Garry Alan Monk was born on 6 March 1979 and is an English football manager and former professional player who played as a centre back, and was most recently the manager of Championship club Sheffield Wednesday.
19 Facts About Garry Monk
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Garry Monk played 270 matches for Swansea in all competitions over ten seasons, and was part of their team which won the 2013 Football League Cup Final.
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Garry Monk later had a loan spell at Oxford United, but was recalled from Oxford by Glenn Hoddle owing to an injury crisis amongst the Southampton defenders.
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Garry Monk had a longer loan spell with Sheffield Wednesday with a view to a permanent transfer, which failed to materialise after Wednesday's relegation to Division Two.
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Garry Monk eventually left the Saints in February 2004, signing for Barnsley on a free transfer, having been on loan for the previous three months.
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Garry Monk lifted his first piece of silverware as Swansea captain as the team sealed promotion as League One champions with a club record 92 points.
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On 6 February 2013, Garry Monk signed a one-year contract extension at Swansea, keeping him at the club until June 2015.
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On 4 February 2014, Garry Monk was appointed by chairman Huw Jenkins as interim player-manager following the sacking of manager Michael Laudrup.
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Garry Monk became the permanent manager of Swansea City on 7 May 2014, ending his playing career and signing a three-year contract.
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On 2 June 2016, Garry Monk was appointed head coach of Championship club Leeds United on a one-year rolling contract, replacing previous head coach Steve Evans.
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In November 2016, after guiding Leeds to sixth place and into the Championship play-off positions and the quarter finals of the EFL League Cup, Garry Monk was nominated for the Championship Manager of the Month award for October; however, he narrowly missed out with the award going to Newcastle United's Rafa Benitez.
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On 9 June 2017, Garry Monk was appointed as the manager of newly relegated Championship club Middlesbrough, replacing caretaker manager, Steve Agnew.
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Later that month, Garry Monk brought in Darren Randolph, and Ashley Fletcher, both arriving from West Ham United.
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Later that transfer window, Garry Monk loaned in Lewis Baker from Chelsea, and Connor Roberts from Swansea City.
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On 23 December 2017, it was announced that Garry Monk had left the club, to be replaced by Tony Pulis three days later.
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Garry Monk was appointed manager of Championship club Birmingham City on 4 March 2018.
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Garry Monk signed a three-and-a-half-year deal, and became Birmingham's fifth permanent manager in 15 months.
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On 6 September 2019, Garry Monk was appointed as manager at Sheffield Wednesday, replacing Steve Bruce who resigned a few months prior.
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In November 2019 when Wednesday were set to play former club Birmingham, now managed by his former assistant Pep Clotet, Garry Monk spoke negatively about Clotet in his pre-match press conference in addition to refusing to shake his hand after the match.