Garry Monk

Garry Monk
Monk playing for Swansea City in 2010
Personal information
Full name Garry Alan Monk
Date of birth (1979-03-06) 6 March 1979 (age 47)
Place of birth Bedford, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
0000–1995 Torquay United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Torquay United 5 (0)
1996–2004 Southampton 11 (0)
1998 → Torquay United (loan) 6 (0)
1999 → Stockport County (loan) 2 (0)
2001 → Oxford United (loan) 5 (0)
2002–2003 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 15 (0)
2003–2004 → Barnsley (loan) 14 (0)
2004 Barnsley 3 (0)
2004–2014 Swansea City 226 (3)
Total 287 (3)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Swansea City
2016–2017 Leeds United
2017 Middlesbrough
2018–2019 Birmingham City
2019–2020 Sheffield Wednesday
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Garry Alan Monk (born 6 March 1979) is an English football manager and former player. He has managed EFL Championship club Middlesbrough since 2017. He played for Torquay United, Southampton, Barnsley and Swansea City. He has previously been the manager of Swansea and Leeds United.

Career

Playing career

Garry played for Torquay United Academy until 1995, and began playing for the first team before leaving for Southampton the next year. He rarely played for The Saints and went out on loan to Torquay, Stockport County, Oxford United and Sheffield Wednesday. He also played on loan for Barnsley, before joining permanently in January 2004.

He left for Swansea City in Summer 2004, and stayed there for ten years. Garry was captain for a while, but retired from football in 2004.

Managerial career

Garry started managing Swansea City as their interim player-manager after Michael Laudrup was given the sack. He was good and Swansea were not relegated to the Championship. He became the main manager the next season, and they played well and finished eighth. Garry was not good at the beginning of the next season, and was sacked in Christmas time 2015.

He was manager of Leeds United from 2016 to 2017, where they finished seventh; he resigned from his job despite the club wanting him to stay.

Garry became the manager of Middlesbrough in 2017.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Torquay United 1995–96 Third Division 5000000050
Southampton 1996–97 Premier League 000000—00
1997–98 Premier League 000000—00
1998–99 Premier League 4010000050
1999–2000 Premier League 20—00—20
2000–01 Premier League 200000—20
2001–02 Premier League 200010—30
2002–03 Premier League 100000—10
2003–04 Premier League 00—000000
Total 110101000130
Torquay United (loan) 1998–99 Third Division 60———60
Stockport County (loan) 1999–2000 First Division 20—20—40
Oxford United (loan) 2000–01 Second Division 50———50
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2002–03 First Division 15000——150
Barnsley 2003–04 Second Division 17041——211
Swansea City 2004–05 League Two 340401020410
2005–06 League One 331000091422
2006–07 League One 2000000020
2007–08 League One 321302060431
2008–09 Championship 4013030—461
2009–10 Championship 2301021—261
2010–11 Championship 290113030361
2011–12 Premier League 1602000—180
2012–13 Premier League 1100041—151
2013–14 Premier League 000010—10
Total 22031411622012707
Career total 28131921922013398
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Six appearances and one goal in Football League Trophy, three appearances in League One play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in Championship play-offs

Managerial statistics

As of 9 November 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Swansea City 4 February 2014 9 December 2015 77281732036.4
Leeds United 2 June 2016 25 May 2017 53251117047.2
Middlesbrough 9 June 2017 23 December 2017 261259046.2 <
Birmingham City 4 March 2018 18 June 2019 59192020032.2
Sheffield Wednesday 6 September 2019 9 November 2020 58181525031.0
Total 27310268103037.4

Honours

Player

Swansea City

Individual

Manager

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 291. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ↑ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. pp. 552–553. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
  3. ↑ BBC Sport - Swansea sack Michael Laudrup and place Garry Monk in charge
  4. ↑ Lovejoy, Joe (9 February 2014). "Garry Monk off to dream start as Swansea put Cardiff in further trouble". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Monk appointed Swans' first-team manager". swanseacity.net. 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Crystal Palace 1–0 Swansea City". BBC Sport. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Swansea City part company with manager". BBC Sport. 9 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Garry Monk resigns as Leeds United head coach with Aitor Karanka job swap on the cards". Telegraph. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Garry Monk: Leeds United head coach resigns after one season". BBC. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Garry Monk: Middlesbrough name ex-Leeds United boss as manager". BBC Sport. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  11. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2007). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08. Edinburgh: Mainstream. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Garry Monk in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  15. 1 2 "Games played by Garry Monk in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Garry Monk in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Garry Monk in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  19. 1 2 "Games played by Garry Monk in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Garry Monk in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 "Managers: Garry Monk". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  31. ↑ "Garry Monk: Middlesbrough name ex-Leeds United boss as manager". BBC Sport. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  32. ↑ "Garry Monk: Middlesbrough part company with manager despite victory". BBC Sport. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  33. ↑ "Reading 2–4 Swansea". BBC Sport. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  34. ↑ "Bradford 0–5 Swansea". BBC Sport. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  35. ↑ "Swansea 2–1 Wrexham". BBC Sport. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  36. ↑ "Wrexham 1–2 Swansea". BBC Sport. 29 March 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  37. ↑ "Ronaldo named player of the year". BBC Sport. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  38. ↑ "Manager profile: Garry Monk". Premier League. Retrieved 19 September 2018.