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Garry Monk

ギャリー・モンク　/　ぎゃりー・もんく

Association football player from United Kingdom

March 6, 1979 (age 47)　・　Bedford, United Kingdom

association football player
association football coach

My Take

What draws me to Garry Monk is the second act. A centre back who grafted his way through Torquay and Southampton, then reinvented himself as a manager bouncing through the English game down to clubs like Cambridge United, he embodies the unglamorous resilience that lower-league football runs on. I'm less interested in his playing stats than in his stubborn willingness to keep taking the dugout, often at struggling sides where the margins are brutal. That kind of career demands real conviction. To me he's a craftsman of the trade rather than a headline-maker, and I find that quietly admirable.

Overview

Garry Alan Monk (born 6 March 1979) is an English football manager and former professional player who was most recently the head coach of EFL League One club Cambridge United. Monk, a centre back, began his playing career with Torquay United before joining Southampton.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Garry Monk
Name (Japanese): ギャリー・モンク
Reading: ぎゃりー・もんく
Born: March 6, 1979 (age 47)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Goat
Origin: Bedford, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 183 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF

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