Middlesbrough have dismissed head coach Michael Carrick following their failure to secure a Championship play-off place this season.
The 43-year-old former England midfielder has left the club after two-and-a-half years at the helm.
The club confirmed the departure in a statement: "Middlesbrough Football Club has today parted company with head coach Michael Carrick. Michael's assistants Jonathan Woodgate and Graeme Carrick have also departed the club."
The statement continued: "We'd like thank Michael, Jonathan, and Graeme for all their hard work and unwavering commitment. We wish them all the very best for the future."
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The club added they would be "making no further comment at this stage".
Carrick took charge at the Riverside Stadium in October 2022, replacing Chris Wilder when the club languished in the relegation zone.
His impact was immediate, transforming their fortunes and guiding them up the table.
In his first season, he led Middlesbrough to a fourth-place finish and their first play-off campaign in five years, though they fell to Coventry City in the semi-finals.
However, the Teessiders have failed to replicate that success in subsequent campaigns.
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They finished eighth in the 2023-24 season, four points adrift of the play-offs, before this season's tenth-place finish marked another disappointment for chairman Steve Gibson.
Middlesbrough's promotion hopes unravelled dramatically in the final weeks of the campaign.
The team managed just one victory in their last six matches, a run that proved fatal to their play-off ambitions.
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They remained in contention for a top-six finish until the very last day of the season.
However, defeat at Coventry City condemned them to a tenth-place finish, four points behind the play-off positions.
The poor end to the campaign marked a familiar pattern. Middlesbrough had entered the final six fixtures still occupying a play-off spot but were unable to maintain their form when it mattered most.
Carrick's managerial journey began at Manchester United, where he won five Premier League titles as a player before retiring in 2018.
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He served briefly as caretaker manager at Old Trafford in November 2021 following Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's departure, but left when Ralf Rangnick was appointed the following month.
The Middlesbrough role represented his first permanent position in management.
Former Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper, who had a brief stint at Leicester City last season, has emerged as one of the leading candidates to succeed Carrick at the Riverside Stadium.