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class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>International career</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-International_career-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle International career subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-International_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-England_Schoolboys" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#England_Schoolboys"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>England Schoolboys</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-England_Schoolboys-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wales" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wales"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Wales</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wales-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Great_Britain" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Great_Britain"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Great Britain</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Great_Britain-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Managerial_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Managerial_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Managerial career</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Managerial_career-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Managerial career subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Managerial_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Manchester_United_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Manchester_United_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Manchester United</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Manchester_United_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wales_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wales_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Wales</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wales_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Player_profile" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Player_profile"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Player profile</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Player_profile-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Player profile subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Player_profile-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Style_of_play" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Style_of_play"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Style of play</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Style_of_play-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Discipline" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Discipline"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Discipline</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Discipline-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_and_public_image" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_and_public_image"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Endorsements and public image</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_and_public_image-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Personal life subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Family" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Family"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Family</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Family-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Activism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Activism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Activism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Activism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-playing_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-playing_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Post-playing career</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-playing_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gagging_order" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gagging_order"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Gagging order</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gagging_order-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Arrest_and_trial" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arrest_and_trial"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Arrest and trial</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arrest_and_trial-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Career_statistics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Career_statistics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Career statistics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Career_statistics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Career statistics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Career_statistics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Club" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Club"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Club</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Club-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>International</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Managerial_record" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Managerial_record"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Managerial record</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Managerial_record-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Honours</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%B2" title="رایان قیقز – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="رایان قیقز" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B8" title="রায়ান গিগস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রায়ান গিগস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%93%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B7" title="Раян Гігз – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Раян Гігз" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%93%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%81" title="Раян Гігс – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Раян Гігс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8A%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%81" title="Райън Гигс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Райън Гигс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%82" title="Ράιαν Γκιγκς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ράιαν Γκιγκς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%AF%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B2" title="رایان گیگز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رایان گیگز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B8_%EA%B8%B1%EC%8A%A4" title="라이언 긱스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="라이언 긱스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%B3%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%A6" title="Ռայան Գիգզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ռայան Գիգզ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="रियान गिग्स – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="रियान गिग्स" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%92%D7%A1" title="ראיין גיגס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ראיין גיגס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C_%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C" title="ರಿಯಾನ್ ಗಿಗ್ಸ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ರಿಯಾನ್ ಗಿಗ್ಸ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%92%E1%83%96%E1%83%98" title="რაიან გიგზი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="რაიან გიგზი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B3%D0%B7" title="Райан Гиггз – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Райан Гиггз" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiens_Gigss" title="Raiens Gigss – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Raiens Gigss" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%81" title="Рајан Гигс – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Рајан Гигс" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="റയൻ ഗിഗ്സ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="റയൻ ഗിഗ്സ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="रायन गिग्स – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="रायन गिग्स" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%92%E1%83%96%E1%83%98" title="რაიან გიგზი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="რაიან გიგზი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B2" title="رايان جيجز – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="رايان جيجز" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B3%D0%B7" title="Райан Гиггз – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Райан Гиггз" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9A%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%82%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%82%E1%80%BA" title="ရိုင်ယန် ဂစ်ဂ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ရိုင်ယန် ဂစ်ဂ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B9" title="ライアン・ギグス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ライアン・ギグス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AF%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B8" title="ਰਾਯਨ ਗਿੱਗਸ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਰਾਯਨ ਗਿੱਗਸ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B3%D0%B7,_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Гиггз, Райан – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гиггз, Райан" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="रायन गिग्स – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="रायन गिग्स" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%AF%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B2" title="ڕایان گیگز – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ڕایان گیگز" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%81" title="Рајан Гигс – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Рајан Гигс" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D" title="ரியன் கிக்ஸ் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ரியன் கிக்ஸ்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C" title="ไรอัน กิกส์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ไรอัน กิกส์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Ryan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BDan_Giggs" title="Raýan Giggs – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Raýan Giggs" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%93%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B3%D0%B7" title="Раян Гіггз – Ukrainian" 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infobox-table vcard" style="line-height: 1.2em; max-width: 420px !important;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: 1.2em;">Ryan Giggs<br /><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Cskamu_17_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Cskamu_17_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Cskamu_17_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Cskamu_17_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="400" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding:0.2em 0 0 0;">Giggs with <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> in 2015</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Full name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data nickname" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> Ryan Joseph Giggs<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Birth name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data nickname" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> Ryan Joseph Wilson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1973-11-29</span>) </span>29 November 1973<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 50)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data birthplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Cardiff" title="Canton, Cardiff">Canton, Cardiff</a>, Wales</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">Midfielder</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Youth career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> Deans FC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1985–1987</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C._EDS_and_Academy" title="Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy">Manchester City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1987–1990</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C._Reserves_and_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy">Manchester United</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b><abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1990–2014</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 672</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (114)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1989</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/England_national_under-16_football_team" title="England national under-16 football team">England U16</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 1</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1989</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_under-19_football_team" title="Wales national under-19 football team">Wales U18</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 3</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1991</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_under-21_football_team" title="Wales national under-21 football team">Wales U21</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 1</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1991–2007</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 64</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (12)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2012</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_men%27s_Olympic_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Britain men's Olympic football team">Great Britain</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 4</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (1)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Managerial career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2014</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> (interim)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2014–2016</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2018–2020</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ryan Joseph Giggs</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Né">né</a> <b>Wilson</b>; born 29 November 1973<sup id="cite_ref-CW_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a Welsh <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> coach, former player and co-owner of <a href="/wiki/Salford_City_F.C." title="Salford City F.C.">Salford City</a>. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fourfourtwo_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fourfourtwo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one of the best wingers in the history of football.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs spent his <a href="/wiki/List_of_one-club_men_in_association_football" title="List of one-club men in association football">entire professional career</a> at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>, where he also served as the club's interim player-manager and assistant manager. He is one of the most decorated footballers of all time, and is one of only 44 players to have made over <a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_the_most_official_appearances" class="mw-redirect" title="List of footballers with the most official appearances">1,000 career appearances</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Giggs1000_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giggs1000-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The son of <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_league_team" title="Wales national rugby league team">Wales</a> international <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> footballer <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wilson_(rugby_league)" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny Wilson (rugby league)">Danny Wilson</a>, Giggs was born in <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> but moved to <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> at the age of six when his father joined <a href="/wiki/Swinton_Lions" title="Swinton Lions">Swinton RLFC</a>. Predominantly a <a href="/wiki/Midfielder#Wide_midfielder" title="Midfielder">left midfielder</a>, he began his career with <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a>, but joined Manchester United on his 14th birthday in 1987. He made his professional debut for the club in 1991 and spent the next 23 years in the first team. He retired from playing with the end of the 2013–14 season, holding the club record for competitive appearances – <a href="/wiki/List_of_Manchester_United_F.C._records_and_statistics#Appearances" title="List of Manchester United F.C. records and statistics">963</a>. Towards the end of the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2013–14 Manchester United F.C. season">2013–14 season</a>, he became the club's interim player-manager following the sacking of <a href="/wiki/David_Moyes" title="David Moyes">David Moyes</a>. He was assistant manager under Moyes' permanent replacement, <a href="/wiki/Louis_van_Gaal" title="Louis van Gaal">Louis van Gaal</a>. Giggs left United in July 2016, following the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mourinho" title="José Mourinho">José Mourinho</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his time at United he won 13 <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> winner's medals – <a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_winning_players" title="List of Premier League winning players">more than any other player in history</a>, four <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> winner's medals, three <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">League Cup</a> winner's medals, two <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> winner's medals, a <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Club World Cup">FIFA Club World Cup</a> winners medal, an <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_Cup_(football)" title="Intercontinental Cup (football)">Intercontinental Cup</a> winner's medal, a <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Super_Cup" title="UEFA Super Cup">UEFA Super Cup</a> winner's medal and nine <a href="/wiki/FA_Community_Shield" title="FA Community Shield">FA Community Shield</a> winner's medals. Manchester United and Liverpool are the only clubs in English football history to have won more league championships than Giggs.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At international level, Giggs played for the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales national team</a> 64 times between 1991 and 2007, and captained the <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_men%27s_Olympic_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Britain men's Olympic football team">Great Britain</a> team that competed at the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a>. He became the new manager of the Wales national team in January 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-wales_appointment_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wales_appointment-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs led Wales to qualification for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020" title="UEFA Euro 2020">UEFA Euro 2020</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-euro_qualification_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro_qualification-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not manage the team at the tournament however, which was delayed due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, as he was arrested on suspicion of assault. His assistant manager <a href="/wiki/Rob_Page" title="Rob Page">Rob Page</a> took charge in his absence.<sup id="cite_ref-page_caretaker_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_caretaker-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs resigned in June 2022, and Page was named as his successor.<sup id="cite_ref-giggs_resigns_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-giggs_resigns-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs was the first player in history to win two consecutive <a href="/wiki/PFA_Young_Player_of_the_Year" title="PFA Young Player of the Year">PFA Young Player of the Year</a> awards (1992 and 1993), though he did not win the <a href="/wiki/PFA_Players%27_Player_of_the_Year" title="PFA Players' Player of the Year">PFA Player of the Year</a> award until 2009. He was the only player to play in each of the first 22 seasons of the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a>, as well as the only player to score in each of the first 21 seasons. He was elected into the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Footballers%27_Association" title="Professional Footballers' Association">PFA</a> Team of the Century in 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_10_Seasons_Awards#Teams_of_the_Decade" title="Premier League 10 Seasons Awards">Premier League Team of the Decade</a> in 2003, and the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> Team of the Century. He holds the record for the most <a href="/wiki/Assist_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assist (football)">assists</a> in Premier League history, with 162, and the most assists in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> history with 41.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named as <a href="/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year" title="BBC Sports Personality of the Year">BBC Sports Personality of the Year</a> in 2009, and was appointed an <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> (OBE) in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Birthday_Honours" title="2007 Birthday Honours">2007 Birthday Honours</a> for his services to football.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2></div> <p>Giggs was born at <a href="/wiki/St_David%27s_Hospital,_Cardiff" title="St David's Hospital, Cardiff">St David's Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Cardiff" title="Canton, Cardiff">Canton, Cardiff</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wilson_(rugby)" title="Danny Wilson (rugby)">Danny Wilson</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> player for <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_RFC" title="Cardiff RFC">Cardiff RFC</a>, and Lynne Giggs (now Lynne Johnson). Giggs is <a href="/wiki/Mixed_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed race">mixed race</a> – his paternal grandfather is a <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Creole" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Leone Creole">Sierra Leone Creole</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – and has spoken of the racism he faced as a child.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a child, Giggs grew up in <a href="/wiki/Ely,_Cardiff" title="Ely, Cardiff">Ely</a>, a suburb of western Cardiff. His younger brother, Rhodri, is a former manager of <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">EFL League Two</a> club <a href="/wiki/Salford_City_F.C." title="Salford City F.C.">Salford City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He spent much time with his mother's parents and playing football and rugby league on the roads outside their house in <a href="/wiki/Pentrebane" title="Pentrebane">Pentrebane</a>. In 1980, when Giggs was six years old, his father switched from rugby union to rugby league, and signed for <a href="/wiki/Swinton_Lions" title="Swinton Lions">Swinton RLFC</a>, forcing the whole family to move north to <a href="/wiki/Swinton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Swinton, Greater Manchester">Swinton</a>, a town in <a href="/wiki/City_of_Salford" title="City of Salford">Salford</a>, Greater Manchester. The move was a traumatic one, as Giggs was very close to his grandparents in Cardiff, but he would often return there with his family at weekends or on school holidays. </p><p>After moving to Salford, Giggs appeared for the local team, Deans FC, who were coached by <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> scout Dennis Schofield. Schofield recommended Giggs to Manchester City, and he was signed up to their School of Excellence.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, Giggs continued to play for Salford Boys, who went on to reach the final of the Granada Schools Cup competition at <a href="/wiki/Anfield" title="Anfield">Anfield</a> in 1987. Giggs captained the Salford team to victory over their Blackburn counterparts, was <a href="/wiki/Man_of_the_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Man of the match">man of the match</a>, and the trophy was presented to him by <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> chief scout <a href="/wiki/Ron_Yeats" title="Ron Yeats">Ron Yeats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs also played <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> at schoolboy level.