Garry Monk

**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.

### 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

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|FA Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Torquay United|1995–96|Third Division|5|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|5|0||
|rowspan=9|Southampton|1996–97|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||
|1997–98|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||||
|1998–99|Premier League|4|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|5|0|||
|1999–2000|Premier League|2|0|—|0|0|—|2|0|||||
|2000–01|Premier League|2|0|0|0|0|0|—|2|0||||
|2001–02|Premier League|2|0|0|0|1|0|—|3|0||||
|2002–03|Premier League|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|1|0||||
|2003–04|Premier League|0|0|—|0|0|0|0|0|0||||
|Torquay United (loan)|1998–99|Third Division|6|0|—|—|—|6|0|||||
|Stockport County (loan)|1999–2000|First Division|2|0|—|2|0|—|4|0||||
|Oxford United (loan)|2000–01|Second Division|5|0|—|—|—|5|0|||||
|Sheffield Wednesday (loan)|2002–03|First Division|15|0|0|0|—|—|15|0||||
|Barnsley|2003–04|Second Division|17|0|4|1|—|—|21|1||||
|rowspan=11|Swansea City|2004–05|League Two|34|0|4|0|1|0|2|0|41|0|
|2005–06|League One|33|1|0|0|0|0|9|1|42|2|||
|2006–07|League One|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|||
|2007–08|League One|32|1|3|0|2|0|6|0|43|1|||
|2008–09|Championship|40|1|3|0|3|0|—|46|1||||
|2009–10|Championship|23|0|1|0|2|1|—|26|1||||
|2010–11|Championship|29|0|1|1|3|0|3|0|36|1|||
|2011–12|Premier League|16|0|2|0|0|0|—|18|0||||
|2012–13|Premier League|11|0|0|0|4|1|—|15|1||||
|2013–14|Premier League|0|0|0|0|1|0|—|1|0||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Swansea City|align=left|4 February 2014|align=left|9 December 2015|||||
|align=left|Leeds United|align=left|2 June 2016|align=left|25 May 2017|||||
|align=left|Middlesbrough|align=left|9 June 2017|align=left|23 December 2017|<||||
|align=left|Birmingham City|align=left|4 March 2018|align=left|18 June 2019|||||
|align=left|Sheffield Wednesday|align=left|6 September 2019|align=left|9 November 2020|||||

### Player

**Swansea City**
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2011
- Football League One: 2007–08
- Football League Cup: 2012–13
- Football League Trophy: 2005–06
- FAW Premier Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06

**Individual**
- PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08 League One

### Manager

**Individual**
- Premier League Manager of the Month: August 2014

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Garry Monk
- **clubs9**: Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City
- **clubs6**: → Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
- **caps6**: 15
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2003–2004
- **clubs7**: → Barnsley F.C., Barnsley (loan)
- **caps7**: 14
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2004
- **clubs8**: Barnsley F.C., Barnsley
- **caps8**: 3
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2004–2014
- **caps9**: 226
- **goals5**: 0
- **goals9**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 287
- **totalgoals**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs1**: Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City
- **manageryears2**: 2016–2017
- **managerclubs2**: Leeds United F.C., Leeds United
- **manageryears3**: 2017
- **managerclubs3**: Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough
- **manageryears4**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs4**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **manageryears5**: 2019–2020
- **years6**: 2002–2003
- **caps5**: 5
- **image**: Garry Monk.jpg
- **caps1**: 5
- **image size**: 175
- **caption**: Monk playing for Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City in 2010
- **fullname**: Garry Alan Monk
- **birth place**: Bedford, England
- **position**: Centre back
- **youthyears1**: –1995
- **youthclubs1**: Torquay United F.C., Torquay United
- **years1**: 1995–1996
- **clubs1**: Torquay United F.C., Torquay United
- **goals1**: 0
- **clubs5**: → Oxford United F.C., Oxford United (loan)
- **years2**: 1996–2004
- **clubs2**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **caps2**: 11
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1998
- **clubs3**: → Torquay United F.C., Torquay United (loan)
- **caps3**: 6
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1999
- **clubs4**: → Stockport County F.C., Stockport County (loan)
- **caps4**: 2
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2001
- **managerclubs5**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday