Gareth Barry and his career as a defensive midfielder

Defensive midfielder Gareth Barry is known primarily for his performances for the club "Aston Villa". After all, for this team he played since 1997 and until 2009. And he defended the honor of the national team for 12 years. And even went out on the field with a captain's armband . He has an interesting career, so it's worth talking about her.

"Aston Villa" and attempts to leave for "Liverpool"

Gareth Barry was born in 1981, on February 23rd. Since the age of 14, he is engaged in football. He started at the club called Brighton and Hove Albion. In its composition, he was listed from 1995 to 1997. After that, he moved to Aston Villa, and as a junior. The first match he played in 1998, the second of May. Gareth Barry has established himself as a universal player. He could be both central and left defender.

On October 28, 2007, he recorded the first record on his account. Then he became the youngest player who played in 300 matches of the English Premier League. At that time he was 26 years old.

In 2008, "Liverpool" made the player several proposals for the transition to its composition. And they all turned out to be rejected by Aston Villa. This was greatly angered by Gareth Barry. Footballer then publicly criticized Martin O'Neill, who was his manager. He accused that of deliberate retention in the club. After all, Gareth, in fact, wanted to play at Liverpool to enter the field in the Champions League. "Liverpool" made another proposal, indicating its price of 15 million pounds per player. But the management of Aston Villa wanted 18 million. As a result, Gareth was removed from the title of captain of the club, left him without a salary for 2 weeks and denied the right to train for a while with the team.

The career after "Aston Villa"

In 2009, Gareth Barry was bought by the club Manchester City. And the team paid not 18 million, which was required by "Villa" from "Liverpool", but only 12. The contract was concluded for 5 years. Fans of "Aston Villa" were very unhappy with Gareth's decision to play for this team. But he really defended the colors of this club for the next four years. I played 132 games and even scored 6 goals. With this team he became the champion of England, and also won the Cup of the country.

In 2013, however, he rented FC Everton. During the lease he played 32 matches and scored three goals. After the end of the season, the leadership of Everton decided to redeem the player. And he is still in the ranks of "scouts".

Other facts

Gareth Barry played for all the teams of the national team. Up to 16 and 18 years, up to 21 years and, of course, for the main team. For the last he performed from 2000 to 2012-th. I played 53 games and scored 3 goals. It's also interesting that he was an ex-captain of the team before the age of 18.

Of the achievements, in addition to the above, he has another cup of England. He also won the main trophy of Intertoto.

What about your personal life? In 2007, Barry married. His chosen one is a childhood friend. Her name is Louise. The couple soon after the wedding were born son Oscar and daughter Frey.

Interestingly, Gareth's best friend is Michael Standing. They played together for "Aston Villa". It is worth noting that they moved to this club on the same day. A familiar football players from ten years. Michael is also an agent of Gareth. Barry appointed him as such in 2009, when he ceased to cooperate with Alex Black.