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Ryan Giggs at an event for The Class of '92 (2013)

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Ryan Giggs

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  • Won the treble (FA Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League) with Manchester United FC. (1999)
  • Won 13 Premier League (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999-2001, 2003, 2007-2009, 2011, 2013), 9 FA Community Shield (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013), 4 FA Cup (1994, 1996, 1999, 2004), 3 EFL Cup (1992, 2006, 2009), 2 UEFA Champions League (1999, 2008), the UEFA Super Cup (1991), the Intercontinental Cup (1999) and the FIFA Club World Cup (2008) with Manchester United F.C..
  • Owns a £40,000 BMW, a £30,000 Jeep Cherokee and two Ferraris. Because of hamstring history, he now drives an automatic transmission Porsche and an Audi A8 W12.
  • Brother of Rhodri Giggs.
  • Cardiff-born Giggs played for England Schoolboys as a child, because he attended a school in England.
  • Ryan and his fiancee Stacey Cooke welcomed their first child, a daughter named Liberty. (April 2003)
  • Moved to England, from Wales, at the age of seven. He joined Dean's Youth FC where he started playing football.
  • Even though he is a Welsh international footballer he captained the England Schoolboys football team.
  • He is the only player to score in each of the first 21 Premier League seasons and won a record 13 Premier League winners' medals.
  • His man-of-the-match performance in the 1999 Inter-Continental Cup victory against Palmeiras won him a brand new Toyota car. He was also awarded a huge 8 foot high plastic key.
  • At the end of his first full season he was voted the Young Player of the Year by the PFA. He is the only player ever to win this twice - 1992 and 1993.
  • Girlfriend Stacey gave birth to their son Zach on 1 October 2006. He weighed 8lb 3oz.
  • 963 appearances for Manchester United F.C. (1990-2014); scored 168 goals.
  • With the Champions League final he became the player with the most games played for Manchester United. He broke the record of Sir Bobby Charlton.
  • Played well over 100 games at the UEFA Champions League.
  • Named in the PFA Team of the Year six times (1993, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009).
  • Won the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award in 1998.
  • Two-time Welsh Footballer of the Year (1996 and 2006).
  • Named the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year in 1996 and 2009.
  • MVP of the 1999 Intercontinental Cup.
  • Inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
  • Top assist provider at the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League.
  • Named in the PFA Team of the Century (1997-2007).
  • Named the PFA Players' Player of the Year in 2008/09.
  • Named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2009.
  • Named the GQ Sportsman of the Year in 2010.
  • Won the 2011 Golden Foot.
  • Captain of the Great Britain men's football squad at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
  • 2014: Retired from football at the age 40.
  • First player to score 100 Premier League goals for Manchester United.
  • Vice-captain of Manchester United from 2008-2014.
  • Was assistant manager of Manchester United (2014-2016).
  • Named the IFFHS Legends (2016).
  • Head coach of Manchester United F.C. (2014 - interim) and Wales National Football Team (2018-2020).
  • Won the Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award in 2019.
  • Won the 2020 One Club Award.
  • Now generally accepted as being the finest left-sided footballer in England, Ryan Giggs signed as a trainee with Manchester United in 1989, having already been turned down by Manchester City.
  • 64 appearances for Wales National Football Team (1991-2007); scored 12 goals.
  • Brother-in-law of Natasha Giggs.

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