Clive Barker (soccer)
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Clive William Barker is a South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 coach. He guided the South African national team
South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team represents South Africa in association football and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. South Africa's home ground is Soccer City, known as FNB Stadium due to a naming rights deal, in...

 to their only African Nations Cup title in 1996.

Player

Barker was a professional footballer in the 1960s, playing for Durban City having made his debut at the age of 17. He had a trial with Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
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, but a serious knee injury quickly ended his career.

Manager

"The Dog", as he is nicknamed, became a manager in the 1970s, coaching numerous clubs in South Africa, including Durban City, Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers is a defunct South African football club formerly based in Durban and probably best remembered as the champions of the inaugural season of the Premier Soccer League...

, AmaZulu (Zulu Royals)
AmaZulu F.C. (South Africa)
AmaZulu is a South African football club based in the city of Durban.Formed in 1932 by Zulu migrant workers, the club was originally known as Zulu Royals.The club's nickname, Usuthu, is a Zulu war cry.-Honours:...

 and Santos. During his club career he won two league championships and two league cups. He was one of the first white managers in the South African league.

He took over as manager of the South Africa national football team
South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team represents South Africa in association football and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. South Africa's home ground is Soccer City, known as FNB Stadium due to a naming rights deal, in...

 in 1994. He took the South African national team
South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team represents South Africa in association football and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. South Africa's home ground is Soccer City, known as FNB Stadium due to a naming rights deal, in...

 to their only African Nations Cup title in 1996, with a 2-0 victory in the final against Tunisia
Tunisia national football team
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. Under his guidance South Africa qualified for their first ever World Cup in 1998
1998 FIFA World Cup
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 in France. However, they went out in the group stage having picked up judt two points from three games. Following this he was fired and replaced by Jomo Sono
Jomo Sono
Ephraim Matsilela Sono is a South African soccer club owner and coach and was also a star soccer player....

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