In pictures: Gareth Southgate’s career as England manager

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Gareth Southgate has called time on his seven-and-a-half-year spell as England manager after suffering defeat by Spain in Sunday’s Euro 2024 final.

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at his tenure in pictures.

Gareth Southgate was brought in as caretaker boss in September 2016 following Sam Allardyce’s exit (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Archive)

Southgate tasted victory in his first game in charge as England beat Malta 2-0 at Wembley (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

A 2-2 draw with Spain in November 2016 meant Southgate went unbeaten in his four games in interim charge (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

And Southgate, centre, was appointed on a permanent basis later that month (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Archive)

Southgate went to watch England’s rugby union side train during the 2017 Six Nations (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Archive)

Southgate with Harry Kane, right, after the striker scored a stoppage-time equaliser to avoid a World Cup qualifying defeat against Scotland in June 2017 (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Archive)

England beat Slovenia to book their place at the 2018 World Cup (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Archive)

Southgate’s past penalty demons were exorcised as Eric Dier scored the winning spot-kick in England’s shootout victory over Colombia in the last 16 at the 2018 World Cup (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Archive)

He then guided England to victory over Sweden to set up a World Cup semi-final, with his waistcoat becoming an unexpected hit with fans as the tournament went on (Tim Goode/PA) (PA Archive)

But Southgate’s side suffered an extra-time defeat by Croatia in the semis (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Archive)

Southgate was named Coach of the Year at BBC Sports Personality of the Year following England’s World Cup exploits (David Davies/PA) (PA Archive)

Southgate was made an OBE in the 2019 New Year Honours list for services to football (Jonathan Brady/PA) (PA Archive)

England came third in the inaugural Nations League after a penalty shoot-out win over Switzerland (Tim Goode/PA) (PA Archive)

After the Covid-19 pandemic caused Euro 2020 to be pushed back by one year, England topped their group (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Archive)

And lingering questions about England’s style of play in the group stage were answered as they beat Germany at a major tournament for the first time in 55 years in the last 16 (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Archive)

England then reached the final of the European Championship for the first time after seeing off Denmark in the semi-finals (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

England’s fans were well and truly behind Southgate and his team as they celebrated reaching the final (Zac Goodwin/PA) (PA Archive)

But Southgate suffered more shootout heartbreak as England lost the Wembley showpiece final to Italy on penalties after a 1-1 draw (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

Later that year, England scored 10 goals in a game for the first time since 1964 as they hit double figures against San Marino to book their place at the 2022 World Cup. Southgate soon signed a new contract to keep him with the national team until Euro 2024 (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

England’s Nations League campaign did not go according to plan, with a summer 4-0 hammering by Hungary at Molineux a low point (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

England made a solid start to the 2022 World Cup, cruising through to the quarter-finals in Qatar (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

England lost to France in the last eight, despite an encouraging performance, but the FA announced Southgate would stay on to lead England at Euro 2024 (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Archive)

Despite drawing widespread criticism for their performances early on in the Euro 2024 finals, England topped Group C and avoided what appeared to be the much tougher half of the draw for the knockout stages (Bradley Collyer/PA) (PA Wire)

Southgate’s side looked to be crashing out of the tournament against Slovakia in the first knockout round before Jude Bellingham’s jaw-dropping overhead kick deep into six minutes of added time forced extra time, where Harry Kane scored the winner (Bradley Collyer/PA) (PA Wire)

Southgate’s England banished their shoot-out demons by beating Switzerland on penalties to reach the last four, with Jordan Pickford saving a penalty (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Wire)

Southgate steered England to another European Championship final with another late show as substitute Ollie Watkins netted the winner against the Netherlands in the semi-finals (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Wire)

But the final against Spain ended in more heartbreak as Southgate’s men lost 2-1 in Berlin (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Wire)

The next day Southgate led his team home from Germany and 24 hours later announced he was stepping down as England boss (Bradley Collyer/PA) (PA Wire)