Louie Barry - Barcelona to Wembley via nine loans

Stockport County loanee Louie Barry spent a short spell at Barcelona [Shutterstock/Getty Images] "It felt unbelievable, something I've never felt before," were Louie Barry's words after scoring the goal that helped send Stockport County to Wembley. Barry curled in a beautiful opener to propel the Hatters on the way to a 2-0 League One play-off semi-final second-leg win over Stevenage on Wednesday. "I've scored important goals before in the league but I've never scored in the play-offs, it means a lot to me," the 22-year-old added to Sky Sports.

It is one of the high points of the rollercoaster career of a man described as "one of the best young players in English football" seven years ago. The then 16-year-old had just got the move every young player dreams of, joining Spanish giants Barcelona . But while that dream ended and he is not firing in goals at the Nou Camp, he is preparing for a second trip to Wembley Stadium this season.

Barry, in his third loan spell with Stockport, featured in their Vertu Trophy final loss to Luton Town at Wembley a month ago and will be back at the home of English football next weekend after the 3-0 aggregate win over Stevenage. It is the latest twist in a story that has taken Barry from the biggest of clubs to the smallest of League Two venues - while scoring against the Premier League champions along the way. Louie Barry scored on his one and only first-team appearance for Aston Villa [Getty Images] Barry was West Bromwich Albion academy's star turn as a youngster but when Barcelona came calling he could not turn down the chance to train at La Masia - the academy that has groomed Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal and Andres Iniesta.

However, after just 10 youth-team appearances, Barry was back in the Midlands as Aston Villa paid a 1m Euro fee (about £880,000 at the time) to bring him home . "It sends a powerful message about the ambition of this football club," said Villa academy manager Mark Harrison at the time. Since then though, Barry's chances at Villa have been rare - even though he has a 100% goals-to-games ratio for the first team.