1. Gareth Southgate was the manager of the England men's national team from 2016 until 2024.
53 Facts About Gareth Southgate
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Internationally, Gareth Southgate made 57 appearances for the England team between 1995 and 2004.
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Gareth Southgate played every game of England's campaign in UEFA Euro 1996, though his penalty miss sent England out in the semi-final; he featured in both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000.
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Gareth Southgate retired in 2006 at the age of 35, having made more than 500 league appearances across his three clubs.
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Immediately following his retirement, Gareth Southgate was appointed manager of Middlesbrough, staying in the role until his dismissal in 2009.
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Gareth Southgate managed the England under-21 team from 2013 to 2016, before succeeding Sam Allardyce as the senior team's manager in 2016.
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Gareth Southgate led England to the 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-finals, the UEFA Euro 2020 final, the 2022 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, and the UEFA Euro 2024 final.
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Gareth Southgate was born on 3 September 1970 in Watford, Hertfordshire.
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Gareth Southgate attended Padnell Infant School in Cowplain, Hampshire, along with Pound Hill Junior School and Hazelwick School in Crawley, West Sussex.
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Gareth Southgate played as a youth for two and a half years for Southampton before being released as a thirteen-year-old.
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Gareth Southgate subsequently joined Crystal Palace, making his professional debut as a substitute in a Football League Cup tie against Southend United in October 1990.
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Gareth Southgate made 191 appearances for Aston Villa over six seasons.
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At the club, Gareth Southgate was converted into a centre-back and was part of a formidable defence.
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Gareth Southgate joined on a four-year deal and was the first signing by Steve McClaren, whom he knew as an England coach.
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In July 2002, after Paul Ince left for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Gareth Southgate was appointed the new Middlesbrough captain.
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Gareth Southgate rejected media rumours that he was set to move to Manchester United following Rio Ferdinand's ban for missing a drug test in January 2004.
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Gareth Southgate later committed his final playing years to Middlesbrough, signing until 2007.
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Gareth Southgate made his debut for England as a substitute against Portugal in December 1995 under the management of Terry Venables, heading the ball against the crossbar with his first international touch.
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Gareth Southgate played every minute of their matches as hosts England reached the semi-final of UEFA Euro 1996, in which they faced Germany.
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The match was determined in a penalty shoot-out; Gareth Southgate's penalty was saved, and England were eliminated when Andreas Moller scored the next German penalty.
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Gareth Southgate managed to make light of his blunder later that year by appearing in an advert for Pizza Hut, featuring Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle, who had missed crucial penalties at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
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Gareth Southgate played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000.
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Gareth Southgate was capped 57 times for England and scored twice.
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Gareth Southgate is Aston Villa's most capped England player, having played 42 of his 57 internationals whilst with Villa.
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Middlesbrough successfully argued that, because Gareth Southgate had recently been an international player, he had had no opportunity to undertake the coaching courses.
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Gareth Southgate brought in four defensive additions to the squad, with Julio Arca arriving from local rivals Sunderland, Robert Huth from Chelsea and Jason Euell from Charlton Athletic on permanent deals, whereas Jonathan Woodgate joined on a season-long loan from Real Madrid.
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Gareth Southgate's side finished the Premier League season sat in twelfth position.
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Gareth Southgate had faced some criticism earlier on that season, after his side suffered a spell in the relegation zone, but Middlesbrough managed to pull clear of the bottom three.
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Gareth Southgate's dismissal was controversial as he had taken Middlesbrough to within one point of the top position, though chairman Gibson stated that he had made the decision weeks previously in the best interests of the club.
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Gareth Southgate was replaced by Gordon Strachan, who was unable to take the club back to the Premier League.
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Gareth Southgate went on to lead his team to qualify for the finals of the 2015 European Championship; their good fortune could not continue as they finished bottom of their narrow-pointed group, therefore being knocked out of the competition.
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In June 2016, Gareth Southgate said that he did not want to fill the England senior team position left vacant by Hodgson.
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Gareth Southgate was put in temporary charge of the senior England team on 27 September 2016, when Sam Allardyce resigned.
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Gareth Southgate was lauded for personal qualities shown in the World Cup, including consoling Colombia's Mateus Uribe, whose missed penalty had seen England win.
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In 2019, Gareth Southgate managed England to third place in the inaugural UEFA Nations League.
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In June 2022, Gareth Southgate led England into the UEFA Nations League.
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On 18 December 2022, the FA confirmed Gareth Southgate would remain in post until after the UEFA Euro 2024.
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Former England captain Alan Shearer said that Gareth Southgate could leave "with his head held high", having improved England's results since the nadir of elimination by Iceland at UEFA Euro 2016, but that he "wasn't quite able to get the best out of this team in Germany, and that was the difference between us reaching another final and winning one".
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Two days after the final, Gareth Southgate resigned as England manager.
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Gareth Southgate was a co-commentator for ITV Sport at the 2006 World Cup, covering group games alongside Clive Tyldesley.
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Gareth Southgate resumed a role as pundit and co-commentator after he finished his tenure at Middlesbrough in 2010, working on FA Cup and UEFA Champions League matches for ITV as well as acting as a pundit on England games.
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In January 2011, Gareth Southgate was appointed as the FA's head of elite development, to work with Trevor Brooking.
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Gareth Southgate left the post in July 2012, and ruled himself out of consideration for the role of technical director, for which he had been a leading candidate.
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Gareth Southgate is an Ambassador for The Prince's Trust and Patron of Help for Heroes.
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Gareth Southgate has been praised for his man management and for creating a "cohesive, positive culture" within the England squad.
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Gareth Southgate is credited for the promotion of players from England's youth squads into the senior international team.
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Gareth Southgate has been criticised for his team's perceived "pragmatic" and "conservative" style of play, as well as for his in-game management.
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Gareth Southgate has been criticised for selecting out of form players, with some commentators accusing him of "favouritism".
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Gareth Southgate married Alison Bird in July 1997 at St Nicholas Church in Worth; the couple have two children.
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Gareth Southgate was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to football.
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On 13 November 2019, Gareth Southgate was named an Honorary Yorkshireman by Welcome to Yorkshire.
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In December 2024, Gareth Southgate was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2025 New Year Honours.
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In 2023, Dear England, a play about Gareth Southgate, appeared in London's National Theatre.