Following a three-year spell with the under-21 team, Gareth Southgate was appointed interim manager of the senior side in September 2016. He came in to replace Sam Allardyce, who resigned from the job after only 67 days in charge. Southgate was given the first-team job on a permanent basis on 30th November 2016, as he signed a four-year contract.
Since then, the former England defender has managed the Three Lions in three major tournaments, leading the Three Lions through a pair of World Cups on either side of a European Championship almost exclusively played on home soil. He failed to win one of these competitions but has one of the best records of any England manager in major tournaments ever. Euro 2024 in Germany this summer is the last tournament before Southgate's current contract expires later this year.
Ahead of what may be his final swansong, here is an assessment of Southgate's performances as a manager on the biggest stages of international football. Assessment of Gareth Southgate at Every Major Tournament For England 2018 FIFA World Cup Fourth place A 2021 UEFA European Championship Runners-up A 2022 FIFA World Cup Quarter-final B After an unbeaten qualification campaign, England went into the 2018 quietly confident and looking to exercise the demons of the to Iceland in Euro 2016. They began the group stage against Tunisia and started perfectly, as Harry Kane opened the scoring in the 11th minute.
Tunisia equalised from the penalty spot before half-time, though. S.
