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The Wales team on 11 October 2011 ahead of their UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match against Bulgaria in Sofia. Gary Speed was appointed as permanent manager on 14 December 2010. [23] Speed appointed 20-year-old Aaron Ramsey captain, making him the youngest Wales captain. [24] In August 2011, Wales attained their lowest FIFA ranking of 117th. [25]
The Wales national side had reached the quarter-finals of the 1976 European Championships but suffered a controversial defeat to Yugoslavia and failed to reach the finals. [a] [2] The team's competitiveness had raised optimism amongst supporters ahead of qualifying for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, but this was eroded quickly as they suffered a 1–0 defeat against Scotland in their first ...
He captained the Wales national football team until retiring from international football in 2004. He was the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall with 85 caps between 1990 and 2004 until being overtaken by Chris Gunter in 2018, [5] playing mainly as a left-sided attacking midfielder. Speed was appointed manager of ...
The history of the Wales national football team spans the period from 1876, when the side played its first international fixture, to the present time. For detail on individual periods of the team's history, see one of the following articles: History of the Wales national football team (1876–1976)
Kenneth Leek (26 July 1935 – 19 November 2007) was a Welsh footballer, who played as a centre forward or inside forward for several different clubs and for the Wales national team in a professional career which spanned from 1952 until 1968.
Edward Parry (8 [2] or 9 [3] December 1892 – year of death unknown) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1922 and 1926, playing 5 matches. He played his first match on 4 February 1922 against Scotland and his last match on 13 February 1926 against Northern Ireland.
After beginning his career at non-League Bradley Rangers, Lucas signed for Leyton Orient in 1958 and was part of the team that played in the First Division in 1962–63. In 1964 he joined Norwich City, where he played 183 league games before joining Torquay United in 1970, where he made 122 appearances.
James Patrick Murphy (8 August 1910 – 14 November 1989) was a Welsh footballer who made over 200 appearances for West Bromwich Albion and won 15 caps for the Wales national team, which he later managed.