Harvey Lewis Barnes (born 9 December 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team.
Barnes joined Leicester City at the age of nine years old before signing his first professional contract as well as making his first appearance for the club in 2016. He had loan spells with Milton Keynes Dons, Barnsley and West Bromwich Albion. He won the FA Cup and FA Community Shield with Leicester in 2021 before departing for Newcastle United in 2023.
At international level, Barnes has represented England at youth level, including winning the 2017 Toulon Tournament. He made his debut for the England senior team in 2020.
Harvey Lewis Barnes was born on 9 December 1997 in Burnley, Lancashire, and brought up in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire. He is the son of former professional footballer Paul Barnes. Both of his maternal grandparents were born in Scotland. In 2009, Barnes played for Greenfield Primary School in the Leicestershire & Rutland Schools Football Association competition known as The Rice Bowl. After leaving Greenfield, he attended Leysland High School and Countesthorpe College.
Barnes is a product of the Leicester Academy, which he joined on 8 June 2007 at the age of nine. He signed his first professional contract with the club on 25 June 2016 and on 7 December made his debut for the first team as a second-half substitute in a 5–0 defeat away to Porto in the UEFA Champions League. During the first half of the 2016–17 Premier League 2 season for Leicester City U23, Barnes scored five goals and provided assists for five others.
On 20 January 2017, Barnes joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season. A day later, Barnes scored on his home debut as a 76th-minute substitute for Chuks Aneke in a 5–3 win over Northampton Town. Barnes followed his debut goal with another goal a week later, on 28 January, scoring in a 4–0 away win over rivals Peterborough United.
On 2 May 2017, after impressing with six goals in 21 appearances for the club, he was awarded Milton Keynes Dons' Young Player of the Year 2016–17 award.
On 21 July 2017, Barnes signed a new four-year contract, keeping him at Leicester until June 2021.
On 11 August 2017, Barnes joined Championship club Barnsley on a season-long loan. The following day, he made his debut for the club as an 80th-minute substitute in a 1–2 home defeat to Ipswich Town. He scored his first goal for Barnsley against Sunderland on 26 August 2017.
On 1 January 2018, Barnes was recalled from his loan spell at Barnsley and returned to Leicester City.
He made his Premier League debut on 19 April 2018, as a 91st-minute substitute in a 0–0 draw against Southampton.
In July 2018, after originally agreeing a deal to join Leeds United on loan, Barnes changed his mind at the last moment and on 24 July 2018, Barnes signed a new four-year contract with Leicester and joined newly relegated Championship club West Bromwich Albion on a season long loan. He scored a spectacular goal on his league debut during a 2–1 home defeat against Bolton Wanderers on 4 August 2018.
During his spell at Albion, Barnes scored nine goals and made seven assists in 26 Championship matches.
On 11 January 2019, Barnes was recalled by Leicester with immediate effect. He scored his first goal for Leicester on 20 April in a 2–2 draw with West Ham United. In June he signed a new five-year contract.
On 24 August 2019, Barnes scored a half-volley against Sheffield United to give Leicester City their first win of the 2019–20 season. The goal was later voted as Premier League Goal of the Month and Leicester City's Goal of the Season. He ended his first full season as a first team player with six goals and eight assists and was named the club's Young Player of the Season.
Barnes' form on the left wing helped Leicester to achieve consecutive fifth-place finishes in both the 2019–20 and 2020–21 Premier League seasons. However, an injury sustained in a 3–1 loss to Arsenal on 28 February 2021 prevented him from appearing in the later rounds of the 2020–21 FA Cup, which Leicester won by beating Chelsea 1–0 at Wembley Stadium in the final on 15 May.
On 19 August 2021, Barnes signed a new four-year contract at Leicester City, keeping him at the club until 2025. He also changed his squad number from 15 to 7.
He started the 2021–22 season by playing 78 minutes in Leicester's 1–0 win over Manchester City in the 2021 FA Community Shield.