"Gareth Southgate" is an English association football/football manager and former player. He served as manager of Middlesbrough F.C./Middlesbrough from June 2006, until he was dismissed in October 2009. He was appointed as manager of the England national under-21 football team/England under-21 team in August 2013.

He won the Football League Cup/League Cup with both Aston Villa F.C./Aston Villa and Middlesbrough (in 1995-96 Football League Cup/1995-96 and 2003-04 Football League Cup/2003-04 respectively, and as captain), and captaining Crystal Palace F.C./Crystal Palace to win the Football League Division One/First Division championship in 1993-94 Football League/1993-94. He also reached an FA Cup and UEFA Cup final as a player, and made 57 appearances for the England national football team/England national team, featuring in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and both the 1996 and 2000 European Championships. His playing career ended in May 2006 at the age of 35, and after more than 500 league appearances, he was appointed Middlesbrough manager.

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Stuttgart is a great game for us. To be honest, it's the first big European tie we've been involved in this season.

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It has to be the greatest night in the club's history.

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I've only taken one penalty before, for Crystal Palace at Ipswich.

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We've established ourselves in the league.

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I think the league is going to be a lot more competitive this year than it was last year. Maybe not in terms of the teams who can win it, but below that.

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We're in Europe this year. What we aim to do is be in Europe every season. And if you can have that level of success, the whole thing rolls on. The revenue goes up for the club and they can attract better players. Everything becomes more positive.

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We proved we can beat the best against Chelsea. But now we've got to reproduce it and that's been the hard bit for us lately.

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If I'm needed, then brilliant. And if not, I wish them good luck.

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If the manager sees value in including me, then that's great and I'd be delighted to go.

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