Gary Speed

Gary Andrew Speed MBE (8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011) was a Welsh footballer and manager. He played mainly as a midfielder. He was born in Mancot, Flintshire.

Gary Speed
MBE

Speed managing Wales in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Gary Andrew Speed[1]
Date of birth	(1969-09-08)8 September 1969[1]
Place of birth	Mancot, Flintshire, Wales
Date of death	27 November 2011(2011-11-27) (aged 42)
Place of death	Huntington, Cheshire, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1988	Leeds United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1996	Leeds United	248	(39)
1996–1998	Everton	58	(16)
1998–2004	Newcastle United	213	(29)
2004–2008	Bolton Wanderers	121	(14)
2008–2010	Sheffield United	37	(6)
Total		677	(104)
International career
1990–1991	Wales U21[3]	3	(2)
1990–2004	Wales	85	(7)
Managerial career
2010	Sheffield United
2010–2011	Wales
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Speed played for Leeds United from 1988 to 1996 winning the 1991–92 Football League First Division. He also played for Everton from 1996 to 1998, Newcastle United from 1998 to 2004, Bolton Wanderers from 2004 to 2008 and Sheffield United from 2008 to 2010. After playing, he managed Sheffield United for a short time in 2010. At the time of his death in 2011, Speed was manager of Wales since 2010.

Speed killed himself by hanging on 27 November 2011 in the garage of his home in Huntington, Cheshire, England. He was 42. He was outlived by his wife and their two sons, Ed and Tom.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leeds United	1988–89[5]	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1989–90[6]	Second Division	25	3	0	0	1	0	1[a]	0	27	3
	1990–91[7]	First Division	38	7	6	0	7	3	5[a]	0	56	10
	1991–92[8]	First Division	41	7	1	0	4	3	1[a]	0	47	10
	1992–93[9]	Premier League	39	7	4	3	3	1	6[b]	1	52	12
	1993–94[10]	Premier League	36	10	2	1	2	1	—		40	12
	1994–95[11]	Premier League	39	3	4	0	2	0	—		45	3
	1995–96[12]	Premier League	29	2	4	1	7	3	4[c]	1	44	7
	Total		248	39	21	5	26	11	17	2	312	57
Everton	1996–97[13]	Premier League	37	9	2	1	2	1	—		41	11
	1997–98[14]	Premier League	21	7	0	0	3	0	—		24	7
	Total		58	16	2	1	5	1	0	0	65	18
Newcastle United	1997–98[14]	Premier League	13	1	4	1	—		—		17	2
	1998–99[15]	Premier League	38	4	6	1	2	0	2[d]	0	48	5
	1999–2000[16]	Premier League	36	9	6	3	1	0	6[c]	1	49	13
	2000–01[17]	Premier League	35	5	2	0	4	1	—		41	6
	2001–02[18]	Premier League	29	5	2	0	3	0	6[e]	2	40	7
	2002–03[19]	Premier League	24	2	0	0	0	0	12[f]	1	36	3
	2003–04[20]	Premier League	38	3	2	0	1	0	13[g]	1	54	4
	Total		213	29	22	5	11	1	39	5	285	40
Bolton Wanderers	2004–05[21]	Premier League	38	1	2	0	0	0	—		40	1
	2005–06[22]	Premier League	31	4	2	0	2	0	5[c]	0	40	4
	2006–07[23]	Premier League	38	8	2	0	2	0	—		42	8
	2007–08[24]	Premier League	14	1	—		0	0	3[c]	0	17	1
	Total		121	14	6	0	4	0	8	0	139	14
Sheffield United	2007–08[24]	Championship	20	3	2	0	—		—		22	3
	2008–09[25]	Championship	17	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	3
	2009–10[26]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		37	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	40	6
Career total			677	104	53	11	47	13	64	7	841	135

1. Appearance(s) in Full Members' Cup
2. One appearance in FA Charity Shield, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in UEFA Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
7. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[27]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Wales	1990	3	0
	1991	6	0
	1992	8	0
	1993	6	0
	1994	6	1
	1995	4	1
	1996	6	0
	1997	5	1
	1998	5	0
	1999	5	0
	2000	7	1
	2001	5	0
	2002	5	1
	2003	8	1
	2004	6	1
Total		85	7

Scores and results list Wales' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Speed goal.^[28][29][30]

List of international goals scored by Gary Speed

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	12 October 1994	Stadionul Republican, Chișinău, Moldova	27	Moldova	1–0	2–3	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	[31]
2	6 September 1995	National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	32	Moldova	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	[32]
3	29 March 1997	National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	41	Belgium	1–2	1–2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[33]
4	2 September 2000	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus	59	Belarus	1–2	1–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[34]
5	20 November 2002	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	71	Azerbaijan	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification	[35]
6	29 March 2003	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	73	Azerbaijan	2–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification	[36]
7	4 September 2004	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	82	Azerbaijan	1–0	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[37]

Managerial statistics

Source:^[38]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Sheffield United	17 August 2010	14 December 2010	18	6	3	9	033.3
Wales	14 December 2010	27 November 2011	10	5	0	5	050.0
Total			28	11	3	14	039.3

Honours

Player

Leeds United

• Football League First Division: 1991–92^[39]
• Football League Second Division: 1989–90^[40]
• FA Charity Shield: 1992^[41]
• Football League Cup runner-up: 1995–96^[42]

Newcastle United

• FA Cup runner-up: 1997–98,^[43] 1998–99^[44]

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 1992–93 Premier League^[45]