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Gareth Barry
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Gareth Barry is an English professional footballer who had a lengthy career playing in the top levels of English soccer. He is notable for his longevity and consistency as a midfielder in the sport.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gareth
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hastings
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- West Bromwich Albion F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Gareth Barry 2015 BAT.jpg
- Height
- 183
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- Commons category
- Gareth Barry
- date of birth
- 1981-02-23
- sport number
- 18
- name in native language
- Gareth Barry
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Gareth Barry (born 23 February 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He made a total of 653 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton, and West Bromwich Albion, the second most appearances in Premier League history. He also represented England at international level.
Barry moved to Aston Villa from Brighton & Hove Albion as a youngster, and spent 12 years at the club. He captained Aston Villa and is eighth in their all-time list of appearances, with 441 across all competitions, including 365 in the Premier League. He joined Manchester City for a fee of £12 million in June 2009, where he won the FA Cup in 2011 and the Premier League title the following season. After a season on loan, he joined Everton on a three-year contract in July 2014, and on its expiration he signed for West Bromwich Albion, where he played until his retirement in 2020.
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