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1987: November 22 - Born Etterbeek, Belgium.
2004: Signs for Standard Liege, at the age of 17.
2006: Makes debut as a substitute against Charleroi.
2007: February - Makes senior Belgium debut.
June - Scores first senior goal, in Belgium's Euro 2008 qualifier against Portugal.
2008: August - Plays for Belgium at the Olympics, but is sent off along with Vincent Kompany in first game against Brazil.
September - Signs for Everton in a deal worth more than £12million.
2009: May - After a difficult start - picking up 10 bookings in his first 17 games - is named Everton's Young Player of the Year.
2010: February - Suffers serious ankle injury in tackle by Liverpool's Sotirios Kyrgiakos and is ruled out for season.
2011: February - Suffers another serious ankle injury and is ruled out for the rest of the season.
November - Signs new five-year contract.
2012: August - Scores only goal as Everton beat Manchester United 1-0 in opening game of season.
December - Banned for three matches for headbutting Stoke's Ryan Shawcross.
2013: May - Finishes season as Everton's top scorer.
Gareth Barry admits he had been starting to "fear the worst" before his season-long loan switch from Manchester City to Everton.
Deadline day spending by Premier League clubs pushed the total spent in the summer transfer window to £630m, smashing the previous record.