Clive Barker

Personal information
Full name	Clive William Barker
Date of birth	(1944-06-19)19 June 1944
Place of birth	Durban,Natal,South Africa
Date of death	10 June 2023(2023-06-10) (aged 78)
Place of death	Durban,KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962	Durban City
1963–1969	Durban United
Managerial career
1973	Fynnlands
1974–76	AmaZulu
1976	Pinetown Celtic
1978–1981	Juventus Durban
1981–1983	Durban City
1984–1985	Durban Bush Bucks
1986–1987	AmaZulu
1988–1989	Yellowwood Park
1991–1993	AmaZulu
1994–1997	South Africa
1997–1999	AmaZulu
2000–2001	Santos Cape Town
2001–2003	Manning Rangers
2003	Maritzburg United
2004	Zulu Royals
2005	Manning Rangers
2005	Santos Cape Town
2006	Bush Bucks
2006	AmaZulu
2007–2009	AmaZulu
2013	Bidvest Wits
2013–2015	Mpumalanga Black Aces
2015–2016	Maritzburg United
Medal record Men'sfootball Representing South Africa(as manager) Africa Cup of Nations Winner 1996
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clive William Barker (23 June 1944 – 10 June 2023) was a South Africanfootballcoach. He guided theSouth Africa national team to their onlyAfrican Nations Cup title in 1996. He was uncle ofSteve Barker.

Barker was born inDurban,KwaZulu-Natal. He became a professional footballer in the 1960s, playing forDurban City andDurban United having made his debut at the age of 17. He had a trial withLeicester City, but a serious knee injury quickly ended his career.^[1]

"The Dog", as he is nicknamed, became a manager in the 1970s, coaching numerous clubs in South Africa, includingDurban City,Manning Rangers,AmaZulu (Zulu Royals) andSantos Cape Town.^[2]

During his club career he won two league championships and two league cups. He was one of the first white managers of a black team in the South African league.^[1]

Barker took over as manager of theSouth Africa national team in 1994 after the team was reinstated after a ban due to apartheid.^[3] He took the South Africa national team to their onlyAfrican Nations Cup title in 1996, with a 2–0 victory in the final againstTunisia. Under his guidance South Africa qualified for the1998 FIFA World Cup, their first World Cup.^[3] He quit in December 1997, before the team could compete in the World Cup finals, after a poor showing at the1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[4]

Barker was a local television commentator during the2010 FIFA World Cup.^[5]

Barker was appointed manager ofBidvest Wits in January 2013.^[6]

Barker's son,John Barker, is a South African filmmaker.^[7] Barker's nephewSteve Barker followed in Clive's footsteps as a soccer manager.^[8]

Barker was diagnosed withLewy body dementia in 2023.^[7] He died in Durban on 10 June 2023, at the age of 78.^[9][10][11]

• 1944 births
• 1996 African Cup of Nations managers
• 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup managers
• 2023 deaths
• AmaZulu F.C. managers
• Bidvest Wits F.C. managers
• Durban City F.C. managers
• Manning Rangers F.C. managers
• Durban City F.C. (2024) managers
• Men's association football defenders
• Deaths from Lewy body dementia
• Santos F.C. (South Africa) managers
• Soccer players from Durban
• South Africa national soccer team managers
• South African people of English descent
• South African soccer managers
• South African men's soccer players
• 20th-century South African sportsmen

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