Gareth Barry

Gareth Barry in jersey the England team (2009)

Gareth Barry ( born February 23, 1981 in Hastings ) is an English footballer. He is usually summoned in left midfield, played from 1997 to 2009 more than 400 appearances for Aston Villa - 365 of them alone in the Premier League. He is also a current England international.

Sports career

Aston Villa (1997-2009)

Barry visited in his south-east England, the birthplace of William Parker Sports College and was active in the youth teams of Brighton & Hove Albion. There he fell to Bryan Jones from the scouting department of Aston Villa and he was given the opportunity to move to Birmingham. Four days after his 17th birthday and on the same day that John Gregory took over as coach, Barry signed his first professional contract with the "Villans ". It was preceded by long arguments with the former club regarding training compensation. Worth mentioning was in agreement not only immediate payment of one million pounds especially the 15 % interest clause in favor of the club from Brighton in the event of a future resale of Gareth Barry.

On 2 May 1998 Barry made ​​his debut for Aston Villa against Sheffield Wednesday. After he had originally shown as a midfielder, Gregory initially put him in central defense. As for the season 1998/99 David Unsworth as the successor of the Liverpool returned Steve Staunton had left the club again just a few weeks after his commitment, Barry filled the vacant position and covered the left part of the three - Response Centre alongside Gareth Southgate and Ugo Ehiogu from. A post he retained also held henceforth and for a time he helped in the midfield and in the season 1999 /00 after an injury by Alan Wright as "real " left-back from. In his young career, Barry showed versatility on defensive positions, clarified and creative. The latest from the 2001/02 season, Barry regularly began to play in midfield, especially since he increasingly found it difficult to defend his place in the team against the newcomers and Olof Mellberg Alpay Özalan. Had he initially closed only injury-related gaps in midfield and then found again on the bench, so the new coach Graham Taylor ordered him there permanently on the left side. The conversion succeeded, after the season Barry received the award for best young rider of the club and to the usual mature positional play now joined by offensive and endurance qualities.

For the opening game of the 2003/04 season against FC Portsmouth replaced Barry Mellberg as team captain, scored a penalty the 1:2 goal back three minutes later and received the red card. Although the premiere was failed as a captain, Barry remained under new coach David O'Leary continues Mellberg representatives and came in for the injured Gavin McCann sporadically in the midfield center for the course - where the " left-footed " significantly less " native " felt as outside. Barry matured into a leading player, was promoted to captain by Martin O'Neill - Mellberg had issued a " binding " before - and assumed additional responsibility as a penalty taker. The Actim index as an official static evaluation system of the Premier League was one of Barry after the 2006/07 season of the ten best players in the Premier League.

But Barry's increased demands were the lack of success of Aston Villa against increasingly. The Champions League was always in the distance, and although Barry on October 28, 2007 denied his 300th Premier League game - and with 26 years and 247 days, the record of Frank Lampard as formerly the youngest player to reach that mark broken, -, had the evidence that Barry would leave the club compacted. In May 2008, "Villa " an official offer of Liverpool FC declined as well as from later further quotations in an initial amount of £ 15 million and a anvisitiertes part - exchange transaction with Steve Finnan. The negotiations failed and after an argument between coach O'Neill and Barry took over Martin Laursen whose captaincy. The signs were still on leave, and after a year when Barry saw on the side of Stilian Petrov again for stability in the midfield, he joined in June 2009, the ambitious and equipped with fresh capital club Manchester City.

Manchester City (since 2009)

Barry signed a five -year contract with the "Citizens" and the transfer fee payable amounted to twelve million pounds. With high expectations, he went with his top-class intensify in many parts of the team new club in the 2009/10 season and conquered immediately secured a regular place. Depending on the tactical target, he held here mostly either in the " four -man midfield ," the semi- left position or covered with only three midfield players or in combination as a " double-six " front of the defense from the left pane. The goal for the season Champions League qualification was missed, however, after Barry's team in a duel to the fourth rank against Tottenham Hotspur had been inferior.

On September 2, 2013 Barry moved on the last day of the transfer period within the league until the end of the 2013/14 season on loan to Everton.

England national team

At the age of only 17 years, Barry made ​​his debut against the Czech Republic in the English U -21 and came here in four years to 2002 to the then-record insert number of 27 games. At the same time he was in the autumn of 1999, the team captain of U-18 junior was, and he was appointed in the spring of 2000, after the injury of Jason Wilcox of England damaligem A national team coach Kevin Keegan in the squad for the upcoming European Championship in the Netherlands and Belgium. He did not indeed used, but had completed on 31 May 2000 in preparation against Ukraine shortly before the end of the game his first international match and was about the 1100. National player of England. On September 2, 2000 Barry was a 1-1 draw against France for the first time in the starting lineup, but two months later he returned to his total sixth international match against Italy ( 0-1) first of all, back in the U-21 squad back. The new coach Sven -Goran Eriksson left Barry in 2003 only twice against Serbia & Montenegro and Slovakia (both 2-1 ) come into play.

Three years and eight months later, Barry returned in February 2007 under Eriksson's successor Steve McClaren in the circle of " Three Lions " back and celebrated on February 7, 2007 in the second half against Spain ( 0-1) for Steven Gerrard in the left side of midfield his comeback. After his single B match against Albania on May 25, 2007 Barry was later in the qualifying round of Euro 2008 after the serious injury of Owen Hargreaves a fixture in McClaren's midfield and there he showed especially strong in the two 3:0 - successes against Israel and Russia in conjunction with Steven Gerrard.

Barry had thus found its place in the English national team, what the coach change towards Fabio Capello little changed. It was during the successful World Cup qualifying a constant in the English game, where he mostly with Frank Lampard was the defensive midfielders - Gerrard changed frequently for the left side - and the offensive actions of the left-back (usually Ashley Cole ) " provided protection to the rear ". In May 2010, Capello Barry called into the squad for the forthcoming World Cup finals in South Africa.

On 15 November 2011, he scored in a 1-0 win against Sweden, 2000. International goal for England. England is so far the only team (as of November 16, 2013 ), has scored more than 2000 goals in international matches.

After Barry had been in Roy Hodgson's squad for the 2012 European Cup, he had to cancel due to injury just before the tournament and was replaced by Phil Jagielka.

Achievements

  • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001
  • FA Cup winner: FA Cup 2010/11
  • English Championship: 2012
  • FA Community Shield Winners: 2012
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