Josh Barrett

Joshua Lee Barrett (born 21 June 1998) is an Irish footballer who plays for EFL League One club Bristol Rovers as a midfielder. He has represented Republic of Ireland at U21 level.

Barrett's parents are from Dublin and Tipperary; he played GAA with Hampshire, growing up in Oxfordshire .

Reading

Barrett signed his first professional contract with Reading in October 2015, 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. 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. On 10 November 2018 Barrett signed for Aldershot Town on a month long loan. Barrett scored his first goals for Reading when he scored twice in an EFL Cup tie against Plymouth Argyle on 27 August 2019.

Bristol Rovers

On 7 January 2020, Barrett joined Bristol Rovers on a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee from Reading.

Barrett made his debut for the Republic of Ireland U17s against Hungary U17s in August 2014. Barrett was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21s for the first time in March 2016, making his debut as a 75th-minute substitute against Slovenia U21s on 28 March 2016.

On 28 May 2019, Barrett was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 team for the 2019 Toulon Tournament. He started the match against Bahrain U23s and won the penalty for the winning goal.

Club

As of match played on 1 February 2020