Barry Venison

Barry Venison[1]
Venison outside Loftus Road in April 2001
Personal information
Full name Barry Venison[1]
Date of birth (1964-08-16) 16 August 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Consett,[1] County Durham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1986 Sunderland 173 (2)
1986–1992 Liverpool 110 (1)
1992–1995 Newcastle United 109 (1)
1995 Galatasaray 8 (0)
1995–1997 Southampton 24 (0)
Total 424 (4)
International career
1982–1986 England U21 10 (0)
1994–1995 England 2 (0)
Managerial career
2016 Orange County Blues
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry Venison (born 16 August 1964) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and sports television pundit.

As a player was a defender from 1981 to 1997. He played for Sunderland, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Galatasaray and Southampton. He was capped twice by England.

Following retirement, he became a television pundit and most notably worked on ITV Sport's The Premiership between 2001 and 2004 whilst the network held the rights to show Premier League highlights. In 2016, he was given his first head coaching role at Orange County Blues, succeeding Oliver Wyss.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "England players: Barry Venison". England football online. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ Williams, Bob (20 August 2016). "Barry Venison named OC Blues head coach – but could leave club in four weeks". The Telegraph.

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