Legendary Ryan Giggs

Full Name : Ryan Joseph Giggs

Birthday : 29th November 1973

Place of Birth : Canton, Cardiff, Wales

Position : Winger

"I've been at United since I was 13 and I'm very fond of the club and the fans, they have been an integral part of my life."

1. On 16 May 2009, Giggs became the first footballer to collect 11 top division English league title medals.

2. Giggs was the first player in history to win two consecutive PFA Young Player of the Year awards (1992 and 1993)

3. At the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final, held on 21 May 2008, Giggs surpassed Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 758 appearances for Manchester United to become the club's all-time leader in appearances

4. Giggs made his League debut against Everton at Old Trafford on 2nd March 1991

5. Giggs has never been sent off when playing for Manchester United and only once when playing for Wales in 2003 match against Norway

6. Giggs was only 17 years and 321 days old when he first played for Wales in a match againts West Germany

7. Giggs represented England at youth international level because he was attending a English school but then went on to represent his birth country, Wales at senior level

8. Giggs was named in the Football League 100 legends then he was given an OBE (Officer in The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 2007

9. Giggs is the only player to have scored in eleven consecutive Champions League tournaments

10. Giggs is the only player to have scored in every Premier League campaign since its inception

11. On Giggs' fourteenth birthday Alex Ferguson went to his home in Swinton, Manchester, to ask him to sign schoolboy forms