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While playing for Deans, Giggs was observed regularly by local newsagent and <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a> steward Harold Wood. Wood spoke personally to <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Alex Ferguson</a> who sent a scout, and Giggs was eventually offered a trial over the 1986 Christmas period. Giggs played in a match for Salford Boys against a United Under-15s side at <a href="/wiki/The_Cliff_(training_ground)" title="The Cliff (training ground)">The Cliff</a> and scored a <a href="/wiki/Hat-trick" title="Hat-trick">hat-trick</a>, with Ferguson watching from his office window. On 29 November 1987 (his 14th birthday), Ferguson turned up at Giggs' house with United scout Joe Brown and offered him two years on associate schoolboy forms. They offered to waive <a href="/wiki/Youth_Training_Scheme" title="Youth Training Scheme">YTS</a> forms and persuaded Giggs to sign by offering the opportunity to turn professional in three years. Using the name Ryan Wilson, Giggs captained England at <a href="/wiki/England_national_under-16_football_team" title="England national under-16 football team">schoolboy level</a>, playing at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley Stadium</a> against <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_youth_football_team" title="Germany national youth football team">Germany</a> in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He changed his surname to that of his mother at the age of 16, when his mother remarried, two years after his parents' separation.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Manchester_United">Manchester United</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990–1995:_Debut_and_early_career"><span id="1990.E2.80.931995:_Debut_and_early_career"></span>1990–1995: Debut and early career</h3></div> <p>Giggs was offered his first professional contract on 29 November 1990 (his 17th birthday). He accepted the contract and became a professional two days later (1 December 1990). </p><p>At this time, United had recently won the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> – their first major trophy since the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Alex Ferguson</a> as manager in November 1986. After two seasons in the league where they had finished mid-table, they were finally starting to threaten the dominance of <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>, though they only managed to finish sixth that season. Ferguson's quest for a successful left-winger had not been an easy one since the departure of <a href="/wiki/Jesper_Olsen" title="Jesper Olsen">Jesper Olsen</a> two years earlier; he had initially signed <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Milne" title="Ralph Milne">Ralph Milne</a>, but the player was not a success at United and lasted just one season in the first team before Ferguson secured the <a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a> winger <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wallace_(footballer)" title="Danny Wallace (footballer)">Danny Wallace</a> in September 1989. Wallace had failed to shine at Old Trafford, and by the time Giggs turned professional Wallace was contending with 19-year-old <a href="/wiki/Lee_Sharpe" title="Lee Sharpe">Lee Sharpe</a> for the role of first-choice left winger.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Giggs made his League debut against <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a> on 2 March 1991, as a substitute for the injured full-back <a href="/wiki/Denis_Irwin" title="Denis Irwin">Denis Irwin</a> in a 2–0 defeat.<sup id="cite_ref-Giggs1000_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giggs1000-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first full start, Giggs was credited with his first-ever goal in a 1–0 win in the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_derby" title="Manchester derby">Manchester derby</a> on 4 May 1991, though it appeared to be a <a href="/wiki/Colin_Hendry" title="Colin Hendry">Colin Hendry</a> own goal. However, he was not included in the squad of 16 that defeated <a href="/wiki/FC_Barcelona" title="FC Barcelona">Barcelona</a> in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="UEFA Cup Winners' Cup">UEFA Cup Winners' Cup</a> final 11 days later. Lee Sharpe, who had won the race to displace Danny Wallace, took to the field as United's left winger, while Wallace was selected as a substitute. Giggs became a first-team regular early in the <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_in_English_football" title="1991–92 in English football">1991–92 season</a>, yet remained active with the youth system and captained the team, made up of many of "<a href="/wiki/Fergie%27s_Fledglings" title="Fergie's Fledglings">Fergie's Fledglings</a>," to an <a href="/wiki/FA_Youth_Cup" title="FA Youth Cup">FA Youth Cup</a> triumph in 1992. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Giggs paved the way as the first of many Manchester United youth players to rise into the first team under Ferguson but as the youngest member of the United first-team squad, Giggs looked to the older players such as <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Bryan Robson</a> for advice. Robson recommended that Giggs sign up with Harry Swales, the agent that he himself had inherited from <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Kevin Keegan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>That season, Giggs played in the team that finished as runners-up to <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> in the final year of the old <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> before the advent of the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a>. United had led the table for much of the season before a run of dismal results in April saw them overtaken by the <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a> side. Giggs collected his first piece of silverware on 12 April 1992 as United defeated <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1992_Football_League_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 Football League Cup Final">League Cup Final</a> after Giggs had set up <a href="/wiki/Brian_McClair" title="Brian McClair">Brian McClair</a> to score the only goal of the game. In the semi-final he had scored the winning goal against <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the season, he was voted <a href="/wiki/PFA_Young_Player_of_the_Year" title="PFA Young Player of the Year">PFA Young Player of the Year</a> – the award which had been credited to his colleague Lee Sharpe a year earlier.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>By the start of the <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_in_English_football" title="1992–93 in English football">1992–93</a> season, the first season of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a>, Giggs had ousted Sharpe to become <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">United's</a> first-choice left-winger. He was recognised as one of English football's two best emerging young wingers, alongside <a href="/wiki/Steve_McManaman" title="Steve McManaman">Steve McManaman</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-wing_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wing-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who were notable for being a throwback to the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews">Stanley Matthews</a> era of the 1950s winger.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs helped United to their first top-division title win for 26 years. </p><p>His emergence and the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Eric Cantona</a> heralded the dominance of United in the Premier League. Ferguson was protective of him, refusing to allow Giggs to be interviewed until he turned 20, eventually granting the first interview to the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Des_Lynam" title="Des Lynam">Des Lynam</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Match_of_the_Day" title="Match of the Day">Match of the Day</a></i> in the <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_in_English_football" title="1993–94 in English football">1993–94</a> season.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> United won the double that season, and Giggs was one of their key players alongside the likes of Cantona, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ince" title="Paul Ince">Paul Ince</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Mark Hughes</a>. Giggs also played for United in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">Football League Cup</a> final, where they lost 3–1 to <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>. </p><p>Off the pitch, newspapers claimed Giggs had "single-handedly revolutionised football's image" when he appeared as a teenager "with pace to burn, a bramble patch of black hair bouncing around his puppy popstar face, and a dazzling, gluey relationship between his impossibly fleet left foot and a football."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of this, he was afforded many opportunities not normally offered to footballers at his young age, such as hosting his television show, <i>Ryan Giggs' Soccer Skills</i>, which aired in 1994, and also had a book based on the series. Giggs was part of the Premier League's attempt to market itself globally, and he featured on countless football and <a href="/wiki/Lad_mag" title="Lad mag">lad mag</a> covers, becoming a household name and fuelling the era where footballers started to become celebrity idols on a par with <a href="/wiki/Pop_stars" class="mw-redirect" title="Pop stars">pop stars</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in and around the mid to late 1990s. Despite his aversion to attention, Giggs also became a teenage pin-up and was once described as the "Premiership's First Poster Boy,"<sup id="cite_ref-football1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-football1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the "boy wonder."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was hailed as the first football star to capture the public imagination in a way unseen since the days of <a href="/wiki/George_Best" title="George Best">George Best</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-nationalfootballmuseum1_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalfootballmuseum1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the irony was that Best and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Charlton" title="Bobby Charlton">Bobby Charlton</a> used to describe Giggs as their favourite young player, turning up at <a href="/wiki/The_Cliff_(training_ground)" title="The Cliff (training ground)">The Cliff</a> training ground just to watch him. Best once quipped, "One day they might even say that I was another Ryan Giggs."<sup id="cite_ref-nationalfootballmuseum1_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalfootballmuseum1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the 1993–94 season, Giggs won a second title in a row, and became the first player in history to win two consecutive PFA Young Player of the Year awards, a feat equalled by <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Fowler" title="Robbie Fowler">Robbie Fowler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Rooney" title="Wayne Rooney">Wayne Rooney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dele_Alli" title="Dele Alli">Dele Alli</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs proved to be a scorer of great goals, with many of them being shortlisted for various <a href="/wiki/BBC_Goal_of_the_Season" title="BBC Goal of the Season">Goal of the Season</a> awards. Widely regarded as among his best were those against <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> in 1994, <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham</a> in 1994, <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> in 1995, <a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry</a> in 1996, and his solo effort against <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> in the replay of the 1999 <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> semi-final.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> During extra time, Giggs picked up possession after <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Vieira" title="Patrick Vieira">Patrick Vieira</a> gave the ball away, then ran from his own half, dribbled past the whole Arsenal back line, including <a href="/wiki/Tony_Adams_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Adams (footballer)">Tony Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Dixon" title="Lee Dixon">Lee Dixon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Keown" title="Martin Keown">Martin Keown</a> before launching his left-footed strike just under <a href="/wiki/David_Seaman" title="David Seaman">David Seaman</a>'s bar and beyond his reach. He famously whipped off his shirt during his <a href="/wiki/Goal_celebration" title="Goal celebration">goal celebration</a> as he ran over to his teammates. It also has the distinction of being the last ever goal scored in an <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> semi-final replay as, from the following season, the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> semi-finals are decided in a single game, with <a href="/wiki/Extra_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra time">extra time</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shootout_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Penalty shootout (football)">penalty shootout</a> if required.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1995–2000"><span id="1995.E2.80.932000"></span>1995–2000</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_in_English_football" title="1994–95 in English football">1994–95</a> saw Giggs restricted through injury to 29 Premier League games and only 1 goal. Later in the season, he recovered his form and fitness, though it was too late to help United to any major trophies. A failure to beat <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> on the final day of the season saw them lose the Premier League title to <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a>. A week later, Giggs came on as a substitute in the FA Cup final against <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a>, but United lost 1–0. </p><p>On a more positive side in the 1994–95 season, Giggs did get on the scoresheet twice in the opening Champions League game against <a href="/wiki/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg" title="IFK Göteborg">IFK Göteborg</a> (a 4–2 win, although United ultimately failed to progress to the quarter-finals) and also managed a goal in the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> fourth-round victory over <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a>, meaning that he had managed four goals in all competitions that season. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_in_English_football" title="1995–96 in English football">1995–96</a>, Giggs returned to full form and played a vital part in United's unique second <a href="/wiki/Double_(association_football)" title="Double (association football)">double</a>, with his goal against Everton at <a href="/wiki/Goodison_Park" title="Goodison Park">Goodison Park</a> on 9 September 1995 being shortlisted for the "goal of the season" award, though it was eventually beaten by a goal by <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Georgi_Kinkladze" title="Georgi Kinkladze">Georgi Kinkladze</a>. In November that season, Giggs scored two goals in a Premier League match against <a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a>, where United won 4–1 to keep up the pressure on a <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> side who actually went ten points clear on 23 December but were finally overhauled by United in mid-March. Giggs was also in the side for United's FA Cup final win over Liverpool on 11 May 1996, though <a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Eric Cantona</a> scored the only goal of the game. By now, Giggs had several new key colleagues in youngsters <a href="/wiki/Gary_Neville" title="Gary Neville">Gary Neville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Neville" title="Phil Neville">Phil Neville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Butt" title="Nicky Butt">Nicky Butt</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">David Beckham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Scholes" title="Paul Scholes">Paul Scholes</a>. Beckham took over from Andrei Kanchelskis on the right-wing and Butt succeeded Paul Ince in central midfield to complete a new look United midfield along with Giggs and Roy Keane.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_in_English_football" title="1996–97 in English football">The following season</a>, Giggs had his first real chance to shine in Europe. Having played a key role in United winning their third league title in four seasons, he helped them reach the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_UEFA_Champions_League" title="1996–97 UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> semi-finals, the first United side in 28 years to achieve this. However, their hopes of European glory were ended by <a href="/wiki/Borussia_Dortmund" title="Borussia Dortmund">Borussia Dortmund</a>, who edged them out by winning each leg of the semi-final 1–0. At the end of this season, <a href="/wiki/Juventus_FC" title="Juventus FC">Juventus</a>' <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Alessandro Del Piero</a> told Italian media that Giggs was one of his two favourite players.<sup id="cite_ref-MostImportant_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MostImportant-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_in_English_football" title="1997–98 in English football">1997–98</a>, United were pipped to the Premier League title by Arsenal, following a dismal run of form in March and early April, leaving them without a trophy for only the second time since 1989. The following season, Giggs missed a lot of games through injury, but when he was fit his form was excellent and he played in both of United's cup finals that season. Memorable moments were his extra-time goal in the FA Cup semi-final against arch-rivals <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> giving United a 2–1 win,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his 90th-minute equaliser in the home leg of the <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Champions_League" title="1997–98 UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> semi-final against Juventus. </p><p>The highpoint in the <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1998–99 Manchester United F.C. season">1998–99 season</a> was when Giggs set up the equalising goal scored by <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Sheringham" title="Teddy Sheringham">Teddy Sheringham</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1999_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 UEFA Champions League Final">1999 UEFA Champions League Final</a> that set United on their way to <a href="/wiki/Treble_(association_football)" title="Treble (association football)">the Treble</a>. </p><p>Giggs was also the Man of the Match as United beat <a href="/wiki/Sociedade_Esportiva_Palmeiras" class="mw-redirect" title="Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras">Palmeiras</a> 1–0 to claim the <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_Cup_(football)" title="Intercontinental Cup (football)">Intercontinental Cup</a> later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2005"><span id="2000.E2.80.932005"></span>2000–2005</h3></div> <p>Giggs became <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">United</a>'s longest-serving player when <a href="/wiki/Denis_Irwin" title="Denis Irwin">Denis Irwin</a> left in May 2002, and he became a pivotal part of the club, despite still being in his 20s. Giggs continued to excel in the four years that followed the <a href="/wiki/The_Treble" class="mw-redirect" title="The Treble">Treble</a> triumph of 1999. United were <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> champions in three of the four seasons following the treble, as well as reaching the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> quarter-finals three times and the semi-finals once. In April 2001, he signed a new five-year contract.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs celebrated his 10-year anniversary at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a> with a testimonial match against <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a> at the start of the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_in_English_football" title="2001–02 in English football">2001–02</a> campaign, losing 4–3 in a game featuring a cameo by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Eric Cantona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this was one of the most disappointing seasons United had endured since Giggs made his debut, as a dismal run of form in early winter ultimately cost them the league title and they were surprisingly knocked out of the Champions League on away goals in the semi-finals by German underdogs <a href="/wiki/Bayer_04_Leverkusen" title="Bayer 04 Leverkusen">Bayer Leverkusen</a>. A year later, on 23 August 2002, he bagged his 100th career goal in a draw with <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> at <a href="/wiki/Stamford_Bridge_(stadium)" title="Stamford Bridge (stadium)">Stamford Bridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Manchester United F.C. season">2002–03</a> season was one to forget for Giggs. He was forced to defend his poor form, insisting that he was not finished.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This dip in form included being booed off the pitch in the 74th minute of a <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Football_League_Cup#Semi-finals" title="2002–03 Football League Cup">1–1 semi-final first leg</a> draw at home to Blackburn Rovers in the League Cup on 7 January<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-couldhave_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-couldhave-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an open-goal miss during a 2–0 defeat against Arsenal in the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> on 16 February that was described as the worst of his career, and prompted chants by the Arsenal fans of "Give it to Giggsy."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A week later, on 24 February, Manchester United chief executive <a href="/wiki/Peter_Kenyon" title="Peter Kenyon">Peter Kenyon</a> refused to rule out the possibility of Giggs leaving Old Trafford, saying: "It's too soon to say whether we would even consider a bid, and all we want to do at the moment is concentrate on this season." It was further claimed that a rift in the dressing room was contributing towards Giggs' possible departure.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the following day, Giggs played one of his most memorable games, in a 3–0 victory against Juventus. After coming on as a substitute for <a href="/wiki/Diego_Forl%C3%A1n" title="Diego Forlán">Diego Forlán</a> in the eighth minute, Giggs scored twice,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including a goal that would later be heralded as one of his greatest goals and one of his finest Champions League moments.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After speculation throughout the season that Giggs was close to joining Italian club <a href="/wiki/Inter_Milan" title="Inter Milan">Inter Milan</a>, possibly with Brazilian striker <a href="/wiki/Adriano_(footballer,_born_February_1982)" title="Adriano (footballer, born February 1982)">Adriano</a> as a makeweight,<sup id="cite_ref-couldhave_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-couldhave-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs quashed the rumours by saying he was happy at United.<sup id="cite_ref-couldhave_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-couldhave-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He played in his fourth <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> triumph on 22 May 2004, making him one of only two players (the other being <a href="/wiki/Roy_Keane" title="Roy Keane">Roy Keane</a>) to have won the trophy four times while playing for Manchester United. He has also finished with a runners-up medal three times (1995, 2005 and 2007). His participation in the victory over <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> in September 2004 made him the third player to play 600 games for United, alongside <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Charlton" title="Bobby Charlton">Sir Bobby Charlton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Foulkes" title="Bill Foulkes">Bill Foulkes</a>. He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="English Football Hall of Fame">English Football Hall of Fame</a> in 2005 in recognition of his contribution to the English game.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, Giggs' form had improved and was no longer suffering with the hamstring injuries which had plagued his career,<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he attributed to taking up yoga.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005–2010"><span id="2005.E2.80.932010"></span>2005–2010</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Giggs_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Giggs_cropped.jpg/220px-Giggs_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Giggs_cropped.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="478" /></a><figcaption>As his career progressed, Giggs abandoned his position on the left wing for a more central role.</figcaption></figure> <p>Giggs signed a two-year contract extension with United when chief executive <a href="/wiki/David_Gill_(executive)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Gill (executive)">David Gill</a> relented on his normal policy of not signing players over 30 to contracts longer than one year. Giggs benefited from being largely injury-free aside from a series of <a href="/wiki/Hamstring" title="Hamstring">hamstring</a> problems. </p><p>Giggs scored his first goal of the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2006–07 Manchester United F.C. season">2006–07</a> season in a 2–1 victory over Watford on 26 August 2006, with his goal proving to be the winner.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs scored the winner in United's next game, a 1–0 home victory over <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> on 9 September, scoring a header in the eighth minute.