Gary Gardner
Gardner playing for Aston Villa in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Gary Gardner | ||
| Date of birth | 29 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Solihull, England | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Aston Villa | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2011 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011– | Aston Villa | 33 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Coventry City (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 18 | (4) |
| 2016 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | England U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | England U19 | 2 | (1) |
| 2009 | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | England U21 | 5 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 March 2015 |
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Gary Gardner (born 29 June 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Aston Villa. A product of the Aston Villa Academy, Gardner has spent brief loan spells at Coventry City, Sheffield Wednesday, Brighton & Hove Albion and Nottingham Forest. He has made a number of appearances at different international levels for England. He is the younger brother of current West Bromwich Albion midfielder and former Aston Villa team-mate Craig Gardner.
Gardner started his career at Aston Villa with older brother Craig, but before he could even make an appearance for the under-18s, he was forced out with an anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained in December 2009. He later returned from injury and became an important member of Aston Villa's under-18 and reserve sides.
Gardner scored twice in Aston Villa reserves' 10–1 win over Arsenal on 10 January 2011, firstly catching out Gunners' goalkeeper James Shea to break the deadlock before scoring another from the penalty spot. He also claimed assists for Andreas Weimann and Jonathan Hogg's goals. The midfielder made his unofficial début for Aston Villa's first team in a pre-season friendly, coming on as a substitute for captain Stiliyan Petrov in the 2011 Barclays Asia Trophy final loss to Chelsea.
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