Garry Monk
Monk playing for Swansea City in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Garry Alan Monk | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Bedford, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leeds United (Head Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1995 | Torquay United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Torquay United | 5 | (0) |
| 1996–2004 | Southampton | 11 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Torquay United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1999 | → (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Oxford United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Barnsley (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2004 | Barnsley | 3 | (0) |
| 2004–2014 | Swansea City | 226 | (3) |
| Total | 287 | (3) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014–2015 | Swansea City | ||
| 2016– | Leeds United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Garry Alan Monk (born 6 March 1979) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is currently the head coach of Championship club Leeds United.
He played for Swansea City in all four divisions of professional football from 2004 to 2014, for the majority of that time as captain. He played 260 games for Swansea in all competitions over ten seasons, and was part of their team which won the 2013 Football League Cup Final. Monk eventually became Swansea City manager in 2014 until leaving the club in November 2015.
Born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, Monk began his career as a trainee with Torquay United, making five appearances during the 1995–96 season, whilst still a trainee after growing up in Torquay for the majority of his youth. At the end of that season he moved to Southampton to complete his apprenticeship and turned professional with The Saints in May 1997.
Monk returned to Torquay on loan in September 1998 and on returning to the Dell, immediately broke into the first team squad, making his first team début against Derby County on 28 November 1998 in place of the injured Ken Monkou. In September 1999, he had a loan spell at , before being recalled to the first team for two matches in January 2000.
He later had a loan spell at Oxford United (in January 2001), but was recalled from Oxford by Glenn Hoddle owing to an injury crisis amongst the Southampton defenders. In May 2001, he started in both of the last two home games at The Dell, against Manchester United and Arsenal, both of which resulted in victories.
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