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.

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.BBC Sport - Swansea sack Michael Laudrup and place Garry Monk in charge 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 competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTorquay United1995–96Third Division5000000050Southampton1996–97Premier League000000—001997–98Premier League000000—001998–99Premier League40100000501999–2000Premier League20—00—202000–01Premier League200000—202001–02Premier League200010—302002–03Premier League100000—102003–04Premier League00—000000Total110101000130Torquay United (loan)1998–99Third Division60———60Stockport County (loan)1999–2000First Division20—20—40Oxford United (loan)2000–01Second Division50———50Sheffield Wednesday (loan)2002–03First Division15000——150Barnsley2003–04Second Division17041——211Swansea City2004–05League Two3404010204102005–06League One3310000914222006–07League One20000000202007–08League One3213020604312008–09Championship4013030—4612009–10Championship2301021—2612010–11Championship2901130303612011–12Premier League1602000—1802012–13Premier League1100041—1512013–14Premier League000010—10Total22031411622012707Career total28131921922013398

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordSwansea City4 February 20149 December 2015Leeds United2 June 201625 May 2017Middlesbrough9 June 201723 December 2017<Birmingham City4 March 201818 June 2019Sheffield Wednesday6 September 20199 November 2020Total

Honours
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

References

Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:Barnsley F.C. players
Category:English footballers
Category:English football managers
Category:Premier League players
Category:Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
Category:Southampton F.C. players
Category:Sportspeople from Bedfordshire