Gareth Southgate
Gareth Southgate ( born September 3, 1970 in Watford ) is a former English footballer. Mustered mostly in central defense, he played 57 international matches for the English national team and took between 1996 and 2000 at two European Championships (1996 and 2000) and one World Championship (1998) part. His club career spanned from 1989, six years at Crystal Palace in London and Aston Villa in Birmingham before he joined after five years at his last club Middlesbrough FC in the coach compartment and there gained his first experience between 2006 and 2009. The greatest sporting successes Southgate, who stayed in many places because of his penalty miss in the semifinals of the European Championship in 1996 in memory, in 1996 and 2004, the two victories in the League Cup and 2006, reaching the final of the UEFA Cup.
Southgate is currently working as manager of the English U-21 national football team.
- 3.1 as a player
Playing career
Crystal Palace (1989-1995)
Southgate was formed in the youth teams of the South London club Crystal Palace and was the end of the 1980s, an integral part of the reserve team. In Alan Smith, who had accompanied him during his development as a coach early, Southgate found a personal sponsor. As an assistant coach of the first team he put him near his "boss" Steve Coppell and this promoted the talent in the first Premier League season 1992/93 on a regular basis in the parent formation. Although the club was relegated in the summer of 1993 from the second division, however, it became apparent that an extraordinary talent with leadership qualities with the " eagles " matured. Shortly after Southgate had completed 100 Official matches at senior level, he took over the captaincy in November 1993 and under his direction, succeeded as second division champions at once the direct re- ascent. Special recognition in professional circles and among his own followers he earned at the beginning of the career through his versatility. In addition to performing as a full-back and in central defense and he filled from almost any role in midfield and impressed here with a confident charisma and playful elegance.
Back in the Premier League Southgate was in the 1994/95 season undisputed leading figure of his team and lacking in any of the 42 league games. The untiring efforts during the 57 competitive games this season but was not rewarded, and after an exciting relegation battle ranged the 19th place (of 22 teams at that time ) not just for the league. Finally, when Alan Smith, who took over the head coaching job after the first descent in 1993, leaving Palace, also broke Southgate its tents in London and subsequently joined for £ 2.5 million to Aston Villa. The followings not resented the meanwhile playing in the focus of the England team identification figure this decision and even a decade later the Selhurst Park welcomed the gas animals end with the Middlesbrough FC Southgate with a standing ovation.
Aston Villa (1995-2001)
Southgate Quick succeeded in Birmingham the desired career move and in the 1995/96 season he was considered one of the greatest discoveries in the Premier League at all. As part of the triple line of defense with Ugo Ehiogu and Paul McGrath of footed newcomer was also responsible for the opening game and after an ankle injury at the start in March 1996, he returned before the end of the month in the team back to the the League Cup final against Leeds United 3: 0 to win. According to him the " traumatic " ending participation in the 1996 European Championships in their own country Southgate proved most convincing back in the club with consistent performances. In the season 1996/97, in which he occasionally helped out in midfield and Andy Townsend took after a failure as a captain, he missed while injured ten matches in a row, but the re- qualification for the UEFA Cup succeeded in 1997 as well as one year later when he new team leader and finally became a key player in the defense network of the "Villans " according to Townsend's departure to Middlesbrough FC.
Equipped with a new five-year contract in October 1998, Southgate led the team in the season 1998/99 temporarily top of the table, was often on the injury- induced failure of Ehiogu at the 17- year-old Gareth Barry the page " tower in the battle" and a respectable sixth place under such difficult conditions at the end. Nearly a year later, Aston Villa in South Gates leadership for the first time after 43 years back in the FA Cup final a, which was lost 0-1 against Chelsea. To this end, he had won in January 2000, the award for " Player of the Month " in the Premier League; previously the rare misfortune against Leicester City (1-3 ) had befallen him, at first to have inflicted an own goal and then set out with a second yellow card in September 1999. The 2000/01 season was last in South Gates services of Aston Villa. Already ahead of Euro 2000, he had officially requested the release for a change, but is still on by the then active coach John Gregory a rejection.
Middlesbrough FC (2001-2006)
The switch to Middlesbrough FC in the summer of 2001 surprised because this club was not one of the major English football clubs. The " Personnel South Gate " was the first commitment of the new coach Steve McClaren and was a not insignificant that he met in the center of defense back to Ugo Ehiogu, who had previously encountered in the year to " Boro ". Quickly, the newcomer find his bearings in a new environment and the new " audience favorite " at the Riverside Stadium immediately won the award for internal association "Player of the Year."
After Paul Ince had left the club, Southgate took over for the 2002/03 season as captain and in this role he took in February 2004 with the League Cup at the Millennium Stadium the first major trophy in the history of Middlesbrough FC contrary. In the following season 2004/ 05 with the seventh rank he achieved the best finish in the Premier League, which ensured the same time the second part in the UEFA Cup in a row. Then he put in his last year as an active player a the final. In the final appearance of his career, he failed there, but on May 10, 2006 at 0:4 FC Sevilla.
England national team
December 12, 1995 Southgate made his debut as an England international and was thereby a substitute in a match against Portugal. Subsequently, he was nominated Terry Venables for the upcoming Euro 1996 in their own country, where he was a key player on the defensive and moved with his team to the semifinals. There was assured by its Missed penalty in the penalty shootout against Andreas Kopke that the host was eliminated from the tournament.
Two years later he was in the squad for the 1998 World Cup in France. There he was injured in the first group match against Tunisia ( 2-0) and only returned in the second round against Argentina back by Graeme Le Saux Substitutes for, shortly after David Beckham was sent off. Also in the Euro 2000 in the Netherlands and Belgium, he came into use, but at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, he was missing in the England squad England, although it has the team in second last international match before the World Cup finals ( 1-1 against South Korea) had led even in the second half as captain. One possible use at Euro 2004 in Portugal failed due to a knee injury that Southgate had contracted in the final phase of the 2003/04 season. So was his 57th international match against Sweden (0-1) on 31 March 2004 his last.
Coaching career
After the departure of Steve McClaren, the club chairman Steve Gibson, Southgate coaches successor at FC Middlesbrough decided in June 2006 to offer. Although this did not have the necessary UEFA coaching license, the Premier League issued a permit because you followed the argument that South Gate due to its long-term obligations for the English national team had not had the time for the necessary coaching courses and must be taken according to consideration - the coaches association LMA saw this decision critical. Southgate was still registered as a player to in case of a crisis hurt in his club " jump in " to. This had the Premier League after seven years a real player-coach.
In his first season in 2006/ 07 it reached a respectable 12th place in the table with the conclusion of Middlesbrough FC. First, critical voices were raised when the club in the second season 2007/ 08 a long time of the relegation places could not solve. However, the safe relegation succeeded then and still with the award for coach of the month August 2008, the crisis seemed overcome. After an away win against former club Aston Villa Southgate 's men ranged in November 2008 in eighth place before they were thrown back sporty essential through a series of 14 winless games by the end of February 2009. At the end of the 2008/ 09 Boro got off in the second-class Football League Championship. Here Southgate was initially remained still in office and after a 2-0 win against Derby County his team took 20 October 2009 to fourth place before Gibson replaced him with the Scottish Altinternationalen Gordon Strachan.
On August 22, 2013, he was appointed head coach of the England U -21 national team.
Achievements
As a player
- English League Cup: 1996, 2004
Social Commitment
Southgate involved as ambassador to Show Racism the Red Card.