Louie Barry

Louie Mark Barry (born 21 June 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker and winger for Aston Villa.

Louie Barry
Personal information
Full name Louie Mark Barry[1]
Date of birth (2003-06-21) 21 June 2003[2]
Place of birth Sutton Coldfield, England
Playing position(s) Striker, winger
Club information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Youth career
Years Team
2009–2019 West Bromwich Albion
2019–2020 Barcelona
2020– Aston Villa
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 England U15 2 (1)
2018–2019 England U16 10 (7)
2019– England U17 7 (4)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:04, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Barry was born in Sutton Coldfield,[3] and holds dual English-Irish nationality.[2] He attended Bishop Walsh Catholic School.[4] In February 2020 he said he had been an Aston Villa fan his entire life.[4]

Club career

Barcelona

After spending ten years with West Bromwich Albion, he signed a three-year contract with Spanish club Barcelona in July 2019.[2][5] He had previously been close to signing for French club Paris Saint-Germain.[6]

In September 2019 it was announced that West Bromwich Albion were going to report Barcelona to FIFA over the transfer, claiming that they had not received the compensation they were due.[7] Barcelona contested this, however, stating that they did not believe that his scholarship for West Brom had any international standing, and that they would wait for the verdict from FIFA.[8]

Aston Villa

In January 2020 he held talks with Aston Villa,[9] signing for them later that month for a fee of £880,000.[10] He made his debut for the club's U23 team on 23 January 2020, shortly before he was officially unveiled by the Midlands club. He came on to score the equaliser in a 2–1 win over Cardiff City.[11] In June 2020 he spent time training with the Aston Villa first team.[12]

International career

Barry has represented England at under-15, under-16 and under-17 youth levels.[3][2][6] He is also eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland.[2] In February 2020 he had 21 goals in 20 games for England's youth teams.[4]

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. "Louie Barry signs for Barça". www.fcbarcelona.com.
  3. "Who is Louie Barry? Barcelona's 16-year-old 'pearl' from West Brom | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  4. Horner, Nick (3 February 2020). "Louie Barry breaks his Villa silence and issues West Brom message". birminghammail.
  5. "Barcelona: Louie Barry signs from West Brom". BBC Sport. 11 July 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "Barcelona sign England Under-16 striker Louie Barry from West Brom". The Guardian. 11 July 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  7. Masi, Joseph. "West Brom to report Barcelona to FIFA over Louie Barry move". www.expressandstar.com.
  8. "Barcelona explain why they have not yet paid WBA for Louie Barry". sport. 4 September 2019.
  9. "Louie Barry: Barcelona youngster in talks with Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 7 January 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. "Louie Barry: Aston Villa sign Barcelona youngster". 23 January 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. Rushton, James (23 January 2020). "How Louie Barry is already impressing Aston Villa and Dean Smith". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  12. Dicken, Alex (12 June 2020). "Smith calls up 'best 16-year-old in the country' to Villa training". birminghammail.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.