Games missed through injury:
2005 - 7
2006 - 15
2007 - 0
2008 - 0 (AA)
2009 - 7
2010 - 6
You remember the 2007/2008 years, like we all do and presume that's how it is. He's 28 before a ball is bounced for GC and he will have a career of 115 games at best to that point.
I take it all back, he is an injury prone mercenary/hack.