Garry Monk
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Garry Alan Monk | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Bedford, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Swansea City | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–1996 | Torquay United | 5 | (0) |
| 1996–2004 | Southampton | 11 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Torquay United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Stockport County (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Oxford United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Barnsley (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2004 | Barnsley | 3 | (0) |
| 2004– | Swansea City | 201 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| England under-17 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:22, 25 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Garry Alan Monk (born 6 March 1979 in Bedford, England) is an English professional footballer, currently playing as a central defender for Swansea City. He has played for England at Under-17 level.
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[edit] Football career
[edit] Early career
Monk began his career as a trainee with Torquay United, making five appearances during the 1995–96 season, whilst still a trainee. At the end of that season he moved to Southampton to complete his apprenticeship and turned professional with The Saints in May 1997.
Monk returned to Torquay on loan in September 1998 and on returning to the Dell, immediately broke into the first team squad, making his first team début against Derby County on 28 November 1998 in place of the injured Ken Monkou. In September 1999, he had a loan spell at Stockport County, before being recalled to the first team for two matches in January 2000.
He later had a loan spell at Oxford United (in January 2001), but was recalled from Oxford by Glenn Hoddle during to an injury crisis amongst the Southampton defenders. In May 2001, he started in both of the last two home games at The Dell, against Manchester United and Arsenal, both of which resulted in victories.
Monk had a longer loan spell with Sheffield Wednesday (from December 2002 to March 20) with a view to a permanent transfer, which failed to materialise after Wednesday's relegation to Division Two. He eventually left the Saints in February 2004, signing for Barnsley on a free transfer, having been on loan for the previous three months. He struggled to settle in at Oakwell, scoring once against Bristol City in the FA Cup,[1] and moved to Swansea City on a free transfer in June 2004.
[edit] Swansea City
Monk helped the Swans to promotion in his first season and the League One play-offs in his second. In August 2006, it was announced he would become the captain for the forthcoming season. However, just two games into the 2006–07 season, he picked up a cruciate ligament injury in an innocuous-looking challenge with Scunthorpe striker Andy Keogh, which ruled him out for the whole campaign and with his contract running out at the end of the season his future was in doubt.
Monk made a massive come back at the beginning of the 2007–08 season as skipper and came back strong putting in brilliant performances almost every game he played and got one important goal at home to Leeds United helping the Swans to the Second Tier of Football (Coca Cola Championship) for the first time in 24 years and got his hands on the League One title at Brighton to go with it. The 2008–09 season bought Monk a new centre defensive partner in Ashley Williams as Alan Tate was dropped from the side. Good performances came thick and fast as he played most of the games in the Swans first season back in the Championship. The 2009-2010 was not the best for Monk, he only played 22 games due to injuries and suspensions. After Brendan Rodgers became new Swans manager he criticised former manager Paulo Sousa saying his training tactics were not very good. The 2010–11 season started well, as he played every game until he picked another injury against Colchester United in the FA Cup on 8 January 2011.
Monk signed a new three-year contract with Swansea following their promotion to the Premier League in 2011.[2]
[edit] Career statistics
- As of 3 December 2011
[edit] References
- Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
- ^ "Barnsley 2–1 Bristol City". BBC. 16 December 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3314121.stm. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ "Garry Monk agrees new Swansea City contract". BBC Sport. 9 August 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14447383.stm. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
[edit] External links
Garry Monk career stats at Soccerbase
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