Gareth Southgate is an English football manager who became the England national team manager in 2016. Gareth Southgate was born on September 3, 1970, in Watford, England. Gareth attended Pound Hill Junior School and Hazelwick School in Crawley, West Sussex. Gareth Southgate began his professional football career at Crystal Palace, playing first at right-back and then switching to central midfield. He moved to Aston Villa for a fee of two and a half million pounds. At Aston Villa, Gareth was again converted, this time into a centre-back and became an integral part of a formidable defense. In 2001, Gareth signed on with Middlesbrough, this time for a fee of six and a half million pounds.
His final appearance as a professional player was in the 2006 UEFA Cup Final against Sevilla, which Middlesbrough lost 4–0. Gareth took over a managerial role at Middlesbrough in June of 2006. In November of 2016, Southgate was appointed as England manager on a four-year contract. In July of 2018, Southgate's England side beat Sweden 2–0 in the quarter-finals, with Southgate becoming the first England manager to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup since 1990. Gareth Southgate married Alison Bird in July, 1997, at the St Nicholas’ Church in Worth; the couple has two children.
Birth Date: | 3 Sep, 1970 |
Age: | 49 yrs |
Occupations: | Association football player Association football manager |
Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
Birth Place: | Watford |
residence: | Watford |
Education: | Croydon College |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | English association football player and manager |
Twitter Id: | GarethSouthgate |
Net Worth 2020: | 9 million |