Gareth Barry

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Gareth Barry
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Gareth Barry (2015)
Personnel
birthday February 23, 1981
place of birth Hastings ,  England
size 183 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years station
0000-1997 Brighton & Hove Albion
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1997-2009 Aston Villa 365 (41)
2009-2013 Manchester City 132 0(6)
2012 Manchester City U21 2 0(0)
2013-2014 → Everton FC (loan) 32 0(3)
2014-2017 Everton FC 99 0(2)
2017-2019 West Bromwich Albion 49 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1997-1998 England U16 6 0(0)
1998-1999 England U18 5 0(0)
1998-2003 England U21 27 0(2)
2007 England B 1 0(0)
2000-2012 England 53 0(3)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2018/19

Gareth Barry (born February 23, 1981 in Hastings ) is a retired English football player . He was mostly called up in left midfield and played well over 400 competitive games for Aston Villa between 1997 and 2009 , 365 of them in the Premier League . The former England international has been a record player in the Premier League since September 25, 2017 .

Athletic career

Aston Villa (1997-2009)

Barry attended William Parker Sports College in his southeastern English hometown and was active in the youth teams of Brighton & Hove Albion . There he fell on Bryan Jones from Aston Villa's scouting department and so he got the opportunity to move to Birmingham. Four days after his 17th birthday and on the same day that John Gregory took over the coaching office, Barry signed his first professional contract with the "Villans". This was preceded by long disputes with the ex-club regarding training compensation . In addition to the immediate payment of one million pounds, the 15% participation clause in favor of the Brighton club in the event of a future resale of Gareth Barry was particularly noteworthy.

On May 2, 1998, Barry made his debut for Aston Villa against Sheffield Wednesday . After he had originally shown himself as a midfielder, Gregory initially used him in central defense. As for the 1998/99 season David Unsworth as the successor to Liverpool FC returned Steve Staunton left the club just a few weeks after his commitment, Barry filled the vacant position and covered the left part of the three-man defense center on the side of Gareth Southgate and Ugo Ehiogu . He kept this post from now on and at times he helped out in midfield and in the 1999/00 season after an injury to Alan Wright as a "real" left full-back. In his still young career, Barry showed himself to be versatile in defensive positions, calm and creative. At the latest from the 2001/02 season, Barry began to play more regularly in midfield, especially since it was increasingly difficult for him to defend his place in the team against the newcomers Alpay Özalan and Olof Mellberg . At first he only closed gaps in midfield caused by injuries and then found himself on the bench, the new coach Graham Taylor ordered him there permanently on the left side. The changeover succeeded, after the end of the season Barry received the award for the club's best young professional and the usual mature positional play was now joined by offensive and endurance qualities.

For the opening game of the 2003/04 season against Portsmouth FC , Barry Mellberg replaced as team captain, scored the 1: 2 goal with a penalty and received the red card three minutes later. Although the premiere as captain was unsuccessful, Barry remained Mellberg's representative under the new coach David O'Leary and was sporadic in midfield for the injured Gavin McCann - where the "left foot" felt much less "at home" than outside. Barry matured into a leading player, was promoted to captain by Martin O'Neill - Mellberg had previously given up the armband - and took on additional responsibility as a penalty taker. The Actim Index, the official static rating system of the Premier League, ranked Barry among the top ten players in the Premier League after the 2006/07 season.

Barry's increased demands stood against the lack of success of Aston Villa increasingly. The Champions League was always a long way off, and although Barry played his 300th Premier League game on October 28, 2007 - and at 26 years and 247 days, he broke Frank Lampard's record as the youngest player to ever reach this mark - had, the signs that Barry would leave the club intensified. In May 2008, "Villa" rejected an official offer from Liverpool FC, as did other offers at a later date, initially amounting to 15 million pounds, as well as a planned partial swap deal with Steve Finnan . The negotiations failed and after a dispute between coach O'Neill and Barry, Martin Laursen took over his captaincy. The signs were still goodbye and after a year, when Barry once again ensured stability in midfield alongside Stilian Petrow , he moved to the ambitious and freshly funded club Manchester City in June 2009 .

Manchester City (2009-2013)

Barry signed a five-year contract with the Citizens and the transfer fee was £ 12 million. He went into the 2009/10 season with high expectations with his new club, which was reinforced in many parts of the team, and immediately won a regular place. Depending on the tactical requirements, he mostly held either the half-left position in the "four-man midfield" or covered the left area with only three midfield players or as a "double six" in front of the defense. The season's goal to qualify for the Champions League was missed, however, after Barry's team had been defeated in the duel for fourth place against Tottenham Hotspur .

