Garry Monk

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Garry Monk
Personal information
Full name	Garry Alan Monk
Date of birth	March 6, 1979 (age 28)
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 clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1996 1996-2004 1998 1999 2001 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004 2004-	Torquay United Southampton Torquay United (loan) Stockport County (loan) Oxford United (loan) Sheffield Wednesday (loan) Barnsley (loan) Barnsley Swansea City	05 (0) 11 (0) 06 (0) 02 (0) 05 (0) 15 (0) 14 (0) 03 (0) 69 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Garry Alan Monk (born March 6, 1979 in Bedford) is an English professional footballer, currently playing as a central defender for Swansea City. He played for England at Under-17 level.

Garry 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 he immediately broke into the first team squad, making his Saints' first team debut 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 2003) with a view to a permanent transfer, which failed to materialise after Wednesday's relegation to Division 2. He eventually left the Saints in February 2004, signing for Barnsley on a free transfer, having been on loan for the previous 3 months. He struggled to settle in at Oakwell and moved to Swansea City on a free transfer in June 2004, helping 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 new Swansea City 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. Monk has already had surgery because of the severity of his injury and will need a further operation on his anterior cruciate ligament, which may rule him out for the whole campaign.

[edit] References

• Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X. 

[edit] External links

Garry Monk's career stats at Soccerbase

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