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs provided a goal and an assist in the final Champions League group game against <a href="/wiki/S.L._Benfica" title="S.L. Benfica">Benfica</a> on 6 December, with his free-kick being converted by <a href="/wiki/Nemanja_Vidi%C4%87" title="Nemanja Vidić">Nemanja Vidić</a> before Giggs headed in a <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">Cristiano Ronaldo</a> cross.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2007, Giggs scored the final three goals of his season. He scored the final goal in a 4–0 away win against Tottenham on 4 February which put United six points clear of Chelsea.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 February, Giggs scored the winning goal against <a href="/wiki/Lille_OSC" title="Lille OSC">Lille</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2006–07 UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> with a quickly taken free-kick that caused the Lille players to walk off the pitch in protest.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs later said he was amazed by the situation, as no rule had been broken.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 February, Giggs scored the equalising goal against Fulham in a game which United went on to win via a late Cristiano Ronaldo winner to go nine points clear of <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 May 2007, with <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> only able to manage a 1–1 draw with London rivals <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>, Manchester United became the champions of England. In doing so, Giggs set a new record of nine league titles, beating the previous record of eight he shared with <a href="/wiki/Alan_Hansen" title="Alan Hansen">Alan Hansen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Neal" title="Phil Neal">Phil Neal</a> (who won all of their titles with <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2007_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 FA Cup Final">2007 FA Cup Final</a>, Giggs had a goal ruled out in the 14th minute of extra time after referee <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bennett_(referee)" title="Steve Bennett (referee)">Steve Bennett</a> deemed him to have fouled goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Petr_%C4%8Cech" title="Petr Čech">Petr Čech</a> in forcing the ball across the line.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs played a starring role in United's <a href="/wiki/2007_FA_Community_Shield" title="2007 FA Community Shield">2007 FA Community Shield</a> victory after netting in the first half to bring the game to a 1–1 draw, which led to penalty triumph for the Red Devils after 'keeper <a href="/wiki/Edwin_van_der_Sar" title="Edwin van der Sar">Edwin van der Sar</a> saved all of Chelsea's first three penalties; the goal was Giggs' first professional goal at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryan_Giggs_vs_Man_City_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Ryan_Giggs_vs_Man_City_2008.jpg/220px-Ryan_Giggs_vs_Man_City_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Ryan_Giggs_vs_Man_City_2008.jpg/330px-Ryan_Giggs_vs_Man_City_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Ryan_Giggs_vs_Man_City_2008.jpg/440px-Ryan_Giggs_vs_Man_City_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Seen here after the <a href="/wiki/Munich_air_disaster" title="Munich air disaster">Munich air disaster</a> 50th anniversary match against <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> in February 2008, Giggs has made more appearances in the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_derby" title="Manchester derby">Manchester derby</a> than any other player.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 2007–08 season, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Alex Ferguson</a> adopted a rotation system between Giggs and newcomers <a href="/wiki/Nani_(footballer)" title="Nani (footballer)">Nani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anderson_(footballer,_born_1988)" title="Anderson (footballer, born 1988)">Anderson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs scored his 100th league goal for United against <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> on 8 December 2007, which United won 4–1.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More landmarks have been achieved: on 20 February 2008 he made his 100th appearance in the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2007–08 UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> in a game against <a href="/wiki/Olympique_Lyonnais" title="Olympique Lyonnais">Lyon</a><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on 11 May 2008, he came on as a substitute for <a href="/wiki/Park_Ji-sung" title="Park Ji-sung">Park Ji-sung</a> to equal Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 758 appearances for United.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs scored the second goal in that match, sealing his, and United's, 10th <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> title. Ten days later, on 21 May 2008, Giggs broke <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Charlton" title="Bobby Charlton">Bobby Charlton</a>'s appearance record for United when coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for <a href="/wiki/Paul_Scholes" title="Paul Scholes">Paul Scholes</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2008_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 UEFA Champions League Final">UEFA Champions League Final</a> against <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> United won the final, defeating Chelsea 6–5 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra time, with Giggs converting the winning penalty in sudden death. </p><p>At the start of Manchester United's 2008–09 campaign, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Sir Alex Ferguson</a> began placing Giggs at central midfield, behind the forwards, instead of his favoured wing position. Sir Alex Ferguson said in an interview, "(Giggs) is a very valuable player, he will be 35 this November but at 35, he can be United's key player. At 25, Ryan would shatter defenders with his run down the flank, but at 35, he will play deeper."<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs has begun taking his coaching badges and Ferguson has hinted that he would like Giggs to serve as his coaching staff after retirement like <a href="/wiki/Ole_Gunnar_Solskj%C3%A6r" title="Ole Gunnar Solskjær">Ole Gunnar Solskjær</a> did.<sup id="cite_ref-life_after_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-life_after-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryan_Giggs_United.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Ryan_Giggs_United.jpg/220px-Ryan_Giggs_United.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Ryan_Giggs_United.jpg/330px-Ryan_Giggs_United.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Ryan_Giggs_United.jpg/440px-Ryan_Giggs_United.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1602" data-file-height="1967" /></a><figcaption>Giggs has played in the UEFA Champions League over 100 times.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following speculation earlier in the year,<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in February 2009, Giggs signed a one-year extension to his current contract – which was due to expire in June 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a successful season, Giggs was short-listed along with four other <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> teammates for the <a href="/wiki/PFA_Players%27_Player_of_the_Year" title="PFA Players' Player of the Year">PFA Player of the Year</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 April 2009, Giggs received the award, despite having started just 12 games throughout the 2008–09 season (at the time of receiving the trophy). This was the first time in his career that Giggs had received the award.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the awards ceremony, Alex Ferguson had given his backing for Giggs to win the award and stated that it would be fitting, given Giggs' long term contribution to the game.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs made his 800th appearance for Manchester United on 29 April 2009, in the 1–0 semi-final win over <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2008–09 UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 May 2009, Manchester United won the Premier League after a 0–0 draw against Arsenal, both United's and Giggs' 11th Premier League titles. </p><p>Giggs scored his first Manchester United hat-trick in a pre-season friendly against <a href="/wiki/Zhejiang_Professional_F.C." title="Zhejiang Professional F.C.">Hangzhou Greentown</a> after coming on as a second-half substitute.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryan_Giggs_vs_Everton-5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ryan_Giggs_vs_Everton-5.jpg/220px-Ryan_Giggs_vs_Everton-5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ryan_Giggs_vs_Everton-5.jpg/330px-Ryan_Giggs_vs_Everton-5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ryan_Giggs_vs_Everton-5.jpg/440px-Ryan_Giggs_vs_Everton-5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Giggs before a corner kick against <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a> in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>On 12 September 2009, Giggs made his 700th start for United.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs scored his 150th goal for United, only the ninth player to do so for the club, against <a href="/wiki/VfL_Wolfsburg" title="VfL Wolfsburg">Wolfsburg</a> in his first <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2009–10 UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> game of the season. On 28 November 2009, the eve of his 36th birthday, Giggs scored his 100th Premier League goal – all for Manchester United – scoring the final goal in a 4–1 victory over <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fratton_Park" title="Fratton Park">Fratton Park</a>, and becoming only the 17th player to reach the milestone in the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 November 2009, the day after his 36th birthday, it was reported that Giggs would be offered an additional one-year contract which would run until the end of the 2010–11 season and see him past the 20th anniversary of his first game and first goal for United. On the same day, Giggs was nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2009, which he subsequently won.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 December 2009, Giggs' surpassed countryman <a href="/wiki/Gary_Speed" title="Gary Speed">Gary Speed</a>'s outfield record of 535 <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> games. On 18 December 2009, Giggs signed a one-year contract extension with United, keeping him at the club until June 2011, taking him past the 20th anniversary of his first professional contract and that of his first-team debut – a rare occurrence of a player reaching the 20-year mark with the same club and with unbroken service.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 December 2009, Giggs was named the Manchester United Player of the Decade.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010–2014"><span id="2010.E2.80.932014"></span>2010–2014</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryan_Giggs_vs_MLS_All_Stars_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Ryan_Giggs_vs_MLS_All_Stars_2010.jpg/220px-Ryan_Giggs_vs_MLS_All_Stars_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Ryan_Giggs_vs_MLS_All_Stars_2010.jpg/330px-Ryan_Giggs_vs_MLS_All_Stars_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Ryan_Giggs_vs_MLS_All_Stars_2010.jpg/440px-Ryan_Giggs_vs_MLS_All_Stars_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="949" data-file-height="1265" /></a><figcaption>Giggs playing for <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester United">Manchester United</a> in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>On 24 April 2010, Giggs scored the first ever league penalties of his career, netting two penalties in a 3–1 home win over <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 August 2010, Giggs kept up his record of scoring in every <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> season since its inception as he netted United's third in their 3–0 home victory over <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> in their opening fixture of the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Premier League">new campaign</a>. As he found the net in the final two seasons of the old <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">Football League First Division</a>, he had now scored in 21 successive top division campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 January 2011, Giggs reached 600 league appearances (all for Manchester United), as he played in their goalless draw against Tottenham at <a href="/wiki/White_Hart_Lane" title="White Hart Lane">White Hart Lane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs signed a one-year contract extension with Manchester United on 18 February, keeping him at the club until June 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 6 March 2011, Giggs surpassed the Manchester United league appearance record of <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Charlton" title="Bobby Charlton">Bobby Charlton</a> by playing his 607th game against Liverpool. On 26 April, against <a href="/wiki/FC_Schalke_04" title="FC Schalke 04">Schalke 04</a> in the Champions League semi-final first leg, Giggs scored the first goal from a <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Rooney" title="Wayne Rooney">Wayne Rooney</a> pass, also making himself the oldest goalscorer in Champions League history to date.<sup id="cite_ref-unitedschalke_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unitedschalke-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs also played in the <a href="/wiki/2011_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 UEFA Champions League Final">2011 UEFA Champions League Final</a>, where Manchester United were defeated 3–1 by Barcelona.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs made his first start of the 2011–12 season in the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2011–12 UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> away at Benfica. He scored United's equalising goal in a 1–1 draw at the <a href="/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_da_Luz" title="Estádio da Luz">Estádio da Luz</a>, in the process breaking his own record for the oldest goalscorer in Champions League history. He also became the first man ever to score in 16 different Champions League campaigns, moving clear of <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_(footballer)" title="Raúl (footballer)">Raúl</a> who was tied with Giggs on 15 seasons. Raúl though holds the record for scoring in 14 consecutive Champions League seasons. On 19 November, Giggs played in a league game in his home country of Wales for the first time in his distinguished career against <a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberty Stadium">Liberty Stadium</a> in a United 1–0 win. Giggs maintained his record of scoring in each of the past 22 top-flight seasons by scoring United's third goal against <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> at <a href="/wiki/Craven_Cottage" title="Craven Cottage">Craven Cottage</a> in a 5–0 win on 21 December, his first of the season in the league. On 10 February 2012, Giggs signed a one-year contract extension with Manchester United.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryan_Giggs_1314.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ryan_Giggs_1314.jpg/220px-Ryan_Giggs_1314.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ryan_Giggs_1314.jpg/330px-Ryan_Giggs_1314.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ryan_Giggs_1314.jpg/440px-Ryan_Giggs_1314.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2161" data-file-height="3441" /></a><figcaption>Giggs playing against his hometown club, Cardiff City, for the first time in November 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>On 26 February 2012, Giggs made his 900th appearance for Manchester United, in a 2–1 away win against <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a>. He marked the occasion by scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute, scoring from a cross by <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Young" title="Ashley Young">Ashley Young</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the match, Alex Ferguson told <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sport" title="BBC Sport">BBC Sport</a></i> he believed that a player playing in 900 games for <a href="/wiki/List_of_one-club_men_in_association_football" title="List of one-club men in association football">one club</a> "won't be done again."<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By March 2011, Giggs had played with more than 140 different players for the Manchester United first team.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 October 2012, Giggs (just over a month short of his 39th birthday) told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> that he would like to move into management when he retires as a player. He also said that he was still undecided on whether he would still be playing after the current football season ends.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs scored his first Premier League goal of the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_in_English_football" title="2012–13 in English football">2012–13</a> season against <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> on 10 February 2013 in a 2–0 home win, extending his goalscoring sequence to 23 consecutive seasons in the highest division including all 21 Premier League seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He signed a new one-year contract with Manchester United on 1 March 2013, keeping him at Old Trafford until June 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 March, Giggs made his 1,000th competitive appearance in a 2–1 home loss to <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F." class="mw-redirect" title="Real Madrid C.F.">Real Madrid</a> in the second leg of the round of 16 of the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2012–13 UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Giggs1000_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giggs1000-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 July, Giggs was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Player-coach#Player-managers_in_association_football" title="Player-coach">player-coach</a> by new manager <a href="/wiki/David_Moyes" title="David Moyes">David Moyes</a> with immediate effect.<sup id="cite_ref-Player-coach_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Player-coach-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs became interim player-manager when Moyes was sacked in April 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-Temporary_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Temporary-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 October, after coming off the substitute bench against <a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhtar Donetsk</a>, Giggs became all-time leading appearance holder in the European competition, overtaking Raúl, an achievement he described as "special."<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, Giggs celebrated his 40th birthday, leading to media outlets and football figures praising him for reaching the milestone while still an active professional footballer.<sup id="cite_ref-Giggs40_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giggs40-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs announced his retirement from professional football on 19 May 2014 in an open letter to all Manchester United fans posted on the club website.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon retirement, Giggs received many plaudits for the achievements he earned throughout his career, and the longevity of it.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="England_Schoolboys">England Schoolboys</h3></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> to Welsh parents, Giggs represented <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> at international level. As a youngster, Giggs captained <a href="/wiki/English_Schools%27_Football_Association" title="English Schools' Football Association">England Schoolboys</a>, but contrary to popular belief, he was never eligible for the senior England team (eligibility at the schoolboy level depends solely upon the location of the school, in Giggs' case <a href="/wiki/Moorside_High_School,_Swinton" title="Moorside High School, Swinton">Moorside High School</a> in Salford).<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2009, new rules were introduced for the Home Nations' associations that would have enabled Giggs to represent England had he not already represented Wales in an official competition,<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Giggs has always maintained that he would have chosen to play for Wales anyway; he stated in 2002, "I'd rather go through my career without qualifying for a major championship than play for a country where I wasn't born or which my parents didn't have anything to do with".<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his one year with the England Schoolboys team, Giggs played nine times, all as captain, winning seven matches and losing twice.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the wins was a 4–0 victory over his Welsh peers, many of whom he would play alongside when he made the step up to the Welsh youth team the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wales">Wales</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Giggs_wales_x_brazil.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Giggs_wales_x_brazil.JPG/170px-Giggs_wales_x_brazil.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Giggs_wales_x_brazil.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="254" /></a><figcaption>Giggs played for <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> 64 times, but never at a major international tournament.</figcaption></figure> <p>In May 1991, Giggs made his debut for the Wales Under-21s, a 2–1 victory over <a href="/wiki/Poland_national_under-21_football_team" title="Poland national under-21 football team">Poland</a> in Warsaw.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It would turn out to be his only appearance for the team, as he received a call-up to the senior team later that year. </p><p>Giggs made his international debut away to <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany</a> in October 1991,<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for <a href="/wiki/Eric_Young_(footballer,_born_1960)" title="Eric Young (footballer, born 1960)">Eric Young</a> at the age of 17 years, 321 days to become the youngest player to appear for the Welsh senior team; he held this record until June 1998, when <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Green" title="Ryan Green">Ryan Green</a> appeared against <a href="/wiki/Malta_national_football_team" title="Malta national football team">Malta</a> at the age of 17 years, 226 days.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wales were still in contention to qualify for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1992" title="UEFA Euro 1992">UEFA Euro 1992</a> before the game, but a 4–1 victory for the Germans, who went on to win their remaining games against <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_national_football_team" title="Luxembourg national football team">Luxembourg</a>, meant they qualified at Wales' expense. </p><p>Giggs' first senior goal for Wales came on 31 March 1993 in a 3–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> in a <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">World Cup</a> qualifying game, the same game in which <a href="/wiki/Ian_Rush" title="Ian Rush">Ian Rush</a> scored for Wales for a record 24th time.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his international debut in 1991 against Germany, Giggs missed 18 consecutive friendly games before finally making his first friendly appearance for Wales against <a href="/wiki/Finland_national_football_team" title="Finland national football team">Finland</a> in March 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by which time he had already accrued 25 caps.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reason for his continued absence from non-competitive fixtures was largely a protective measure against unnecessary injuries; in his autobiography, Giggs states: "At that time, whenever I played two games in one week I always seemed to pick up an injury, so [Alex Ferguson] and I sat down and looked at it game by game. If the international was a friendly, the feeling was that I didn't have to play."<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regardless, his regularly withdrawing from Wales squads and routinely missing friendlies was criticised.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a qualifier against England for the 2006 FIFA World Cup at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a> where Wales lost 2–0, Giggs played against some present and former Manchester United teammates including <a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">David Beckham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Neville" title="Gary Neville">Gary Neville</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Rooney" title="Wayne Rooney">Wayne Rooney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a 2006 World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan on 12 October 2005, Giggs scored a rare double in a 2–0 win, but Wales failed to reach the play-offs.