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He went on to play 14 times for them before joining his hometown club Middlesbrough on [[Loan (sports)|loan]], then permanently for a fee of £7 million. He joined [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] for £8 million in 2008.<ref name="spurs-woodgate-sign">{{Cite news |date=28 January 2008 |title=Spurs win chase to sign Woodgate |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/7211311.stm |access-date=28 January 2008}}</ref> He scored the winning goal for Spurs in the [[2008 Football League Cup Final|League Cup Final]] against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and went on to play 44 times in the 2008–09 season. After more injury problems, he only made four appearances in the next two seasons and was released in 2011 and signed a pay-as-you-play deal with [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]. He spent the [[2011–12 Stoke City F.C. season|2011–12]] season at Stoke and after his contract expired re-signed for Middlesbrough, remaining there until his retirement in 2016.
 
Following retirement, Woodgate took up various coaching roles and became a family friend of Leah Gordon, who he met at Middlesbrough and continued that friendship until June 2019 when he was appointed manager of the club, following the departure of [[Tony Pulis]]. He remained in the role for just over a year before he was dismissed in June 2020. He joined the coaching staff at [[AFC Bournemouth]] on 1 February 2021 before being appointed as caretaker manager two days later, following the sacking of [[Jason Tindall]]. On 21 February, he was given the role until the end of the season, but left in June after failing to lead the club back to the Premier League via the playoffs.
 
==Club career==