Gary Speed

Welsh association football player and manager (1969-2011)

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

Gary Speed
MBE
Speed managing Wales in 2011
Personal information
Full name Gary Andrew Speed[1]
Date of birth (1969-09-08)8 September 1969[1]
Place of birth Mancot, Flintshire, Wales
Date of death 27 November 2011(2011-11-27) (aged 42)
Place of death Huntington, Cheshire, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1988 Leeds United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1996 Leeds United 248 (39)
1996–1998 Everton 58 (16)
1998–2004 Newcastle United 213 (29)
2004–2008 Bolton Wanderers 121 (14)
2008–2010 Sheffield United 37 (6)
Total 677 (104)
National team
1990–1991 Wales U21[3] 3 (2)
1990–2004 Wales 85 (7)
Teams managed
2010 Sheffield United
2010–2011 Wales
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.[4]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leeds United 1988–89[5] Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989–90[6] Second Division 25 3 0 0 1 0 1[a] 0 27 3
1990–91[7] First Division 38 7 6 0 7 3 5[a] 0 56 10
1991–92[8] First Division 41 7 1 0 4 3 1[a] 0 47 10
1992–93[9] Premier League 39 7 4 3 3 1 6[b] 1 52 12
1993–94[10] Premier League 36 10 2 1 2 1 40 12
1994–95[11] Premier League 39 3 4 0 2 0 45 3
1995–96[12] Premier League 29 2 4 1 7 3 4[c] 1 44 7
Total 248 39 21 5 26 11 17 2 312 57
Everton 1996–97[13] Premier League 37 9 2 1 2 1 41 11
1997–98[14] Premier League 21 7 0 0 3 0 24 7
Total 58 16 2 1 5 1 0 0 65 18
Newcastle United 1997–98[14] Premier League 13 1 4 1 17 2
1998–99[15] Premier League 38 4 6 1 2 0 2[d] 0 48 5
1999–2000[16] Premier League 36 9 6 3 1 0 6[c] 1 49 13
2000–01[17] Premier League 35 5 2 0 4 1 41 6
2001–02[18] Premier League 29 5 2 0 3 0 6[e] 2 40 7
2002–03[19] Premier League 24 2 0 0 0 0 12[f] 1 36 3
2003–04[20] Premier League 38 3 2 0 1 0 13[g] 1 54 4
Total 213 29 22 5 11 1 39 5 285 40
Bolton Wanderers 2004–05[21] Premier League 38 1 2 0 0 0 40 1
2005–06[22] Premier League 31 4 2 0 2 0 5[c] 0 40 4
2006–07[23] Premier League 38 8 2 0 2 0 42 8
2007–08[24] Premier League 14 1 0 0 3[c] 0 17 1
Total 121 14 6 0 4 0 8 0 139 14
Sheffield United 2007–08[24] Championship 20 3 2 0 22 3
2008–09[25] Championship 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 3
2009–10[26] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 37 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 40 6
Career total 677 104 53 11 47 13 64 7 841 135
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearance(s) in Full Members' Cup
  2. One appearance in FA Charity Shield, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  5. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[27]
National team Year Apps Goals
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
Total 85 7
Scores and results list Wales' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Speed goal.[28][29][30]
List of international goals scored by Gary Speed
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 12 October 1994 Stadionul Republican, Chișinău, Moldova 27   Moldova 1–0 2–3 UEFA Euro 1996 qualification [31]
2 6 September 1995 National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 32   Moldova 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualification [32]
3 29 March 1997 National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 41   Belgium 1–2 1–2 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification [33]
4 2 September 2000 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus 59   Belarus 1–2 1–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [34]
5 20 November 2002 Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan 71   Azerbaijan 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification [35]
6 29 March 2003 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 73   Azerbaijan 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification [36]
7 4 September 2004 Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan 82   Azerbaijan 1–0 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [37]

Managerial statistics

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Source:[38]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Sheffield United 17 August 2010 14 December 2010 18 6 3 9 033.3
Wales 14 December 2010 27 November 2011 10 5 0 5 050.0
Total 28 11 3 14 039.3

Honours

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Player

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Leeds United

Newcastle United

Individual

References

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