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2006, he played in a friendly against Brazil at <a href="/wiki/White_Hart_Lane" title="White Hart Lane">White Hart Lane</a> where Wales lost 2–0. Brazil coach <a href="/wiki/Dunga" title="Dunga">Dunga</a> complimented Giggs' performance by stating he would not look out of place playing for the five-time world champions alongside stars such as <a href="/wiki/Kak%C3%A1" title="Kaká">Kaká</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ronaldinho" title="Ronaldinho">Ronaldinho</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs announced his retirement from international football on Wednesday, 30 May 2007, at a press conference held at The Vale of Glamorgan Hotel, drawing the curtain on a 16-year international career.<sup id="cite_ref-life_after_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-life_after-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He cited concentrating on his United career as the main reason for stepping down. His final game for Wales, and as captain, was the Euro 2008 qualifier against the Czech Republic on 2 June at Cardiff. He earned his 64th cap in this game and won the Man of the Match award as Wales drew 0–0.<sup id="cite_ref-rginternationalcareer_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rginternationalcareer-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, he was one of three players in the final nomination by the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">FAW</a> for the Wales Player of the Year award, which was ultimately won by <a href="/wiki/Craig_Bellamy" title="Craig Bellamy">Craig Bellamy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview with the <i><a href="/wiki/Western_Mail_(Wales)" title="Western Mail (Wales)">Western Mail</a></i> on 26 March 2010, Giggs hinted that he might be tempted to come out of international retirement for his country's <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying</a> campaign, in order to cover for the injured <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Ramsey" title="Aaron Ramsey">Aaron Ramsey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later clarified his position to <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Manchester" title="BBC Radio Manchester">BBC Radio Manchester</a>, saying that he would only return to Wales duty in an emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Great_Britain">Great Britain</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Giggs_GB_Team.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Giggs_GB_Team.jpg/170px-Giggs_GB_Team.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Giggs_GB_Team.jpg/255px-Giggs_GB_Team.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Giggs_GB_Team.jpg/340px-Giggs_GB_Team.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="818" /></a><figcaption>For the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a> in London, Great Britain entered a team for the first time in over 40 years, with Giggs as captain.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 28 June 2012, Giggs was confirmed as one of the three over-age players selected for <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_men%27s_Olympic_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Britain men's Olympic football team">Great Britain</a> to compete at <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a> alongside <a href="/wiki/Craig_Bellamy" title="Craig Bellamy">Craig Bellamy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Micah_Richards" title="Micah Richards">Micah Richards</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was subsequently named the team captain.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He scored with a header against the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_under-23_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team">United Arab Emirates</a> in a 3–1 win on 29 July to become the oldest goalscorer in the football competition at the Summer Olympics at the age of 38 years and 243 days, beating an 88-year-old record that had been held by Egypt's <a href="/wiki/Hussein_Hegazi" title="Hussein Hegazi">Hussein Hegazi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, by featuring in the same match, he became the oldest outfield Olympic footballer.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managerial_career">Managerial career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manchester_United_2">Manchester United</h3></div> <p>Giggs was appointed as a player-coach at Manchester United on 4 July 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-Player-coach_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Player-coach-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as part of the coaching staff under new manager <a href="/wiki/David_Moyes" title="David Moyes">David Moyes</a>. When Moyes was sacked on 22 April 2014, after less than 10 months in the job, Giggs took over as the club's interim player-manager,<sup id="cite_ref-Temporary_112-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Temporary-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> compiling a record of two wins, a draw and a defeat in the final four games of the 2013–14 season.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his final match in charge, a 1–1 draw with <a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a>, Giggs admitted to breaking down in tears, in part due to the pressure of managing United, and also said he had struggled to sleep during the period.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/Louis_van_Gaal" title="Louis van Gaal">Louis van Gaal</a> was announced as Moyes' permanent replacement on 19 May 2014, Giggs was also appointed as Van Gaal's assistant manager.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs was praised for giving debuts to youngsters <a href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1995)" title="James Wilson (footballer, born 1995)">James Wilson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Lawrence" title="Tom Lawrence">Tom Lawrence</a> in a 3–1 victory over <a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a>, a game in which he brought himself on as a substitute for Lawrence.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs was suggested by many – including Louis van Gaal – as the Dutchman's potential successor at Manchester United.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, following the appointment of Portuguese coach <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mourinho" title="José Mourinho">José Mourinho</a>, Giggs announced his departure from the club on 2 July 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wales_2">Wales</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Ryan_Giggs_Welsh_Government_and_NHS_Wales.webm/220px--Ryan_Giggs_Welsh_Government_and_NHS_Wales.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="16" data-mwtitle="Ryan_Giggs_Welsh_Government_and_NHS_Wales.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Ryan_Giggs_Welsh_Government_and_NHS_Wales.webm"><source 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data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/Ryan_Giggs_Welsh_Government_and_NHS_Wales.webm/Ryan_Giggs_Welsh_Government_and_NHS_Wales.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3ARyan_Giggs_Welsh_Government_and_NHS_Wales.webm&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English (en)" data-dir="ltr" /></video></span><figcaption>A short video of Giggs on the 70th birthday of the NHS</figcaption></figure> <p>Giggs was appointed manager of the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales national team</a> on 15 January 2018 on a four-year contract, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Chris_Coleman_(footballer)" title="Chris Coleman (footballer)">Chris Coleman</a>, who had left the role to take up the manager's position at <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> the previous November.<sup id="cite_ref-wales_appointment_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wales_appointment-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first match in charge was in a 6–0 win over <a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2018_China_Cup" title="2018 China Cup">2018 China Cup</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bale" title="Gareth Bale">Gareth Bale</a> broke the all-time scoring record previously held by <a href="/wiki/Ian_Rush" title="Ian Rush">Ian Rush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, Wales participated in the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Nations_League_B" title="2018–19 UEFA Nations League B">UEFA Nations League</a>, finishing behind <a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a> with six points.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, Wales had a slow start to their <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020_qualifying_Group_E" title="UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group E">qualifying group</a>, only accruing three points from three matches.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they went unbeaten for the rest of the year, culminating in a 2–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a> and securing qualification for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020" title="UEFA Euro 2020">UEFA Euro 2020</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-euro_qualification_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro_qualification-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resulting tournament was delayed due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, and the next time that Giggs would manage the national team was <a href="/wiki/Behind_closed_doors_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Behind closed doors (sports)">behind closed doors</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Nations_League_B" title="2020–21 UEFA Nations League B">UEFA Nations League</a> campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His final match in charge was a 1–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_football_team" title="Bulgaria national football team">Bulgaria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 November 2020, and following Giggs' arrest on assault charges, his assistant manager <a href="/wiki/Rob_Page" title="Rob Page">Rob Page</a> became the caretaker manager.<sup id="cite_ref-page_caretaker_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page_caretaker-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 June 2022, it was announced that Giggs would step down from his position due to his upcoming trial.<sup id="cite_ref-giggs_resigns_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-giggs_resigns-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_profile">Player profile</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Style_of_play">Style of play</h3></div> <style 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The first one was <a href="/wiki/Diego_Maradona" title="Diego Maradona">Maradona</a> and the second was Ryan Giggs.<sup id="cite_ref-MostImportant_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MostImportant-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">– <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Alessandro Del Piero</a></cite></p> </div> <p>A skilful and dynamic left-footed midfielder, Giggs usually played as a traditional out-and-out <a href="/wiki/Midfielder#Wide_midfielder" title="Midfielder">left-sided midfielder</a>, who would take on opposing defenders, although he was a versatile player, who was capable of playing on either flank, as well as in several other positions; throughout his career he was also fielded in various offensive roles, as a left or right-sided <a href="/wiki/Winger_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winger (association football)">winger</a> or <a href="/wiki/Outside_forward" class="mw-redirect" title="Outside forward">outside forward</a> in an attacking trident, as an <a href="/wiki/Attacking_midfielder" class="mw-redirect" title="Attacking midfielder">attacking midfielder</a>, as a <a href="/wiki/Deep-lying_forward" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep-lying forward">deep-lying forward</a>, or even as a <a href="/wiki/Striker_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Striker (association football)">striker</a>. In the later stages of his career, as his pace and athleticism declined, he was often used as a <a href="/wiki/Midfielder#Defensive_midfielder" title="Midfielder">defensive</a> or <a href="/wiki/Central_midfielder" class="mw-redirect" title="Central midfielder">central midfielder</a>, or as a <a href="/wiki/Deep-lying_playmaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep-lying playmaker">deep-lying playmaker</a>; he was even deployed as a <a href="/wiki/Full-back_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Full-back (association football)">full-back</a> on occasion. A quick and technically gifted player, in his prime, his main traits were his speed, acceleration, strength, ball control, flair, <a href="/wiki/Dribbling#Association_football" title="Dribbling">dribbling</a> skills, and trickery in possession, as well as his vision; he also was able to refine his <a href="/wiki/Cross_(association_football)" title="Cross (association football)">crossing</a> and passing ability as his career progressed, which made him an excellent <a href="/wiki/Assist_(association_football)" title="Assist (association football)">assist</a> provider, and saw him take on more of a <a href="/wiki/Playmaker" title="Playmaker">playmaking</a> role for his team in later years, which enabled him to dictate play in midfield and create chances for teammates, in addition to scoring goals himself. A fast and energetic player, he also drew praise in the media for his tactical intelligence, movement, stamina, work-rate, and consistency; furthermore, he was an accurate <a href="/wiki/Free_kick_(association_football)" title="Free kick (association football)">free kick</a> taker. In addition to his footballing skills, Giggs also stood out for his leadership and longevity throughout his career.<sup id="cite_ref-playing-style_180-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-playing-style-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discipline">Discipline</h3></div> <p>Giggs was never <a href="/wiki/Ejection_(sports)" title="Ejection (sports)">sent off</a> in his 24-season playing career for Manchester United and was only once sent off when playing for Wales, on 5 September 2001 in a World Cup qualifier against Norway;<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs received a second yellow card in the 86th minute.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2003, he was found guilty of improper conduct by the FA due to his behaviour during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Old_Trafford" title="Battle of Old Trafford">Battle of Old Trafford</a> game against Arsenal (one of two United and six Arsenal players charged over the incident);<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs received a £7,500 fine but avoided suspension.<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same week, Giggs received a two-match suspension from international football for deliberately elbowing Russian player <a href="/wiki/Vadim_Yevseyev" title="Vadim Yevseyev">Vadim Yevseyev</a> in the face during the first leg of the Euro 2004 play-offs.<sup id="cite_ref-uefaban_185-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uefaban-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The offence was missed by referee <a href="/wiki/Luc%C3%ADlio_Batista" title="Lucílio Batista">Lucílio Batista</a>, but Giggs was later charged using video evidence.<sup id="cite_ref-uefaban_185-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uefaban-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Endorsements_and_public_image">Endorsements and public image</h2></div> <p>Giggs featured in advertisements for <a href="/wiki/Reebok" title="Reebok">Reebok</a>, <a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kagome_(company)" title="Kagome (company)">Kagome</a> tomato juice, <a href="/wiki/Quorn" title="Quorn">Quorn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Celcom" title="Celcom">Celcom</a>. A 1996 Reebok advertisement, which did not feature him, included figures such as <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)" title="Tom Jones (singer)">Tom Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Attenborough" title="Richard Attenborough">Richard Attenborough</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Best" title="George Best">George Best</a> impersonating him.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to an article by <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sport" title="BBC Sport">BBC Sport</a></i>: "In the early 1990s, Giggs was <a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">David Beckham</a> before Beckham was even holding down a place in the United first team. If you put his face on the cover of a football magazine, it guaranteed you the biggest sales of the year. Why? Men would buy it to read about 'the new <a href="/wiki/George_Best" title="George Best">Best</a>' and girls bought it because they wanted his face all over their bedroom walls. Giggs had the million-pound boot deal (<a href="/wiki/Reebok" title="Reebok">Reebok</a>), the lucrative sponsorship deals in the Far East (<a href="/wiki/Fujifilm" title="Fujifilm">Fuji</a>) and the celebrity girlfriends (<a href="/wiki/Dani_Behr" title="Dani Behr">Dani Behr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Davinia_Taylor" title="Davinia Taylor">Davinia Taylor</a>) at a time when Beckham was being sent on loan to <a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs features in EA Sports' <a href="/wiki/FIFA_(video_game_series)" title="FIFA (video game series)"><i>FIFA</i> video game series</a>, and was selected to appear on the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Football_2003" title="FIFA Football 2003">FIFA Football 2003</a></i> alongside Dutch international midfielder <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Davids" title="Edgar Davids">Edgar Davids</a>, and Brazilian international fullback <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Carlos" title="Roberto Carlos">Roberto Carlos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs was included in the <i><a href="/wiki/FIFA_16" title="FIFA 16">FIFA 16</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/FIFA_17" title="FIFA 17">17</a></i> Ultimate Team Legends.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family">Family</h3></div> <p>Giggs is the son of former <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_league_team" title="Wales national rugby league team">Wales</a> international <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> footballer <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wilson_(rugby_league)" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny Wilson (rugby league)">Danny Wilson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hughes2009_190-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hughes2009-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs was christened Ryan Joseph Wilson but as a teenager changed his surname to that of his mother after his parents separated.<sup id="cite_ref-Hughes2009_190-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hughes2009-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs is said to have inherited his balance and athleticism from his father.<sup id="cite_ref-Hughes2009_190-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hughes2009-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a distant cousin of the Barbados international footballer <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Hutson_(footballer)" title="Curtis Hutson (footballer)">Curtis Hutson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_191-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs married his long-time partner, Stacey Cooke, in a private ceremony on 7 September 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have two children, both born in <a href="/wiki/City_of_Salford" title="City of Salford">Salford</a>, and lived in <a href="/wiki/Worsley" title="Worsley">Worsley</a>, Greater Manchester, close to where the player grew up.<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs and Cooke divorced in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son <a href="/wiki/Zach_Giggs" title="Zach Giggs">Zach Giggs</a> is also a footballer.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giggs conducted an eight-year affair with his brother Rhodri's wife, Natasha. The affair resulted in members of Giggs' family repudiating their former ties to Ryan; after Ryan was appointed as manager of the Wales national team, his father Danny said he was "ashamed" of him and that "I can't even bring myself to use his name".<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Activism">Activism</h3></div> <p>In August 2006, Giggs became an ambassador for <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> UK, in recognition for his work with Manchester United's 'United for UNICEF' partnership with the children's organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giggs visited UNICEF projects in <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> and told the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>: "As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine."<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-playing_career">Post-playing career</h3></div> <p>In October 2010, Giggs said he would "probably finish [his] career here [Old Trafford]," and that he could not see himself "dropping down leagues and playing at a lesser level." He said he wanted to go into coaching, describing the management of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> as "the two ultimate jobs," and stating that he was halfway through his <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Pro_Licence" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Pro Licence">UEFA 'A' coaching licence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gary_Neville" title="Gary Neville">Gary Neville</a>, ahead of his 2011 testimonial, said he would put the proceeds towards a supporters club and hotel near <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Trafford_Council" title="Trafford Council">Trafford Council</a> approved the hotel in 2012 despite objections from Manchester United.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, Giggs and Neville launched a hospitality company named <i>GG Hospitality</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with plans to build football-themed hotels and cafés around the United Kingdom, initially in Manchester and London.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first operation was a football-themed restaurant named Café Football in <a href="/wiki/Stratford,_London" title="Stratford, London">Stratford, London</a>, which opened in November 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Hotel Football, previously under the guise of the supporters club Neville announced in 2011, scheduled to be opened in late 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, it was announced that Giggs, along with former Manchester United players Gary Neville, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Scholes" title="Paul Scholes">Paul Scholes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Butt" title="Nicky Butt">Nicky Butt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Neville" title="Phil Neville">Phil Neville</a>, had agreed a deal to purchase <a href="/wiki/Salford_City_F.C." title="Salford City F.C.">Salford City</a> ahead of the 2014–15 season.<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with plans to get the club to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League">Football League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group announced they would take part in a special friendly, with Salford facing a <a href="/wiki/The_Class_of_%2792" title="The Class of '92">Class of '92</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 22 September, the group agreed to sell a 50% stake in the club to billionaire <a href="/wiki/Peter_Lim" title="Peter Lim">Peter Lim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017, along with former United teammates including Gary Neville, Giggs proposed a university in Greater Manchester, named <a href="/wiki/University_Academy_92" title="University Academy 92">University Academy 92</a> which would offer "broader courses than traditional degrees" and attract students who "otherwise might not go on to higher education".<sup id="cite_ref-guardian2017_216-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian2017-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (June 2021)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In November 2017, it was reported that Giggs had signed a consultancy deal with the Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents FC (PVF). The two-year deal would involve making two trips per year to <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gagging_order">Gagging order</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2011_British_privacy_injunctions_controversy" title="2011 British privacy injunctions controversy">2011 British privacy injunctions controversy</a></div> <p>In May 2011, it was reported in non-UK media sources that Giggs was the identity of <i>CTB</i> in <i><a href="/wiki/CTB_v_News_Group_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="CTB v News Group Newspapers">CTB v News Group Newspapers</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a footballer who had obtained an anonymised <a href="/wiki/Gag_order" title="Gag order">gagging order</a> in relation to an alleged extra-marital affair with model <a href="/wiki/Imogen_Thomas" title="Imogen Thomas">Imogen Thomas</a>. Giggs took legal action against the social networking site <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> after he was named by a user in a list of identities of individuals who had allegedly taken out so-called "<a href="/wiki/Super-injunctions_in_English_law" title="Super-injunctions in English law">super-injunctions</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A blogger for <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> magazine remarked that Giggs had "not heard of the <a href="/wiki/Streisand_effect" title="Streisand effect">Streisand effect</a>," observing that mentions of his name had increased significantly after the case against Twitter had been reported.