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Gareth Barry
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Gareth Barry is a retired English soccer player who began his professional career in 1998. He played as a Defensive Midfielder and wore the number 18 jersey. His physical measurements are listed as a height of 183 and a mass of 80.
Although his nationality is recorded as England, one database entry lists his country as the US. Barry is associated with a team designated as _Retired Soccer. He has five recorded works and is referenced by 336 other encyclopedia articles.
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- One-step inactivation of chromosomal genes in
<i>Escherichia coli</i>
K-12 using PCR products
· 2000 · cited 14,093x
- <scp>CHARMM</scp>: A program for macromolecular energy, minimization, and dynamics calculations
· 1983 · cited 13,595x
- Click Chemistry: Diverse Chemical Function from a Few Good Reactions
· 2001 · cited 11,540x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,201x
- Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
· 2003 · cited 10,088x
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- _Retired Soccer
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Nationality
- England
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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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