Southgate resigns as England head coach

Mr Gareth Southgate has officially resigned as England national team manager following their 2-1 defeat against Spain in EURO 2024.

Over his eight-year tenure and 102 games in charge, Southgate became the first manager of the England men’s team to reach two finals and the first to reach a final outside of England.

The 53-year-old who was England U21 coach took over the managerial job of the senior team after Sam Allardyce’s sudden exit in September 2016.

In a message published on the website of the Football Association only hours after he and his squad returned to England as Euro 2024’s beaten finalists, Southgate confirmed that the defeat to Spain in Berlin would be his final game after eight years in charge.

“It has been the honor of my life to play for England and to manage England,” he wrote. “It has meant everything to me, and I have given it my all. But it’s time for change, and for a new chapter.”

He guided England to the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup and then led the team to the final of Euro 2020, where they lost to Italy on penalties at Wembley.

He also saw the team to a quarter-final exit at the 2022 World Cup.

Although Southgate’s contract with the FA was set to expire at the end of this year before his sudden resignation.

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