<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 May 2011, the <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Herald" title="Sunday Herald">Sunday Herald</a></i>, a Scottish newspaper, published a thinly-disguised photograph of Giggs on its front page, with the word "CENSORED" covering his eyes.<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Sunday Herald</i> editor Richard Walker stated that the London <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court</a> ruling had no force in Scotland, unless copies of the paper were sold in England or Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_Herald_223-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_Herald-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 May, the gagging order set off a political controversy, with <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> commenting that the law should be reviewed to "catch up with how people consume media today".<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_law_224-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_law-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same day, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> MP <a href="/wiki/John_Hemming_(politician)" title="John Hemming (politician)">John Hemming</a> used <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_privilege" title="Parliamentary privilege">parliamentary privilege</a> to name Giggs as <i>CTB</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arrest_and_trial">Arrest and trial</h3></div> <p>On 3 November 2020, Giggs was arrested on suspicion of two counts of assault against his ex-girlfriend, Kate Greville, and her younger sister, Emma.<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He denied the charges against him.<sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2021, he was charged with assault causing actual bodily harm to Kate Greville and common assault against Emma Greville, as well as <a href="/wiki/Abusive_power_and_control#Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Abusive power and control">coercive and controlling behaviour</a> against Kate.<sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 April, he appeared in court, where he denied the charges.<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His trial began on 8 August 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The jury of seven women and four men was discharged on 31 August, having been unable to reach a verdict on any of the charges.<sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-232"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 July 2023, two weeks before he was due to face a retrial, Giggs was cleared as the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Prosecution_Service" title="Crown Prosecution Service">Crown Prosecution Service</a> withdrew charges. The prosecutor said that Kate Greville was unwilling to give evidence in the retrial.<sup id="cite_ref-233" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club">Club</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Club appearances and goals by season by competition<sup id="cite_ref-clubstats_234-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clubstats-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Club </th> <th rowspan="2">Season </th> <th colspan="3">League </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">League Cup</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Europe </th> <th colspan="2">Other<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th>Division</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="24"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1990–91 Manchester United F.C. season">1990–91</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season">1991–92</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>38</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>51</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1992–93 Manchester United F.C. season">1992–93</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> </td> <td>41</td> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">–</td> <td>46</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1993–94 Manchester United F.C. season">1993–94</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>38</td> <td>13</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>58</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1994–95 Manchester United F.C. season">1994–95</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>29</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>40</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1995–96 Manchester United F.C. season">1995–96</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>33</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">–</td> <td>44</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1996–97 Manchester United F.C. season">1996–97</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>26</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>37</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1997–98 Manchester United F.C. season">1997–98</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>29</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>37</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1998–99 Manchester United F.C. season">1998–99</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>24</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>41</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Manchester United F.C. season">1999–2000</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>30</td> <td>6</td> <td colspan="2">–</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>44</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2000–01 Manchester United F.C. season">2000–01</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>31</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>45</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2001–02 Manchester United F.C. season">2001–02</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>25</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>40</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Manchester United F.C. season">2002–03</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>36</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>15</td> <td>4</td> <td colspan="2">–</td> <td>59</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Manchester United F.C. season">2003–04</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>33</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>47</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2004–05 Manchester United F.C. season">2004–05</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>32</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>44</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2005–06 Manchester United F.C. season">2005–06</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>27</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2">–</td> <td>37</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2006–07 Manchester United F.C. season">2006–07</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>30</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td colspan="2">–</td> <td>44</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2007–08 Manchester United F.C. season">2007–08</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>31</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>43</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Manchester United F.C. season">2008–09</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>28</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>47</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2009–10 Manchester United F.C. season">2009–10</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>25</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>32</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2010–11 Manchester United F.C. season">2010–11</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>25</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>38</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2011–12 Manchester United F.C. season">2011–12</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>25</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>33</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Manchester United F.C. season">2012–13</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>22</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">–</td> <td>32</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2013–14 Manchester United F.C. season">2013–14</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>22</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Total </th> <th>672</th> <th>114</th> <th>74</th> <th>12</th> <th>41</th> <th>12</th> <th>157</th> <th>29</th> <th>19</th> <th>1</th> <th>963</th> <th>168 </th></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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team and year<sup id="cite_ref-rginternationalcareer_145-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rginternationalcareer-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NFT_236-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFT-236"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>National team</th> <th>Year</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="17"><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>1991</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993</td> <td>6</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td>3</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td>3</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td>3</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>4</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>5</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td>5</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td>7</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td>6</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td>5</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td>4</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th>64</th> <th>12 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_men%27s_Olympic_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Britain men's Olympic football team">Great Britain Olympic team</a> </td> <td>2012</td> <td>4</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th>4</th> <th>1 </th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><i>Scores and results list Wales' and Great Britain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Giggs goal.</i></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>List of international goals scored by Ryan Giggs<sup id="cite_ref-NFT_236-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFT-236"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Opponent </th> <th scope="col">Score </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col">Competition </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Wales goals </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>31 March 1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="National Stadium">National Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, Cardiff, Wales </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a></span> </td> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td align="center">2–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">1994 FIFA World Cup qualification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td>8 September 1993 </td> <td>National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_national_football_team" title="Czechoslovakia national football team">RCS</a></span> </td> <td align="center">1–1 </td> <td align="center">2–2 </td> <td>1994 FIFA World Cup qualification </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>7 September 1994 </td> <td>National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg/21px-Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg/42px-Flag_of_Albania_%281992%E2%80%932002%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Albania_national_football_team" title="Albania national football team">Albania</a></span> </td> <td align="center">2–0 </td> <td align="center">2–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1996_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying">UEFA Euro 1996 qualification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>2 June 1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Marino_Stadium" title="San Marino Stadium">San Marino Stadium</a>, Serravalle, San Marino </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/31px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/San_Marino_national_football_team" title="San Marino national football team">San Marino</a></span> </td> <td align="center">4–0 </td> <td align="center">5–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>11 October 1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_Baudouin_Stadium" title="King Baudouin Stadium">King Baudouin Stadium</a>, Brussels, Belgium </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a></span> </td> <td align="center">2–3 </td> <td align="center">2–3 </td> <td>1998 FIFA World Cup qualification </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td>4 September 1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Stadium_(Minsk)" title="Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)">Dinamo Stadium</a>, Minsk, Belarus </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belarus_national_football_team" title="Belarus national football team">Belarus</a></span> </td> <td align="center">2–1 </td> <td align="center">2–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2000_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2000 qualification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td>29 March 2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Millennium_Stadium" title="Millennium Stadium">Millennium Stadium</a>, Cardiff, Wales </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland_national_football_team" title="Finland national football team">Finland</a></span> </td> <td align="center">1–2 </td> <td align="center">1–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">Friendly</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <td>29 March 2003 </td> <td>Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national football team">Azerbaijan</a></span> </td> <td align="center">4–0 </td> <td align="center">4–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2004 qualification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>8 October 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Park" title="Windsor Park">Windsor Park</a>, Belfast, Northern Ireland </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a></span> </td> <td align="center">3–2 </td> <td align="center">3–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">2006 FIFA World Cup qualification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <td rowspan="2">12 October 2005 </td> <td rowspan="2">Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national football team">Azerbaijan</a></span> </td> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">2–0 </td> <td rowspan="2">2006 FIFA World Cup qualification </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <td align="center">2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <td>28 March 2007 </td> <td>Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/31px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/San_Marino_national_football_team" title="San Marino national football team">San Marino</a></span> </td> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td align="center">3–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2008 qualification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Great Britain Olympic team goals </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>29 July 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a>, London, United Kingdom </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates national football team">United Arab Emirates</a></span> </td> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td align="center">3–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2012 Summer Olympics</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Managerial_record">Managerial record</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>As of match played 30 March 2021</i></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Team </th> <th rowspan="2">From </th> <th rowspan="2">To </th> <th colspan="6">Record </th></tr> <tr> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games managed">G</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games won">W</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games drawn">D</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games lost">L</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Winning percentage">Win %</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Ref.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> (interim) </td> <td align="left">22 April 2014<sup id="cite_ref-Temporary_112-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Temporary-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="left">11 May 2014 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠">4</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠">2</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001500000000000000♠">50.00</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-soccerbase_237-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccerbase-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td align="left">15 January 2018<sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="left">3 November 2020<sup id="cite_ref-239" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001250000000000000♠">25</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001120000000000000♠">12</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001480000000000000♠">48.00</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-soccerbase_237-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccerbase-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (June 2022)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Total </th> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001290000000000000♠">29</span> </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001140000000000000♠">14</span> </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠">6</span> </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000900000000000000♠">9</span> </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001482800000000000♠">48.28</span> </td> <th> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2></div> <p><b>Manchester United</b><sup id="cite_ref-240" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> (13): <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_FA_Premier_League" title="1992–93 FA Premier League">1992–93</a>, <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_FA_Premier_League" title="1993–94 FA Premier League">1993–94</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_FA_Premier_League" title="1995–96 FA Premier League">1995–96</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_FA_Premier_League" title="1996–97 FA Premier League">1996–97</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_FA_Premier_League" title="1998–99 FA Premier League">1998–99</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_FA_Premier_League" title="1999–2000 FA Premier League">1999–2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_FA_Premier_League" title="2000–01 FA Premier League">2000–01</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_FA_Premier_League" title="2002–03 FA Premier League">2002–03</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_FA_Premier_League" title="2006–07 FA Premier League">2006–07</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Premier League">2007–08</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Premier League">2008–09</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Premier League">2010–11</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Premier League">2012–13</a><sup id="cite_ref-PL_241-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PL-241"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> (4): <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_FA_Cup" title="1993–94 FA Cup">1993–94</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_FA_Cup" title="1995–96 FA Cup">1995–96</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_FA_Cup" title="1998–99 FA Cup">1998–99</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_FA_Cup" title="2003–04 FA Cup">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">Football League Cup</a> (4): <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Football_League_Cup" title="1991–92 Football League Cup">1991–92</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Football_League_Cup" title="2005–06 Football League Cup">2005–06</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Cup" title="2008–09 Football League Cup">2008–09</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_League_Cup" title="2009–10 Football League Cup">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FA_Community_Shield" title="FA Community Shield">FA Community Shield</a> (9): <a href="/wiki/1993_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1993 FA Charity Shield">1993</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1994 FA Charity Shield">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1996 FA Charity Shield">1996</a>, <a href="/wiki/1997_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1997 FA Charity Shield">1997</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003_FA_Community_Shield" title="2003 FA Community Shield">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_FA_Community_Shield" title="2007 FA Community Shield">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_FA_Community_Shield" title="2008 FA Community Shield">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_FA_Community_Shield" title="2010 FA Community Shield">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_FA_Community_Shield" title="2013 FA Community Shield">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> (2): <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_UEFA_Champions_League" title="1998–99 UEFA Champions League">1998–99</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2007–08 UEFA Champions League">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Super_Cup" title="UEFA Super Cup">UEFA Super Cup</a> (1): <a href="/wiki/1991_European_Super_Cup" title="1991 European Super Cup">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_Cup_(football)" title="Intercontinental Cup (football)">Intercontinental Cup</a> (1): <a href="/wiki/1999_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1999 Intercontinental Cup">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Club World Cup">FIFA Club World Cup</a> (1): <a href="/wiki/2008_FIFA_Club_World_Cup" title="2008 FIFA Club World Cup">2008</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Giggs_PL_trophy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Giggs_PL_trophy.jpg/220px-Giggs_PL_trophy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Giggs_PL_trophy.jpg/330px-Giggs_PL_trophy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Giggs_PL_trophy.jpg/440px-Giggs_PL_trophy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1332" data-file-height="1449" /></a><figcaption>Ryan Giggs with the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> trophy in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Individual</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bravo_Award" title="Bravo Award">Bravo Award</a>: 1993</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PFA_Young_Player_of_the_Year" title="PFA Young Player of the Year">PFA Young Player of the Year</a>: 1991–92, 1992–93</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PFA_Players%27_Player_of_the_Year" title="PFA Players' Player of the Year">PFA Players' Player of the Year</a>: 2008–09</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year" title="PFA Team of the Year">PFA Team of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(1990s)#FA_Premier_League" title="PFA Team of the Year (1990s)">1992–93 Premier League</a>, <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(1990s)#FA_Premier_League_6" title="PFA Team of the Year (1990s)">1997–98 Premier League</a>, <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2000s)#FA_Premier_League_2" title="PFA Team of the Year (2000s)">2000–01 Premier League</a>, <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2000s)#FA_Premier_League_3" title="PFA Team of the Year (2000s)">2001–02 Premier League</a>, <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2000s)#FA_Premier_League_8" title="PFA Team of the Year (2000s)">2006–07 Premier League</a>, <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2000s)#Premier_League_2" title="PFA Team of the Year (2000s)">2008–09 Premier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Footballers%27_Association" title="Professional Footballers' Association">PFA</a> Team of the Century: 1997–2007<sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PFA_Merit_Award" title="PFA Merit Award">PFA Merit Award</a>: 2016</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year" title="BBC Sports Personality of the Year">BBC Sports Personality of the Year</a>: 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Wales_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year">BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year</a>: 1996, 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Goal_of_the_Season" title="BBC Goal of the Season">BBC Goal of the