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Gary Speed
MBE
Personal information
\n Speed managing Wales in 2011
Full name	\nGary Andrew Speed^[1]
Date of birth	\n(1969-09-08)8 September 1969^[1]
Place of birth	\nMancot, Flintshire, Wales
Date of death	\n27 November 2011(2011-11-27) (aged 42)
Place of death	\nHuntington, Cheshire, England
Height	\n5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)^[2]
Position(s)	\nMidfielder
Youth career
1984\u20131988	\nLeeds United
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1988\u20131996	\nLeeds United	\n248	\n(39)
1996\u20131998	\nEverton	\n58	\n(16)
1998\u20132004	\nNewcastle United	\n213	\n(29)
2004\u20132008	\nBolton Wanderers	\n121	\n(14)
2008\u20132010	\nSheffield United	\n37	\n(6)
Total	\n	\n677	\n(104)
International career
1990\u20131991	\nWales U21^[3]	\n3	\n(2)
1990\u20132004	\nWales	\n85	\n(7)
Managerial career
2010	\nSheffield United
2010\u20132011	\nWales
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Andrew Speed MBE (8 September 1969 \u2013 27 November 2011) was a Welsh professional footballer and manager. As manager of Wales, Speed is often credited as being the catalyst for the change in fortunes of the national team and as setting the pathway to future successes.^[4]\n

Having played for the Leeds United youth team, he began his professional career with the club in 1988. With Leeds, he won the English First Division championship in 1991\u201392, and later played for Everton, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United. He captained the Wales national football team until retiring from international football in 2004. He was the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall with 85 caps between 1990 and 2004 until being overtaken by Chris Gunter in 2018,^[5] playing mainly as a left-sided attacking midfielder. Speed was appointed manager of Sheffield United in 2010, but left the club after a few months in December 2010 to manage the Wales national team, remaining in this role until his death 11 months later.\n

Rarely troubled by injury or suspension, he held the record for the most appearances in the Premier League at 535, until it was surpassed by David James. At the time of his death, only James and Ryan Giggs had played in more Premier League matches than Speed.^[6] Including appearances in the Football League and cup competitions, he made 840 domestic appearances.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	FA Cup\n	League Cup\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Leeds United\n	1988\u201389^[115]\n	Second Division\n	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0\n
1989\u201390^[116]\n	Second Division\n	25	3	0	0	1	0	1^[a]	0	27	3\n
1990\u201391^[117]\n	First Division\n	38	7	6	0	7	3	5^[a]	0	56	10\n
1991\u201392^[118]\n	First Division\n	41	7	1	0	4	3	1^[a]	0	47	10\n
1992\u201393^[119]\n	Premier League\n	39	7	4	3	3	1	6^[b]	1	52	12\n
1993\u201394^[120]\n	Premier League\n	36	10	2	1	2	1	\u2014	40	12\n
1994\u201395^[121]\n	Premier League\n	39	3	4	0	2	0	\u2014	45	3\n
1995\u201396^[122]\n	Premier League\n	29	2	4	1	7	3	4^[c]	1	44	7\n
Total\n	248	39	21	5	26	11	17	2	312	57\n
Everton\n	1996\u201397^[123]\n	Premier League\n	37	9	2	1	2	1	\u2014	41	11\n
1997\u201398^[35]\n	Premier League\n	21	7	0	0	3	0	\u2014	24	7\n
Total\n	58	16	2	1	5	1	0	0	65	18\n
Newcastle United\n	1997\u201398^[35]\n	Premier League\n	13	1	4	1	\u2014	\u2014	17	2\n
1998\u201399^[124]\n	Premier League\n	38	4	6	1	2	0	2^[d]	0	48	5\n
1999\u20132000^[36]\n	Premier League\n	36	9	6	3	1	0	6^[c]	1	49	13\n
2000\u201301^[125]\n	Premier League\n	35	5	2	0	4	1	\u2014	41	6\n
2001\u201302^[126]\n	Premier League\n	29	5	2	0	3	0	6^[e]	2	40	7\n
2002\u201303^[127]\n	Premier League\n	24	2	0	0	0	0	12^[f]	1	36	3\n
2003\u201304^[128]\n	Premier League\n	38	3	2	0	1	0	13^[g]	1	54	4\n
Total\n	213	29	22	5	11	1	39	5	285	40\n
Bolton Wanderers\n	2004\u201305^[129]\n	Premier League\n	38	1	2	0	0	0	\u2014	40	1\n
2005\u201306^[130]\n	Premier League\n	31	4	2	0	2	0	5^[c]	0	40	4\n
2006\u201307^[131]\n	Premier League\n	38	8	2	0	2	0	\u2014	42	8\n
2007\u201308^[132]\n	Premier League\n	14	1	\u2014	0	0	3^[c]	0	17	1\n
Total\n	121	14	6	0	4	0	8	0	139	14\n
Sheffield United\n	2007\u201308^[132]\n	Championship\n	20	3	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	22	3\n
2008\u201309^[133]\n	Championship\n	17	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	3\n
2009\u201310^[134]\n	Championship\n	0	0	0	0	0	0	\u2014	0	0\n
Total\n	37	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	40	6\n
Career total\n	677	104	53	11	47	13	64	7	841	135\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Wales\n	1990	3	0\n
1991	6	0\n
1992	8	0\n
1993	6	0\n
1994	6	1\n
1995	4	1\n
1996	6	0\n
1997	5	1\n
1998	5	0\n
1999	5	0\n
2000	7	1\n
2001	5	0\n
2002	5	1\n
2003	8	1\n
2004	6	1\n
Total	85	7\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Cap\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n	Ref.\n
1\n	12 October 1994	Stadionul Republican, Chi\u0219in\u0103u, Moldova	27	$\"\"$ Moldova	1\u20130	2\u20133	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	^[137]\n
2\n	6 September 1995	National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	32	$\"\"$ Moldova	1\u20130	1\u20130	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	^[138]\n
3\n	29 March 1997	National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	41	$\"\"$ Belgium	1\u20132	1\u20132	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[139]\n
4\n	2 September 2000	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus	59	$\"\"$ Belarus	1\u20132	1\u20132	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[140]\n
5\n	20 November 2002	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	71	$\"\"$ Azerbaijan	1\u20130	2\u20130	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification	^[141]\n
6\n	29 March 2003	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	73	$\"\"$ Azerbaijan	2\u20130	4\u20130	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification	^[142]\n
7\n	4 September 2004	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	82	$\"\"$ Azerbaijan	1\u20130	1\u20131	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[143]\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
P	W	D	L	Win %\n
Sheffield United\n	17 August 2010\n	14 December 2010\n	18\n	6\n	3\n	9\n	033.3\n
Wales\n	14 December 2010\n	27 November 2011\n	10\n	5\n	0\n	5\n	050.0\n
Total\n	28\n	11\n	3\n	14\n	039.3\n

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