Everton FC (2013-2017)

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 and was firmly committed to the 2014/15 to 2017 season . On April 20, 2016, Barry completed his 571st starting eleven in the Premiere League, taking over the record from David James .

West Bromwich Albion (2017-2019) and Retired

In August 2017, Barry moved to West Bromwich Albion . On September 25, 2017, he became the record player in the Premier League with his 633rd appearance, surpassing Ryan Giggs' previous record . After relegation to the second division at the end of the 2017/18 season, Barry stayed with the Baggies for another year before his expiring contract was not extended in May 2019. He ended his career on August 27, 2020.

English national team

At the age of only 17, Barry made his debut against the Czech Republic in the English U-21 team and in four years until 2002 he made the then record number of 27 games. At the same time, he was the team captain of the U-18 youth team in autumn 1999, and in spring 2000, after Jason Wilcox was injured, England's senior national coach Kevin Keegan called him to the squad for the upcoming European Championship in the Netherlands and Belgium . Although he was not used there, he played his first international match on May 31, 2000 in preparation for the Ukraine shortly before the end of the game and was the 1,100. England international. On September 2, 2000 Barry was in the 1-1 draw against France for the first time in the starting line-up, but two months later he returned to the U-21 squad after his sixth international match against Italy (0-1). The new coach Sven-Göran Eriksson let Barry come into play only twice against Serbia & Montenegro and Slovakia (each 2-1) in 2003 .

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

Barry had found his place in the English senior team, which also changed little when the coach changed to Fabio Capello . During the successful World Cup qualification he was a constant in the English game, mostly forming the defensive midfield with Frank Lampard - Gerrard often switched to the left side - and the offensive actions of the left-back (usually Ashley Cole ) "backed up ". In May 2010, Capello appointed Barry to the squad for the upcoming World Cup finals in South Africa.

On November 15, 2011, he scored the 2000th international goal for England in a 1-0 win against Sweden. England are thus the only team (as of November 16, 2013) to have scored more than 2000 goals in international matches.

After Barry had also been in Roy Hodgson's squad for the 2012 European Championship , he had to cancel shortly before the start of the tournament due to an injury and was replaced by Phil Jagielka .

successes

Web links

  • Gareth Barry in the database of weltfussball.de
  • Gareth Barry in the soccerbase.com database
  • Gareth Barry on the Manchester City homepage
  • Gareth Barry , international match statistics on the homepage of the English Football Association (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Aston Villa were ripped off over Gareth Barry - John Gregory" " (Sunday Mercury)
  2. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998–1999 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1998, ISBN 1-85291-588-9 , pp. 26 .
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1999, ISBN 1-85291-607-9 , pp. 26 .
  4. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 26 .
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Exxus Ltd, London 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. 24 .
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003 . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 2002, ISBN 1-85291-648-6 , pp. 31 .
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 2003, ISBN 1-85291-651-6 , pp. 37 .
  8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 2004, ISBN 1-85291-660-5 , pp. 35 .
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 2005, ISBN 1-85291-662-1 , pp. 35 .
  10. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007-2008 . Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3 , pp. 37 .
  11. ↑ "Bolton 1–1 Aston Villa" (BBC Sport)
  12. ^ "Liverpool bid for Barry rejected" (BBC Sport)
  13. ↑ "O'Neill awaits improved Barry bid" (BBC Sport)
  14. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009-2010 . Mainstream Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , pp. 35 .
  15. ^ "Gareth Barry" (Football-Lineups.com)
  16. ↑ Blues confirm five deals ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.evertonfc.com
  17. ↑ "Dowling maps vision for future" (wba.co.uk)
  18. ↑ Premier League record player Gareth Barry retires. ran.de, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
  19. ^ "Middle man Barry back in business under the new regime" (Daily Mail)
  20. ↑ fifa.com: "Top stars, triumphs and scoring records"
  21. ↑ "Barton wins first England call-up" (BBC Sport)
  22. ↑ "BBC pundits on England" (BBC Sport)
  23. ↑ Kicker special edition WM 2010, p. 158
  24. ↑ thefa.com: "ENGLAND vs SWEDEN"
  25. ↑ sueddeutsche.de: "Football - EM: England without Barry to EM - Jagielka nominated" berliner-zeitung.de on May 28, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Barry, Gareth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Hastings