Season</a>: 1998–99</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Footballer_of_the_Year" title="Welsh Footballer of the Year">Welsh Footballer of the Year</a>: 1996, 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ Sportsman of the Year</a>: 2010<sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Matt_Busby_Player_of_the_Year" title="Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year">Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1997–98 Manchester United F.C. season">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Murphy_Young_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year">Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1990–91 Manchester United F.C. season">1990–91</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-jimmurph_244-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jimmurph-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season">1991–92</a><sup id="cite_ref-jimmurph_244-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jimmurph-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Matt_Busby_Player_of_the_Year#Players'_Player_of_the_Year" title="Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year">Manchester United Players' Player of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2005–06 Manchester United F.C. season">2005–06</a><sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_10_Seasons_Awards" title="Premier League 10 Seasons Awards">Premier League 10 Seasons Awards</a> (1992–93 to 2001–02): <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_10_Seasons_Awards#Teams_of_the_Decade" title="Premier League 10 Seasons Awards">Overall Team of the Decade</a><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph15Apr03Elite_246-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph15Apr03Elite-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02): <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_10_Seasons_Awards#Teams_of_the_Decade" title="Premier League 10 Seasons Awards">Domestic Team of the Decade</a><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph15Apr03Elite_246-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph15Apr03Elite-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Premier League 20 Seasons Awards</a> (1992–93 to 2011–12): <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards#Awards" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Best Player</a><sup id="cite_ref-:3_247-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12): <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards#Fantasy_Teams_of_the_20_Seasons" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons</a> public and panel choice<sup id="cite_ref-:3_247-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12): <a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_500_or_more_Premier_League_appearances" title="List of footballers with 500 or more Premier League appearances">Most Player Appearances</a> (596)<sup id="cite_ref-:3_247-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Player_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Player of the Month">Premier League Player of the Month</a>: <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_FA_Premier_League#Monthly_awards" title="2006–07 FA Premier League">August 2006</a>, February 2007<sup id="cite_ref-PL_241-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PL-241"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>UEFA Champions League 10 Seasons Dream Team (1992 to 2002): 2002</li> <li>UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2006–07<sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="English Football Hall of Fame">English Football Hall of Fame Inductee</a>: <a href="/wiki/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame#2005_Inductees" title="English Football Hall of Fame">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_Cup_(football)#Man_of_the_Match" title="Intercontinental Cup (football)">Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player of the Match Award</a>: 1999<sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Foot" title="Golden Foot">Golden Foot</a>: 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Globe_Soccer_Awards" title="Globe Soccer Awards">Globe Soccer Awards</a> Player Career Award: 2019<sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Club_Award" title="One Club Award">One Club Award</a>: 2020<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FWA_Tribute_Award" title="FWA Tribute Award">FWA Tribute Award</a>: 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFFHS" title="IFFHS">IFFHS</a> Legends<sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Records</b> </p> <ul><li>Has won a record 13 top division English league titles as a player, and only Manchester United player to have winner's medals from all 13 Premier League title wins.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_500_or_more_Premier_League_appearances" title="List of footballers with 500 or more Premier League appearances">Most Premier League appearances</a> for a player, with 632<sup id="cite_ref-Stats_254-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stats-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (since surpassed by <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Barry" title="Gareth Barry">Gareth Barry</a>).</li> <li>Most Premier League assists for a player, with 162.<sup id="cite_ref-Stats_254-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stats-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_records_and_statistics#Most_assists" title="European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics">Most UEFA Champions League assists</a> for a player, with 41.<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Only player to have played in 22 successive Premier League seasons.</li> <li>Only player to have scored in 21 successive Premier League seasons.</li> <li>First player to have scored in 17 different Champions League tournaments (includes 11 consecutive tournaments, <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_UEFA_Champions_League" title="1996–97 UEFA Champions League">1996–97</a> to <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2006–07 UEFA Champions League">2006–07</a>; <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Lionel Messi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karim_Benzema" title="Karim Benzema">Karim Benzema</a> have a better record with 18)</li> <li>Most goals by a British player in the Champions League/European Cup proper history, and 14th overall (not including preliminary rounds).<sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Manchester_United_F.C._records_and_statistics#Appearances" title="List of Manchester United F.C. records and statistics">Most appearances</a> by a Manchester United player.</li> <li>Most starts by a Manchester United player, started in 794 games.</li> <li>First player to score 100 Premier League goals for Manchester United.</li> <li>Second midfielder to have scored 100 goals in the Premier League for a single club (first being <a href="/wiki/Matt_Le_Tissier" title="Matt Le Tissier">Matt Le Tissier</a>).</li> <li>One of four Manchester United players to win two Champions League titles (others are <a href="/wiki/Paul_Scholes" title="Paul Scholes">Paul Scholes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Neville" title="Gary Neville">Gary Neville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wes_Brown" title="Wes Brown">Wes Brown</a>). The only player to play in two winning finals.</li> <li>Oldest (37 years, 289 days) player to score in the Champions League, when he scored against <a href="/wiki/S.L._Benfica" title="S.L. Benfica">Benfica</a> on <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_UEFA_Champions_League_group_stage#Benfica_v_Manchester_United" title="2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage">14 September 2011</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unitedschalke_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unitedschalke-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>One of two Manchester United players to win at least 10 top division medals (the other one is <a href="/wiki/Paul_Scholes" title="Paul Scholes">Paul Scholes</a>.)</li> <li>Oldest (38 years, 243 days) player to score in the Football competition at the Summer Olympics, when he scored against <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_under-23_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team">United Arab Emirates</a> on <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament_%E2%80%93_Group_A#Great_Britain_vs_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group A">29 July 2012</a>.</li></ul> <p><b>State and civic honours</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">OBE</a> for services to football: 2007<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_obe_257-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_obe-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Honorary <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Salford" title="University of Salford">University of Salford</a> for contributions to football and charity work in developing countries: 2008<sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the City of Salford</a>: 7 January 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Freedom_259-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freedom-259"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the 22nd person to receive the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the City of Salford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Freedom_259-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freedom-259"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_100_or_more_UEFA_Champions_League_appearances" title="List of footballers with 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances">List of footballers with 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_footballers_with_the_most_official_appearances" class="mw-redirect" title="List of men's footballers with the most official appearances">List of men's footballers with the most official appearances</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-playing-style-180"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-playing-style_180-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See<sup id="cite_ref-Giggs40_115-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giggs40-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MostImportant_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MostImportant-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span 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Retrieved on 15 July 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Freedom-259"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Freedom_259-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freedom_259-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8446775.stm">"Giggs awarded freedom of Salford"</a>. BBC News. 7 January 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 January</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Giggs+awarded+freedom+of+Salford&rft.date=2010-01-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fuk_news%2Fengland%2Fmanchester%2F8446775.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARyan+Giggs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>General sources</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGiggs2006" class="citation book cs1">Giggs, Ryan (2006). <i>Giggs: The Autobiography</i>. 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Kanchelskis">Kanchelskis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Cantona</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">Beckham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Giggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Roy_Keane" title="Roy Keane">Keane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Roy_Keane" title="Roy Keane">Keane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Sheringham" title="Teddy Sheringham">Sheringham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Ruud_van_Nistelrooy" title="Ruud van Nistelrooy">Van Nistelrooy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Ruud_van_Nistelrooy" title="Ruud van Nistelrooy">Van Nistelrooy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano 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van Persie">Van Persie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/David_de_Gea" title="David de Gea">De Gea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/David_de_Gea" title="David de Gea">De Gea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/David_de_Gea" title="David de Gea">De Gea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Ander_Herrera" title="Ander Herrera">Herrera</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/David_de_Gea" title="David de Gea">De Gea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Shaw" title="Luke Shaw">Shaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Fernandes" title="Bruno Fernandes">Fernandes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Fernandes" title="Bruno Fernandes">Fernandes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">Ronaldo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Rashford" title="Marcus Rashford">Rashford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Fernandes" title="Bruno Fernandes">Fernandes</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="PFA_Players&#039;_Player_of_the_Year" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: white; color: navy; border:1px solid navy;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Year</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Norman_Hunter_(footballer)" title="Norman Hunter (footballer)">Hunter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Colin_Todd" title="Colin Todd">Todd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Jennings" title="Pat Jennings">Jennings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Gray_(footballer,_born_1955)" title="Andy Gray (footballer, born 1955)">Gray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Shilton" title="Peter Shilton">Shilton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Liam_Brady" title="Liam Brady">Brady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Terry_McDermott" title="Terry McDermott">McDermott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a 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class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Hughes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Pallister" title="Gary Pallister">Pallister</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Paul_McGrath_(footballer)" title="Paul McGrath (footballer)">McGrath</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Cantona</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Shearer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Les_Ferdinand" title="Les Ferdinand">Ferdinand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Shearer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bergkamp" title="Dennis Bergkamp">Bergkamp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/David_Ginola" title="David Ginola">Ginola</a></span></li> <li><span 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class="nowrap">2009: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Giggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Rooney" title="Wayne Rooney">Rooney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bale" title="Gareth Bale">Bale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Robin_van_Persie" title="Robin van Persie">Van Persie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bale" title="Gareth Bale">Bale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Luis_Su%C3%A1rez" title="Luis Suárez">Suárez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Eden_Hazard" title="Eden Hazard">Hazard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Riyad_Mahrez" title="Riyad Mahrez">Mahrez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/N%27Golo_Kant%C3%A9" title="N'Golo Kanté">Kanté</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Salah" title="Mohamed 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1955)">Gray</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Woodcock_(footballer)" title="Tony Woodcock (footballer)">Woodcock</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Cyrille_Regis" title="Cyrille Regis">Regis</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hoddle" title="Glenn Hoddle">Hoddle</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1961)" title="Gary Shaw (footballer, born 1961)">Shaw</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Moran" title="Steve Moran">Moran</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Rush" title="Ian Rush">Rush</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Walsh" title="Paul Walsh">Walsh</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Hughes</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cottee" title="Tony 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<a href="/wiki/Harry_Kane" title="Harry Kane">Kane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Dele_Alli" title="Dele Alli">Alli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Dele_Alli" title="Dele Alli">Alli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_San%C3%A9" title="Leroy Sané">Sané</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Raheem_Sterling" title="Raheem Sterling">Sterling</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Trent_Alexander-Arnold" title="Trent Alexander-Arnold">Alexander-Arnold</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Foden" title="Phil Foden">Foden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Foden" title="Phil Foden">Foden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Bukayo_Saka" title="Bukayo Saka">Saka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Cole_Palmer" title="Cole 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href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Hughes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Giggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/John_Hartson" title="John Hartson">Hartson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Jones_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Paul Jones (footballer, born 1967)">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/John_Robinson_(footballer,_born_1971)" title="John Robinson (footballer, born 1971)">Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/John_Hartson" title="John Hartson">Hartson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Simon_Davies_(footballer,_born_1979)" title="Simon Davies (footballer, born 1979)">Davies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/John_Hartson" title="John Hartson">Hartson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Earnshaw" title="Robert Earnshaw">Earnshaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Gabbidon" title="Danny Gabbidon">Gabbidon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Giggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Bellamy" title="Craig Bellamy">Bellamy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Simon_Davies_(footballer,_born_1979)" title="Simon Davies (footballer, born 1979)">Davies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Williams_(footballer)" title="Ashley Williams (footballer)">Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bale" title="Gareth Bale">Bale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bale" title="Gareth Bale">Bale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Allen" title="Joe Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bale" title="Gareth Bale">Bale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bale" title="Gareth Bale">Bale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bale" title="Gareth Bale">Bale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bale" title="Gareth Bale">Bale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Gunter" title="Chris Gunter">Gunter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/David_Brooks_(footballer)" title="David Brooks (footballer)">Brooks</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year_Award" style="width:{{{width}}};;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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title="Ian Black (swimmer)">Ian Black</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/John_Surtees" title="John Surtees">John Surtees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/David_Broome" title="David Broome">David Broome</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Moss" title="Stirling Moss">Stirling Moss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Anita_Lonsbrough" title="Anita Lonsbrough">Anita Lonsbrough</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Hyman" title="Dorothy Hyman">Dorothy Hyman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Mary_Rand" title="Mary Rand">Mary Rand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Simpson" title="Tom Simpson">Tom Simpson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Moore" title="Bobby Moore">Bobby Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cooper" title="Henry Cooper">Henry Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/David_Hemery" title="David Hemery">David Hemery</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Ann_Jones_(tennis)" title="Ann Jones (tennis)">Ann Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cooper" title="Henry Cooper">Henry Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal" title="Anne, Princess Royal">HRH The Princess Anne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Mary_Peters_(athlete)" title="Mary Peters (athlete)">Mary Peters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Stewart" title="Jackie Stewart">Jackie Stewart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Foster" title="Brendan Foster">Brendan Foster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/David_Steele_(cricketer)" title="David Steele (cricketer)">David Steele</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/John_Curry" title="John Curry">John Curry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Wade" title="Virginia Wade">Virginia Wade</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Ovett" title="Steve Ovett">Steve Ovett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Coe" title="Sebastian Coe">Sebastian Coe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Cousins" title="Robin Cousins">Robin Cousins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Botham" title="Ian Botham">Ian Botham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Daley_Thompson" title="Daley Thompson">Daley Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cram" title="Steve Cram">Steve Cram</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Torvill_and_Dean" title="Torvill and Dean">Torvill and Dean</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jayne_Torvill" title="Jayne Torvill">Jayne Torvill</a> & <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Dean" title="Christopher Dean">Christopher Dean</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Barry_McGuigan" title="Barry McGuigan">Barry McGuigan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Mansell" title="Nigel Mansell">Nigel Mansell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Fatima_Whitbread" title="Fatima Whitbread">Fatima Whitbread</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Davis" title="Steve Davis">Steve Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Faldo" title="Nick Faldo">Nick Faldo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne" title="Paul Gascoigne">Paul Gascoigne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Liz_McColgan" title="Liz McColgan">Liz McColgan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Mansell" title="Nigel Mansell">Nigel Mansell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Linford_Christie" title="Linford Christie">Linford Christie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Damon_Hill" title="Damon Hill">Damon Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(triple_jumper)" title="Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper)">Jonathan Edwards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Damon_Hill" title="Damon Hill">Damon Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Rusedski" title="Greg Rusedski">Greg Rusedski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Owen" title="Michael Owen">Michael Owen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Lennox_Lewis" title="Lennox Lewis">Lennox Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Redgrave" title="Steve Redgrave">Steve Redgrave</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">David Beckham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Paula_Radcliffe" title="Paula Radcliffe">Paula Radcliffe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Jonny Wilkinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Holmes" title="Kelly Holmes">Kelly Holmes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Flintoff" title="Andrew Flintoff">Andrew Flintoff</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Zara_Tindall" title="Zara Tindall">Zara Phillips</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Calzaghe" title="Joe Calzaghe">Joe Calzaghe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hoy" title="Chris Hoy">Chris Hoy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ryan Giggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Tony_McCoy" title="Tony McCoy">Tony McCoy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Cavendish" title="Mark Cavendish">Mark Cavendish</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Wiggins" title="Bradley Wiggins">Bradley Wiggins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Murray" title="Andy Murray">Andy Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Murray" title="Andy Murray">Andy Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Murray" title="Andy Murray">Andy Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Mo_Farah" title="Mo Farah">Mo Farah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Geraint_Thomas" title="Geraint