Gary Speed
Football, Football player
1969 – 2011
Who was Gary Speed?
Gary Andrew Speed, MBE was a Welsh footballer and manager.
As a player, he is best known for his spell between 1988 and 1996 at Leeds United where he won the English Football League First Division Championship in 1992, and also for his spell between 1998 and 2004 at Newcastle United as well as three and a half years at Bolton Wanderers during their days under Sam Allardyce's management. He captained the Wales national football team until retiring from international football in 2004. He remains the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall, having appeared 85 times at senior level between 1990 and 2004, playing mainly as a left-side attacking midfielder. He started off his career in 1988 and retired in 2010. Speed was appointed manager of Sheffield United in 2010, but left the club after a few months in December 2010 to manage the Wales national team, remaining in this role until his death 11 months later. Speed played professionally for Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United.
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- Born
- Sep 8, 1969
Mancot - Also known as
- Спид, Гэри
- Spouses
- Louise Speed
(1996 - 2011/11/27)
- Louise Speed
- Children
- Nationality
- Wales
- Profession
- Education
- Hawarden High School
- Lived in
- Mancot
- Died
- Nov 27, 2011
Huntington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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