Editing Gary Speed (section)

==International career==
Speed played for Wales at youth level and earned three [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for the [[Wales national under-21 football team|under-21 team]].<ref name=Hugman0910/> He played 85 times for [[Wales national football team|Wales]], making him the second highest capped player only behind goalkeeper [[Neville Southall]] who made 92 appearances<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wal-recintlp.html |title=Wales&nbsp;– Record International Players |first=Luis Fernando Passo |last=Alpuin |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=20 February 2009 |access-date=3 December 2011}}</ref> until Speed was surpassed by [[Chris Gunter]] in 2018.<ref name="Gunter beats Speed record"/> Speed captained Wales on 44 occasions. His first appearance for the national side had come on 20 May 1990 in a 1–0 friendly win against [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] at [[Ninian Park]] as a second-half replacement for [[Glyn Hodges]].<ref name="wales 1990-1999">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wal-intres90.html |title=Wales&nbsp;– International Results 1990–1999&nbsp;– Details |first=Barrie |last=Courtney |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=20 May 2004 |access-date=11 October 2018}}</ref> He did not score until his 27th cap, a 3–2 away defeat in [[Moldova national football team|Moldova]] in a [[Euro 1996]] qualifier on 12 October 1994. Speed's first appearance as captain was during his 46th cap, a 3–0 away win in [[Malta national football team|Malta]] on 3 June 1998.<ref name="eu-football1">{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19810 |title=Football player: Gary Speed |website=EU-Football.info |access-date=11 October 2018}}</ref>

Speed broke the record held by [[Dean Saunders]] for most caps by a Welsh outfield player when he won his 76th against [[Finland national football team|Finland]] in a [[Euro 2004]] qualifier on 10 September 2003. He captained the side to a 1–1 draw.<ref name="eu-football1"/> Speed retired from international football in 2004 after the side's 3–2 defeat to [[Poland national football team|Poland]] in a [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup qualifier]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/3741366.stm |title=Speed retires from Wales |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 October 2004 |access-date=3 December 2011}}</ref>