Thomas">Geraint Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Stokes" title="Ben Stokes">Ben Stokes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Emma_Raducanu" title="Emma Raducanu">Emma Raducanu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Beth_Mead" title="Beth Mead">Beth Mead</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Mary_Earps" title="Mary Earps">Mary Earps</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="BBC_Cymru_Wales_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year" style="width:{{{width}}};;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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Erskine (Welsh boxer)">Joe Erskine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957 <a href="/wiki/Dai_Rees" title="Dai Rees">Dai Rees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958 <a href="/wiki/Howard_Winstone" title="Howard Winstone">Howard Winstone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959 <a href="/wiki/Graham_Moore_(footballer)" title="Graham Moore (footballer)">Graham Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960 <a href="/wiki/Brian_Curvis" title="Brian Curvis">Brian Curvis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961 <a href="/wiki/Bryn_Meredith" title="Bryn Meredith">Bryn Meredith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962 <a href="/wiki/Ivor_Allchurch" title="Ivor Allchurch">Ivor Allchurch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963 <a href="/wiki/Howard_Winstone" title="Howard Winstone">Howard Winstone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964 <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Davies" title="Lynn Davies">Lynn Davies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965 <a href="/wiki/Clive_Rowlands" title="Clive Rowlands">Clive Rowlands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966 <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Davies" title="Lynn Davies">Lynn Davies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967 <a href="/wiki/Howard_Winstone" title="Howard Winstone">Howard Winstone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968 <a href="/wiki/Martyn_Woodroffe" title="Martyn Woodroffe">Martyn Woodroffe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lewis" title="Tony Lewis">Tony Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970 <a href="/wiki/David_Broome" title="David Broome">David Broome</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971 <a href="/wiki/John_Dawes" title="John Dawes">John Dawes</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales national rugby union team</a> & the Welsh <a href="/wiki/British_%26_Irish_Lions" title="British & Irish Lions">Lions</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972 <a href="/wiki/Richard_Meade" title="Richard Meade">Richard Meade</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973 <a href="/wiki/Berwyn_Price" title="Berwyn Price">Berwyn Price</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974 <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Edwards" title="Gareth Edwards">Gareth Edwards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975 <a href="/wiki/Arfon_Griffiths" title="Arfon Griffiths">Arfon Griffiths</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976 <a href="/wiki/Mervyn_Davies_(rugby_union)" title="Mervyn Davies (rugby union)">Mervyn Davies</a> & the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales national rugby union team</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977 <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bennett" title="Phil Bennett">Phil Bennett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978 <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Owen" title="Johnny Owen">Johnny Owen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979 <a href="/wiki/Terry_Griffiths" title="Terry Griffiths">Terry Griffiths</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980 <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Evans" title="Duncan Evans">Duncan Evans</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981 <a href="/wiki/John_Toshack" title="John Toshack">John Toshack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982 <a href="/wiki/Steve_Barry" title="Steve Barry">Steve Barry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983 <a href="/wiki/Colin_Jones_(boxer)" title="Colin Jones (boxer)">Colin Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984 <a href="/wiki/Ian_Rush" title="Ian Rush">Ian Rush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985 <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jones_(runner)" title="Steve Jones (runner)">Steve Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986 <a href="/wiki/Kirsty_Wade" title="Kirsty Wade">Kirsty Wade</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987 <a href="/wiki/Ian_Woosnam" title="Ian Woosnam">Ian Woosnam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988 <a href="/wiki/Colin_Jackson" title="Colin Jackson">Colin Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989 <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Dodd" title="Stephen Dodd">Stephen Dodd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990 <a href="/wiki/Ian_Woosnam" title="Ian Woosnam">Ian Woosnam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991 <a href="/wiki/Ian_Woosnam" title="Ian Woosnam">Ian Woosnam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992 <a href="/wiki/Tanni_Grey-Thompson" title="Tanni Grey-Thompson">Tanni Grey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993 <a href="/wiki/Colin_Jackson" title="Colin Jackson">Colin Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994 <a href="/wiki/Steve_Robinson_(boxer)" title="Steve Robinson (boxer)">Steve Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995 <a href="/wiki/Neville_Southall" title="Neville Southall">Neville Southall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ryan Giggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997 <a href="/wiki/Scott_Gibbs" title="Scott Gibbs">Scott Gibbs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998 <a href="/wiki/Iwan_Thomas" title="Iwan Thomas">Iwan Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999 <a href="/wiki/Colin_Jackson" title="Colin Jackson">Colin Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000 <a href="/wiki/Tanni_Grey-Thompson" title="Tanni Grey-Thompson">Tanni Grey-Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001 <a href="/wiki/Joe_Calzaghe" title="Joe Calzaghe">Joe Calzaghe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002 <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Mark Hughes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003 <a href="/wiki/Nicole_Cooke" title="Nicole Cooke">Nicole Cooke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004 <a href="/wiki/Tanni_Grey-Thompson" title="Tanni Grey-Thompson">Tanni Grey-Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005 <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Thomas_(rugby,_born_1974)" title="Gareth Thomas (rugby, born 1974)">Gareth Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span 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Müller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/John_Wark" title="John Wark">Wark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1961)" title="Gary Shaw (footballer, born 1961)">Shaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Massimo_Bonini" title="Massimo Bonini">Bonini</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Ubaldo_Righetti" title="Ubaldo Righetti">Righetti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Emilio_Butrague%C3%B1o" title="Emilio Butragueño">Butragueño</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Emilio_Butrague%C3%B1o" title="Emilio Butragueño">Butragueño</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Marco_van_Basten" title="Marco van Basten">van Basten</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Eli_Ohana" title="Eli Ohana">Ohana</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Maldini" title="Paolo Maldini">Maldini</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Baggio" title="Roberto Baggio">Baggio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Prosine%C4%8Dki" title="Robert Prosinečki">Prosinečki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Pep_Guardiola" title="Pep Guardiola">Guardiola</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Giggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Christian_Panucci" title="Christian Panucci">Panucci</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kluivert" title="Patrick Kluivert">Kluivert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Del Piero</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)" title="Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)">Ronaldo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)" title="Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)">Ronaldo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Gianluigi_Buffon" title="Gianluigi Buffon">Buffon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Iker_Casillas" title="Iker Casillas">Casillas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Owen_Hargreaves" title="Owen Hargreaves">Hargreaves</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Christoph_Metzelder" title="Christoph Metzelder">Metzelder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Rooney" title="Wayne Rooney">Rooney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">C. Ronaldo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Arjen_Robben" title="Arjen Robben">Robben</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Cesc_F%C3%A0bregas" title="Cesc Fàbregas">Fàbregas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Messi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Karim_Benzema" title="Karim Benzema">Benzema</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Busquets" title="Sergio Busquets">Busquets</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_M%C3%BCller" title="Thomas Müller">T. Müller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Eden_Hazard" title="Eden Hazard">Hazard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Marco_Verratti" title="Marco Verratti">Verratti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Isco" title="Isco">Isco</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pogba" title="Paul Pogba">Pogba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Berardi" title="Domenico Berardi">Berardi</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Golden_Foot" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: gold;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Golden_Foot_winners" title="Template:Golden Foot winners"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Golden_Foot_winners" title="Template talk:Golden Foot winners"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Golden_Foot_winners" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Golden Foot winners"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Golden_Foot" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Golden_Foot" title="Golden Foot">Golden Foot</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Baggio" title="Roberto Baggio">Baggio</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Nedv%C4%9Bd" title="Pavel Nedvěd">Nedvěd</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Andriy_Shevchenko" title="Andriy Shevchenko">Shevchenko</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)" title="Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)">Ronaldo</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Del Piero</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Carlos" title="Roberto Carlos">Roberto Carlos</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Ronaldinho" title="Ronaldinho">Ronaldinho</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Totti" title="Francesco Totti">Totti</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Giggs</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Zlatan_Ibrahimovi%C4%87" title="Zlatan Ibrahimović">Ibrahimović</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Didier_Drogba" title="Didier Drogba">Drogba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Iniesta" title="Andrés Iniesta">Iniesta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Eto%27o" title="Samuel Eto'o">Eto'o</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Gianluigi_Buffon" title="Gianluigi Buffon">Buffon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Iker_Casillas" title="Iker Casillas">Casillas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Edinson_Cavani" title="Edinson Cavani">Cavani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Luka_Modri%C4%87" title="Luka Modrić">Modrić</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">C. Ronaldo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Salah" title="Mohamed Salah">Salah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lewandowski" title="Robert Lewandowski">Lewandowski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <i>not awarded</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Lautaro_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Lautaro Martínez">Martínez</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Intercontinental_Cup_Man_of_the_Match" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" 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(footballer, born 1953)">Jair</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1983_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1983 Intercontinental Cup">1983</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Renato_Ga%C3%BAcho" title="Renato Gaúcho">Renato</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1984 Intercontinental Cup">1984</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Percudani" title="José Percudani">Percudani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1985_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1985 Intercontinental Cup">1985</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Michel_Platini" title="Michel Platini">Platini</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1986_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1986 Intercontinental Cup">1986</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Alzamendi" title="Antonio Alzamendi">Alzamendi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1987_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1987 Intercontinental Cup">1987</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Rabah_Madjer" title="Rabah Madjer">Madjer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1988 Intercontinental Cup">1988</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Santiago_Ostolaza" title="Santiago Ostolaza">Ostolaza</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1989_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1989 Intercontinental Cup">1989</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Alberico_Evani" title="Alberico Evani">Evani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1990_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1990 Intercontinental Cup">1990</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Rijkaard" title="Frank Rijkaard">Rijkaard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1991_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1991 Intercontinental Cup">1991</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Jugovi%C4%87" title="Vladimir Jugović">Jugović</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1992 Intercontinental Cup">1992</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%AD_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Raí (footballer)">Raí</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1993_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1993 Intercontinental Cup">1993</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Toninho_Cerezo" title="Toninho Cerezo">Cerezo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1994_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1994 Intercontinental Cup">1994</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Omar_Asad" title="Omar Asad">Asad</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1995_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1995 Intercontinental Cup">1995</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Blind" title="Danny Blind">Blind</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1996 Intercontinental Cup">1996</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Del Piero</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1997_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1997 Intercontinental Cup">1997</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Andreas_M%C3%B6ller" title="Andreas Möller">Möller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1998_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1998 Intercontinental Cup">1998</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_(footballer)" title="Raúl (footballer)">Raúl</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1999_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1999 Intercontinental Cup">1999</a></b>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Giggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_Intercontinental_Cup" title="2000 Intercontinental Cup">2000</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Palermo" title="Martín Palermo">Palermo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2001_Intercontinental_Cup" title="2001 Intercontinental Cup">2001</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Kuffour" title="Samuel Kuffour">Kuffour</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2002_Intercontinental_Cup" title="2002 Intercontinental Cup">2002</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)" title="Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)">Ronaldo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2003_Intercontinental_Cup" title="2003 Intercontinental Cup">2003</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Mat%C3%ADas_Donnet" title="Matías Donnet">Donnet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_Intercontinental_Cup" title="2004 Intercontinental Cup">2004</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Maniche" title="Maniche">Maniche</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Match_of_the_Day&#039;s_Goal_of_the_Season_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" 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Wallace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984–85: <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Sharp" title="Graeme Sharp">Sharp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985–86: <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Robson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986–87: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Houchen" title="Keith Houchen">Houchen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987–88: <a href="/wiki/John_Aldridge" title="John Aldridge">Aldridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988–89: <a href="/wiki/John_Aldridge" title="John Aldridge">Aldridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989–90: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Wright" title="Ian Wright">Wright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990–91: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne" title="Paul Gascoigne">Gascoigne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991–92: <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Thomas_(footballer)" title="Mickey Thomas (footballer)">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992–93: <a href="/wiki/Dalian_Atkinson" title="Dalian Atkinson">Atkinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993–94: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Wallace" title="Rod Wallace">R. Wallace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994–95: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Le_Tissier" title="Matt Le Tissier">Le Tissier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995–96: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Yeboah" title="Tony Yeboah">Yeboah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996–97: <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Sinclair" title="Trevor Sinclair">Sinclair</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997–98: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bergkamp" title="Dennis Bergkamp">Bergkamp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998–99: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Giggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999–2000: <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Di_Canio" title="Paolo Di Canio">Di Canio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000–01: <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Bartlett" title="Shaun Bartlett">Bartlett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001–02: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bergkamp" title="Dennis Bergkamp">Bergkamp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002–03: <a href="/wiki/Thierry_Henry" title="Thierry 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title="Alan Ball Jr.">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Banks" title="Gordon Banks">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barnes" title="John Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bassett" title="Billy Bassett">Bassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Bastin" title="Cliff Bastin">Bastin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Bell_(footballer,_born_1946)" title="Colin Bell (footballer, born 1946)">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bergkamp" title="Dennis Bergkamp">Bergkamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Best" title="George Best">Best</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Blanchflower" title="Danny Blanchflower">Blanchflower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bloomer" title="Steve Bloomer">Bloomer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Brady" title="Liam Brady">Brady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bremner" title="Billy Bremner">Bremner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Buchan" title="Charlie Buchan">Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Camsell" title="George 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Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Hunter_(footballer)" title="Norman Hunter (footballer)">N. Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Hurst" title="Geoff Hurst">Hurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Jack" title="David Jack">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_James_(footballer)" title="Alex James (footballer)">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Jennings" title="Pat Jennings">Jennings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Jones_(Welsh_footballer)" title="Cliff Jones (Welsh footballer)">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Keegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Law" title="Denis Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lawton" title="Tommy Lawton">Lawton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Liddell" title="Billy Liddell">Liddell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Lineker" title="Gary Lineker">Lineker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Lofthouse" title="Nat Lofthouse">Lofthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Macdonald" title="Malcolm Macdonald">Macdonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Mackay" title="Dave Mackay">Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilf_Mannion" title="Wilf Mannion">Mannion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_McCracken" title="Bill McCracken">McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McGrath_(footballer)" title="Paul McGrath (footballer)">McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McIlroy" title="Jimmy McIlroy">McIlroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McLintock" title="Frank McLintock">McLintock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mercer" title="Joe Mercer">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Meredith" title="Billy Meredith">Meredith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Milburn" title="Jackie Milburn">Milburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Moore" title="Bobby Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Mortensen" title="Stan Mortensen">Mortensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Mullery" title="Alan Mullery">Mullery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Paine" title="Terry Paine">Paine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Peters" title="Martin Peters">Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_Ramsey" title="Alf Ramsey">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Robson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rowley" title="Arthur Rowley">Rowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Rush" title="Ian Rush">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Schmeichel" title="Peter Schmeichel">Schmeichel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisha_Scott" title="Elisha Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Shackleton" title="Len Shackleton">Shackleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Shearer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Shilton" title="Peter Shilton">Shilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Smith_(footballer,_born_1945)" title="Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1945)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Souness" title="Graeme Souness">Souness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Southall" title="Neville Southall">Southall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clem_Stephenson" title="Clem Stephenson">Stephenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobby_Stiles" title="Nobby Stiles">Stiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Swift" title="Frank Swift">Swift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Taylor" title="Tommy Taylor">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Trautmann" title="Bert Trautmann">Trautmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wright_(footballer,_born_1924)" title="Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924)">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivian_Woodward" title="Vivian Woodward">Woodward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Young_(footballer,_born_1937)" title="Alex Young (footballer, born 1937)">Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="English_Football_Hall_of_Fame" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; 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background:white; color:#CE1124; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B0B3F, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B0B3F;;width:1%">Players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:white; color:#CE1124; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B0B3F, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B0B3F;;width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Adams" title="Tony Adams">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Allchurch" title="Ivor Allchurch">Allchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viv_Anderson" title="Viv Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osvaldo_Ardiles" title="Osvaldo Ardiles">Ardiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Armfield" title="Jimmy Armfield">Armfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_Jr." title="Alan Ball Jr.">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Banks" title="Gordon Banks">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barnes" title="John Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Bastin" title="Cliff Bastin">Bastin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendon_Batson" title="Brendon Batson">Batson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Beardsley" title="Peter Beardsley">Beardsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Bell_(footballer,_born_1946)" title="Colin Bell (footballer, born 1946)">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bergkamp" title="Dennis Bergkamp">Bergkamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">Beckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Best" title="George Best">Best</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Blanchflower" title="Danny Blanchflower">Blanchflower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bloomer" title="Steve Bloomer">Bloomer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bonds" title="Billy Bonds">Bonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Brady" title="Liam Brady">Brady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bremner" title="Billy Bremner">Bremner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Brooking" title="Trevor Brooking">Brooking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Buchan" title="Charlie Buchan">Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Butcher" title="Terry Butcher">Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Callaghan" title="Ian Callaghan">Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Cantona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raich_Carter" title="Raich Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Charles" title="John Charles">Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Charlton" title="Bobby Charlton">B. Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Charlton" title="Jack Charlton">J. Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Clemence" title="Ray Clemence">Clemence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cohen" title="George Cohen">Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Crompton" title="Bob Crompton">Crompton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dalglish" title="Kenny Dalglish">Dalglish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixie_Dean" title="Dixie Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Doherty_(footballer)" title="Peter Doherty (footballer)">Doherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Edwards" title="Duncan Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Fashanu" title="Justin Fashanu">Fashanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand">Ferdinand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Finney" title="Tom Finney">Finney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Francis" title="Trevor Francis">Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughie_Gallacher" title="Hughie Gallacher">Gallacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne" title="Paul Gascoigne">Gascoigne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Gerrard" title="Steven Gerrard">Gerrard</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Giggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Giles" title="Johnny Giles">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gray_(footballer,_born_1948)" title="Eddie Gray (footballer, born 1948)">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Greaves" title="Jimmy Greaves">Greaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Hansen" title="Alan Hansen">Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Haynes" title="Johnny Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thierry_Henry" title="Thierry Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hoddle" title="Glenn Hoddle">Hoddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emlyn_Hughes" title="Emlyn Hughes">E. Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">M. Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Hunt" title="Roger Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Hunter_(footballer)" title="Norman Hunter (footballer)">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Hurst" title="Geoff Hurst">Hurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ince" title="Paul Ince">Ince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Irwin" title="Denis Irwin">Irwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_James_(footballer)" title="Alex James (footballer)">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Jennings" title="Pat Jennings">Jennings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Jones_(Welsh_footballer)" title="Cliff Jones (Welsh footballer)">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Keane" title="Roy Keane">Keane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Keegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Kompany" title="Vincent Kompany">Kompany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Lampard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Law" title="Denis Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Lawrenson" title="Mark Lawrenson">Lawrenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lawton" title="Tommy Lawton">Lawton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Lee_(footballer)" title="Francis Lee (footballer)">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Leslie_(English_footballer)" title="Jack Leslie (English footballer)">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Le_Tissier" title="Matt Le Tissier">Le Tissier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Liddell" title="Billy Liddell">Liddell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Lineker" title="Gary Lineker">Lineker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Lofthouse" title="Nat Lofthouse">Lofthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Mackay" title="Dave Mackay">Mackay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilf_Mannion" title="Wilf Mannion">Mannion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McGrath_(footballer)" title="Paul McGrath (footballer)">McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McIlroy" title="Jimmy McIlroy">McIlroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McLintock" title="Frank McLintock">McLintock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Meredith" title="Billy Meredith">Meredith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Milburn" title="Jackie Milburn">Milburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Moore" title="Bobby Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Mortensen" title="Stan Mortensen">Mortensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Mullery" title="Alan Mullery">Mullery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Neville" title="Gary Neville">Neville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Owen" title="Michael Owen">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Pearce" title="Stuart Pearce">Pearce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Peters" title="Martin Peters">Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_Ramsey" title="Alf Ramsey">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrille_Regis" title="Cyrille Regis">Regis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Roberts" title="Charlie Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Robertson_(footballer,_born_1953)" title="John Robertson (footballer, born 1953)">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Br. Robson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Rush" title="Ian Rush">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Schmeichel" title="Peter Schmeichel">Schmeichel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Scholes" title="Paul Scholes">Scholes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Seaman" title="David Seaman">Seaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Shackleton" title="Len Shackleton">Shackleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Shearer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddy_Sheringham" title="Teddy Sheringham">Sheringham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Shilton" title="Peter Shilton">Shilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Souness" title="Graeme Souness">Souness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Southall" title="Neville Southall">Southall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Speed" title="Gary Speed">Speed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clem_Stephenson" title="Clem Stephenson">Stephenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobby_Stiles" title="Nobby Stiles">Stiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Strachan" title="Gordon Strachan">Strachan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Summerbee" title="Mike Summerbee">Summerbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Swift" title="Frank Swift">Swift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Trautmann" title="Bert Trautmann">Trautmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Tull" title="Walter Tull">Tull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Vieira" title="Patrick Vieira">Vieira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wharton" title="Arthur Wharton">Wharton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Wilkins" title="Ray Wilkins">Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1941)" title="Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1941)">B. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Wilson_(English_footballer)" title="Ray Wilson (English footballer)">R. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wright_(footballer,_born_1924)" title="Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924)">B. Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Wright" title="Ian Wright">I. Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gianfranco_Zola" title="Gianfranco Zola">Zola</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:white; color:#CE1124; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B0B3F, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B0B3F;;width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Bampton" title="Debbie Bampton">Bampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Brown-Finnis" title="Rachel Brown-Finnis">Brown-Finnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Carney" title="Karen Carney">Carney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Cope" title="Pauline Cope">Cope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Coultard" title="Gillian Coultard">Coultard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Davis" title="Kerry Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Gore" title="Sylvia Gore">Gore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Lopez" title="Sue Lopez">Lopez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Parker" title="Sheila Parker">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lily_Parr" title="Lily Parr">Parr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Powell" title="Hope Powell">Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Scott_(footballer,_born_1984)" title="Alex Scott (footballer, born 1984)">A. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Scott_(footballer)" title="Jill Scott (footballer)">J. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Sempare" title="Brenda Sempare">Sempare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marieanne_Spacey" title="Marieanne Spacey">Spacey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Smith" title="Kelly Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Thomas" title="Carol Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Unitt" title="Rachel Unitt">Unitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Walker_(footballer)" title="Karen Walker (footballer)">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Whalley_(footballer)" title="Joan Whalley (footballer)">Whalley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faye_White" title="Faye White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Yankey" title="Rachel Yankey">Yankey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:white; color:#CE1124; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B0B3F, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B0B3F;;width:1%">Managers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Allison" title="Malcolm Allison">Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Busby" title="Matt Busby">Busby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Catterick" title="Harry Catterick">Catterick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Chapman" title="Herbert Chapman">Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Clough" title="Brian Clough">Clough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Cullis" title="Stan Cullis">Cullis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Gradi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Greenwood" title="Ron Greenwood">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Kendall" title="Howard Kendall">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_Mee" title="Bertie Mee">Mee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mercer" title="Joe Mercer">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nicholson_(footballer)" title="Bill Nicholson (footballer)">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Paisley" title="Bob Paisley">Paisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_Ramsey" title="Alf Ramsey">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Revie" title="Don Revie">Revie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Robson" title="Bobby Robson">Bo. Robson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Shankly" title="Bill Shankly">Shankly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Venables" title="Terry Venables">Venables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Wenger" title="Arsène Wenger">Wenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Winterbottom" title="Walter Winterbottom">Winterbottom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:white; color:#CE1124; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B0B3F, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B0B3F;;width:1%">Referees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Taylor_(referee)" title="Jack Taylor (referee)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Welch" title="Rebecca Welch">Welch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Managerial_positions" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Managerial_positions" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Managerial positions</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-size:114%"><div style="padding:0px"> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Manchester_United_F.C._–_managers" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#DA020E; color:#FFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #000,inset -1px -1px 0 #000; width: 87%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Manchester_United_F.C._managers" title="Template:Manchester United F.C. managers"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:#FFF">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Manchester_United_F.C._managers" title="Template talk:Manchester United F.C. managers"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:#FFF">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Manchester_United_F.C._managers" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Manchester United F.C. managers"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:#FFF">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Manchester_United_F.C._–_managers" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C."><span style="color:#FFF;">Manchester United F.C.</span></a></span> – <a href="/wiki/List_of_Manchester_United_F.C._managers" title="List of Manchester United F.C. managers"><span style="color:#FFF;">managers</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/A._H._Albut" title="A. H. Albut">Albut</a><sup>s</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1892</span>–1900)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/James_West_(football_manager)" title="James West (football manager)">West</a><sup>s</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1900</span>–03)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Mangnall" title="Ernest Mangnall">Mangnall</a><sup>s</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1903</span>–12)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/John_Bentley_(football_manager)" title="John Bentley (football manager)">Bentley</a><sup>s</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1912</span>–14)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Robson_(football_manager)" title="Jack Robson (football manager)">Robson</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1914</span>–21)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/John_Chapman_(football_manager)" title="John Chapman (football manager)">Chapman</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1921</span>–26)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Lal_Hilditch" title="Lal Hilditch">Hilditch</a><sup>p</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1926</span>–27)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Bamlett" title="Herbert Bamlett">Bamlett</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1927</span>–31)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Crickmer" title="Walter Crickmer">Crickmer</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1931</span>–32)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Duncan_(footballer)" title="Scott Duncan (footballer)">Duncan</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1932</span>–37)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Crickmer" title="Walter Crickmer">Crickmer</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1937</span>–45)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Busby" title="Matt Busby">Busby</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1945</span>–58)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Murphy_(footballer)" title="Jimmy Murphy (footballer)">Murphy</a><sup>c</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1958</span>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Busby" title="Matt Busby">Busby</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1958</span>–69)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Wilf_McGuinness" title="Wilf McGuinness">McGuinness</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1969</span>–70)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Busby" title="Matt Busby">Busby</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1970</span>–71)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Frank_O%27Farrell" title="Frank O'Farrell">O'Farrell</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1971</span>–72)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Docherty" title="Tommy Docherty">Docherty</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1972</span>–77)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Sexton" title="Dave Sexton">Sexton</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1977</span>–81)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Atkinson" title="Ron Atkinson">Atkinson</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1981</span>–86)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Ferguson</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1986</span>–2013)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/David_Moyes" title="David Moyes">Moyes</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2013</span>–14)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Giggs</a><sup>p c</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2014</span>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Louis_van_Gaal" title="Louis van Gaal">Van Gaal</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2014</span>–16)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mourinho" title="José Mourinho">Mourinho</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2016</span>–18)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Ole_Gunnar_Solskj%C3%A6r" title="Ole Gunnar Solskjær">Solskjær</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2018</span>–21)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Carrick" title="Michael Carrick">Carrick</a><sup>c</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2021</span>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Ralf_Rangnick" title="Ralf Rangnick">Rangnick</a><sup>i</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2021</span>–22)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Erik_ten_Hag" title="Erik ten Hag">Ten Hag</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2022</span>–24)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Ruud_van_Nistelrooy" title="Ruud van Nistelrooy">Van Nistelrooy</a><sup>i</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2024</span>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Amorim" title="Ruben Amorim">Amorim</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2024</span>–)</span></span></li></ul> </div> <small>(s) = secretary; (p) = player-manager; (c) = caretaker; (i) = 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style="color:white;">managers</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Walley_Barnes" title="Walley Barnes">Barnes</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1954</span>–56)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Murphy_(footballer)" title="Jimmy Murphy (footballer)">Murphy</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1956</span>–64)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Morris_(footballer)" title="Trevor Morris (footballer)">Morris</a><sup>c</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1964</span>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bowen" title="Dave Bowen">Bowen</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1964</span>–74)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Smith_(football_manager)" title="Mike Smith (football manager)">Smith</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1974</span>–79)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Mike_England" title="Mike England">England</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1979</span>–87)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/David_Williams_(footballer,_born_1955)" title="David Williams (footballer, born 1955)">Williams</a><sup>c</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1988</span>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Yorath" title="Terry Yorath">Yorath</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1988</span>–93)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/John_Toshack" title="John Toshack">Toshack</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1994</span>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Smith_(football_manager)" title="Mike Smith (football manager)">Smith</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1994</span>–95)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Gould" title="Bobby Gould">Gould</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1995</span>–99)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Hughes</a> & <a href="/wiki/Neville_Southall" title="Neville Southall">Southall</a><sup>c</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1999</span>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Hughes</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">1999</span>–2004)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/John_Toshack" title="John Toshack">Toshack</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2004</span>–10)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Flynn_(footballer)" title="Brian Flynn (footballer)">Flynn</a><sup>c</sup></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2010</span>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Speed" title="Gary Speed">Speed</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2010</span>–11)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Coleman_(footballer)" title="Chris Coleman (footballer)">Coleman</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2012</span>–17)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee vcard"><span class="fn org summary"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Giggs</a></span></span> (<span class="dtstart">2018</span>–20)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="vevent"><span class="agent attendee 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