He would feature in 19 appearances over two injury-interrupted seasons for the Reds, scoring two goals in his time there.
Colne
After being released from Adelaide United, Barker-Daish 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.
Silsden A.F.C. are a football club that play in Silsden, West Yorkshire, England, and are currently members of the
History
The club was formed in 1904. In 2004–05, they reached the second round of the FA Vase.
They are one of only thre ...
, a match in which he also scored the winning goal.
NPL Victoria
In February 2015, Barker-Daish signed for
South Melbourne
South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at ...
in the
NPL.
He then joined newly promoted
Richmond SC
Richmond Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club from Richmond, Victoria, an inner eastern suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Richmond compete in the Victorian State League Division 1 South-East competition, the third tier of football in Victor ...
in February 2016. Despite scoring nine 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
North Geelong Warriors Football Club, formerly known as North Geelong Croatia, is an Australian semi-professional soccer club from the regional Victorian city of Geelong. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Au ...
in the promotion-relegation playoff.
Barker-Daish joined
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sunshine North, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the second-tier of the Australian soccer league ...
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.
International career
Barker-Daish has represented his country at the
2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.
References
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1993 births
Living people
Australian men's soccer players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
Men's association football midfielders
Australian Institute of Sport soccer players
Altona Magic SC players
Gold Coast United FC players
Adelaide United FC players
Colne F.C. players
South Melbourne FC players
Richmond SC players
Melbourne Knights FC players
Brunswick Juventus FC players
A-League Men players
National Premier Leagues players
Soccer players from Melbourne
Victorian Institute of Sport alumni
Australian expatriate men's soccer players
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Australia men's under-23 international soccer players
Australia men's under-20 international soccer players