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{{Short description|Welsh footballer and manager (1969β2011)}} {{Use British English|date=December 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Gary Speed<br />{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} |image = Gary Speed 2011.jpg |image_size = |caption = Speed managing [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in 2011 |fullname = Gary Andrew Speed<ref name=Hugman0910>{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009β10 |year=2009 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84596-474-0 |page=386}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date|1969|9|8|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman0910 /> |birth_place = [[Mancot]], Flintshire, Wales |death_date = {{death date and age|2011|11|27|1969|9|8|df=y}} |death_place = [[Huntington, Cheshire]], England |height = {{convert|1.78|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/gary-speed-374/ |title=Gary Speed |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=11 October 2018}}</ref> | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = 1984β1988 | youthclubs1 = [[Leeds United F.C. Reserves and Youth Team|Leeds United]] | years1 = 1988β1996 | years2 = 1996β1998 | years3 = 1998β2004 | years4 = 2004β2008 | years5 = 2008β2010 | clubs1 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] | clubs2 = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] | clubs3 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] | clubs4 = [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] | clubs5 = [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] | caps1 = 248 | caps2 = 58 | caps3 = 213 | caps4 = 121 | caps5 = 37 | goals1 = 39 | goals2 = 16 | goals3 = 29 | goals4 = 14 | goals5 = 6 | totalcaps = 677 | totalgoals = 104 <!-- Note to editors: Only appearances and goals from DOMESTIC LEAGUE GAMES go in this infobox. Stats from cup competitions are not included--> |nationalyears1 = 1990β1991 |nationalyears2 = 1990β2004 |nationalteam1 = [[Wales national under-21 football team|Wales U21]]<ref>{{cite book|editor1-first=Glenda|editor1-last=Rollin|editor2-first=Jack|editor2-last=Rollin |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012β2013 |year=2012 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-0-7553-6356-8 |page=980 |edition=43rd}}</ref> |nationalteam2 = [[Wales national football team|Wales]] |nationalcaps1 = 3 |nationalcaps2 = 85 |nationalgoals1 = 2 |nationalgoals2 = 7 |manageryears1 = 2010 |managerclubs1 = [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] |manageryears2 = 2010β2011 |managerclubs2 = [[Wales national football team|Wales]] }} '''Gary Andrew Speed''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (8 September 1969 β 27 November 2011) was a Welsh professional [[Association football|footballer]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]]. As manager of Wales, Speed is often credited as being the catalyst for the change in fortunes of the national team and as setting the pathway to future successes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2021 |title='His impact will last forever': Welsh football remembers Gary Speed, 10 years on from his death |url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/gary-speed-death-wales-football-legacy-neville-southall-elis-james-1158047 |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> Having played for the [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] youth team, he began his professional career with the club in 1988. With Leeds, he won the English [[Football League First Division|First Division]] championship in [[1991β92 Football League First Division|1991β92]], and later played for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] and [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]. He captained the [[Wales national football team]] until retiring from international football in 2004. He was the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall with 85 caps between 1990 and 2004 until being overtaken by [[Chris Gunter]] in 2018,<ref name="Gunter beats Speed record">{{cite web |title=Wales' Chris Gunter admits China welcome was 'eye-opening' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/wales-china-chris-gunter-welcome-eye-opening-a8272091.html |website=[[The Independent]] |date=24 March 2018 |access-date=27 November 2021}}</ref> playing mainly as a [[Midfielder#Winger|left-sided attacking midfielder]]. 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. Rarely troubled by injury or suspension, he held the record for the most appearances in the [[Premier League]] at 535, until it was surpassed by [[David James (footballer, born 1970)|David James]]. At the time of his death, only James and [[Ryan Giggs]] had played in more Premier League matches than Speed.<ref name=guardianobit>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/nov/27/gary-speed |title=Gary Speed obituary |first=Nick |last=Szczepanik |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 November 2011 |access-date=2 December 2011}}</ref> Including appearances in the [[English Football League|Football League]] and cup competitions, he made 840 domestic appearances.
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