Gary Speed

**Gary Andrew Speed**  (8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011) was a Welsh footballer and manager. He played mainly as a midfielder. He was born in Mancot, Flintshire.

Speed played for Leeds United from 1988 to 1996 winning the 1991–92 Football League First Division. He also played for Everton from 1996 to 1998, Newcastle United from 1998 to 2004, Bolton Wanderers from 2004 to 2008 and Sheffield United from 2008 to 2010. After playing, he managed Sheffield United for a short time in 2010. At the time of his death in 2011, Speed was manager of Wales since 2010.

Speed killed himself by hanging on 27 November 2011 in the garage of his home in Huntington, Cheshire, England. He was 42. He was outlived by his wife and their two sons, Ed and Tom.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=9|Leeds United|1988–89|Second Division|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|
|1989–90|Second Division|25|3|0|0|1|0|1|0|27|3|||
|1990–91|First Division|38|7|6|0|7|3|5|0|56|10|||
|1991–92|First Division|41|7|1|0|4|3|1|0|47|10|||
|1992–93|Premier League|39|7|4|3|3|1|6|1|52|12|||
|1993–94|Premier League|36|10|2|1|2|1|—|40|12||||
|1994–95|Premier League|39|3|4|0|2|0|—|45|3||||
|1995–96|Premier League|29|2|4|1|7|3|4|1|44|7|||
|rowspan="3"|Everton|1996–97|Premier League|37|9|2|1|2|1|—|41|11||
|1997–98|Premier League|21|7|0|0|3|0|—|24|7||||
|rowspan=8|Newcastle United|1997–98|Premier League|13|1|4|1|—|—|17|2|||
|1998–99|Premier League|38|4|6|1|2|0|2|0|48|5|||
|1999–2000|Premier League|36|9|6|3|1|0|6|1|49|13|||
|2000–01|Premier League|35|5|2|0|4|1|—|41|6||||
|2001–02|Premier League|29|5|2|0|3|0|6|2|40|7|||
|2002–03|Premier League|24|2|0|0|0|0|12|1|36|3|||
|2003–04|Premier League|38|3|2|0|1|0|13|1|54|4|||
|rowspan="5"|Bolton Wanderers|2004–05|Premier League|38|1|2|0|0|0|—|40|1||
|2005–06|Premier League|31|4|2|0|2|0|5|0|40|4|||
|2006–07|Premier League|38|8|2|0|2|0|—|42|8||||
|2007–08|Premier League|14|1|—|0|0|3|0|17|1||||
|rowspan="4"|Sheffield United|2007–08|Championship|20|3|2|0|—|—|22|3|||
|2008–09|Championship|17|3|0|0|1|0|0|0|18|3|||
|2009–10|Championship|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|Wales|1990|3|0|
|1991|6|0|||
|1992|8|0|||
|1993|6|0|||
|1994|6|1|||
|1995|4|1|||
|1996|6|0|||
|1997|5|1|||
|1998|5|0|||
|1999|5|0|||
|2000|7|1|||
|2001|5|0|||
|2002|5|1|||
|2003|8|1|||
|2004|6|1|||

- _Scores and results list Wales' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Speed goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|12 October 1994|Stadionul Republican, Chișinău, Moldova|27||1–0|2–3|UEFA Euro 1996 qualification||||||||||
|align="center"|2|6 September 1995|National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales|32||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 1996 qualification||||||||||
|align="center"|3|29 March 1997|National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales|41||1–2|1–2|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|align="center"|4|2 September 2000|Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus|59||1–2|1–2|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|align="center"|5|20 November 2002|Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan|71||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2004 qualification||||||||||
|align="center"|6|29 March 2003|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales|73||2–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 2004 qualification||||||||||
|align="center"|7|4 September 2004|Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan|82||1–0|1–1|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||

## Managerial statistics

- Source:

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Sheffield United|align=left|17 August 2010|align=left|14 December 2010|||
|align=left|Wales|align=left|14 December 2010|align=left|27 November 2011|||

### Player

**Leeds United**
- Football League First Division: 1991–92
- Football League Second Division: 1989–90
- FA Charity Shield: 1992
- Football League Cup runner-up: 1995–96

**Newcastle United**
- FA Cup runner-up: 1997–98, 1998–99

**Individual**
- PFA Team of the Year: 1992–93 Premier League

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gary Speed

- **image**: Gary Speed 2011.jpg
- **caption**: Speed managing Wales national football team, Wales in 2011
- **fullname**: Gary Andrew Speed
- **birth place**: Mancot, Flintshire, Wales
- **death place**: Huntington, Cheshire, England
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1984–1988
- **youthclubs1**: Leeds United F.C. Reserves and Youth Team, Leeds United
- **years1**: 1988–1996
- **years2**: 1996–1998
- **years3**: 1998–2004
- **years4**: 2004–2008
- **years5**: 2008–2010
- **clubs1**: Leeds United F.C., Leeds United
- **clubs2**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **clubs3**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **clubs4**: Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers
- **clubs5**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United
- **caps1**: 248
- **caps2**: 58
- **caps3**: 213
- **caps4**: 121
- **caps5**: 37
- **goals1**: 39
- **goals2**: 16
- **goals3**: 29
- **goals4**: 14
- **goals5**: 6
- **totalcaps**: 677
- **totalgoals**: 104
- **nationalyears1**: 1990–1991
- **nationalyears2**: 1990–2004
- **nationalteam1**: Wales national under-21 football team, Wales U21
- **nationalteam2**: Wales national football team, Wales
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalcaps2**: 85
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 7
- **manageryears1**: 2010
- **managerclubs1**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United
- **manageryears2**: 2010–2011
- **managerclubs2**: Wales national football team, Wales