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Ryan Giggs
OBE
Personal information
\n Giggs with Manchester United in 2015
Full name	\nRyan Joseph Giggs^[1]
Birth name	\nRyan Joseph Wilson
Date of birth	\n (1973-11-29) 29 November 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	\nCanton, Cardiff, Wales
Height	\n5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)^[2]
Position(s)	\nWinger
Youth career
	\nDeans FC
1985\u20131987	\nManchester City
1987\u20131990	\nManchester United
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1990\u20132014	\nManchester United	\n672	\n(114)
International career
1989	\nEngland U16	\n1	\n(1)
1989	\nWales U18	\n3	\n(0)
1991	\nWales U21	\n1	\n(0)
1991\u20132007	\nWales	\n64	\n(12)
2012	\nGreat Britain	\n4	\n(1)
Managerial career
2014	\nManchester United (interim)
2014\u20132016	\nManchester United (assistant)
2018\u20132020	\nWales
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE (n\u00e9 Wilson; born 29 November 1973^[3]) is a Welsh football coach, former player and co-owner of Salford City. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation,^[4]^[5] and one of the best wingers in the history of football.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] Giggs spent his entire professional career at Manchester United, 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 51 players to have made over 1,000 career appearances.^[10]^[11]^[12]\n

The son of rugby union and Wales international rugby league footballer Danny Wilson, Giggs was born in Cardiff but moved to Manchester at the age of six when his father joined Swinton RLFC. Predominantly a left midfielder, he began his career with Manchester City, 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\u201314 season, holding the club record for competitive appearances \u2013 963. Towards the end of the 2013\u201314 season, he became the club's interim player-manager following the sacking of David Moyes. He was assistant manager under Moyes' permanent replacement, Louis van Gaal. Giggs left United in July 2016, following the appointment of Jos\u00e9 Mourinho.^[13] During his time at United he won 13 Premier League titles \u2013 more than any other player in history, four FA Cups, three League Cups, two UEFA Champions League titles, a FIFA Club World Cup, an Intercontinental Cup, a UEFA Super Cup and nine FA Community Shields. Manchester United and Liverpool are the only clubs in English football history to have won more league championships than Giggs.^[14]\n

At international level, Giggs played for the Wales national team 64 times between 1991 and 2007, and captained the Great Britain team that competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He became the new manager of the Wales national team in January 2018.^[15] Giggs led Wales to qualification for UEFA Euro 2020.^[16] He did not manage the team at the tournament however, which was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as he was arrested on suspicion of assault. His assistant manager Rob Page took charge in his absence.^[17] Giggs resigned in June 2022, and Page was named as his successor.^[18]\n

Giggs was the first player in history to win two consecutive PFA Young Player of the Year awards (1992 and 1993), though he did not win the PFA Player of the Year award until 2009. He was the only player to play in each of the first 22 seasons of the Premier League, as well as the only player to score in each of the first 21 seasons. He was elected into the PFA Team of the Century in 2007, the Premier League Team of the Decade in 2003, and the FA Cup Team of the Century. He holds the record for the most assists in Premier League history, with 162, and the most assists in UEFA Champions League history with 41.^[19] He was named as BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2009, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2007 Birthday Honours for his services to football.^[20]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	FA Cup\n	League Cup\n	Europe\n	Other^[a]\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Manchester United\n	1990\u201391\n	First Division\n	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1\n
1991\u201392\n	First Division\n	38	4	3	0	8	3	1	0	1	0	51	7\n
1992\u201393\n	Premier League\n	41	9	2	2	2	0	1	0	\u2013	46	11\n
1993\u201394\n	Premier League\n	38	13	7	1	8	3	4	0	1	0	58	17\n
1994\u201395\n	Premier League\n	29	1	7	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	40	4\n
1995\u201396\n	Premier League\n	33	11	7	1	2	0	2	0	\u2013	44	12\n
1996\u201397\n	Premier League\n	26	3	3	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	37	5\n
1997\u201398\n	Premier League\n	29	8	2	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	37	9\n
1998\u201399\n	Premier League\n	24	3	6	2	1	0	9	5	1	0	41	10\n
1999\u20132000\n	Premier League\n	30	6	\u2013	0	0	11	1	3	0	44	7\n
2000\u201301\n	Premier League\n	31	5	2	0	0	0	11	2	1	0	45	7\n
2001\u201302\n	Premier League\n	25	7	1	0	0	0	13	2	1	0	40	9\n
2002\u201303\n	Premier League\n	36	8	3	2	5	0	15	4	\u2013	59	14\n
2003\u201304\n	Premier League\n	33	7	5	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	47	8\n
2004\u201305\n	Premier League\n	32	5	4	0	1	1	6	2	1	0	44	8\n
2005\u201306\n	Premier League\n	27	3	2	1	3	0	5	1	\u2013	37	5\n
2006\u201307\n	Premier League\n	30	4	6	0	0	0	8	2	\u2013	44	6\n
2007\u201308\n	Premier League\n	31	3	2	0	0	0	9	0	1	1	43	4\n
2008\u201309\n	Premier League\n	28	2	2	0	4	1	11	1	2	0	47	4\n
2009\u201310\n	Premier League\n	25	5	1	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	32	7\n
2010\u201311\n	Premier League\n	25	2	3	1	1	0	8	1	1	0	38	4\n
2011\u201312\n	Premier League\n	25	2	2	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	33	4\n
2012\u201313\n	Premier League\n	22	2	4	1	1	2	5	0	\u2013	32	5\n
2013\u201314\n	Premier League\n	12	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	1	0	22	0\n
Total\n	672	114	74	12	41	12	157	29	19	1	963	168\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Wales\n	1991	2	0\n
1992	3	0\n
1993	6	2\n
1994	1	1\n
1995	3	0\n
1996	3	1\n
1997	3	1\n
1998	1	0\n
1999	3	1\n
2000	4	1\n
2001	5	0\n
2002	5	0\n
2003	7	1\n
2004	3	0\n
2005	6	3\n
2006	5	0\n
2007	4	1\n
Total	64	12\n
Great Britain Olympic team\n	2012	4	1\n
Total	4	1\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
Wales goals\n
1\n	31 March 1993\n	National Stadium, Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales\n	$\"\"$ Belgium\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
2\n	8 September 1993\n	National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales\n	$\"\"$ RCS\n	1\u20131\n	2\u20132\n	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
3\n	7 September 1994\n	National Stadium, Cardiff, Wales\n	$\"\"$ Albania\n	2\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification\n
4\n	2 June 1996\n	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino\n	$\"\"$ San Marino\n	4\u20130\n	5\u20130\n	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
5\n	11 October 1997\n	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium\n	$\"\"$ Belgium\n	2\u20133\n	2\u20133\n	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
6\n	4 September 1999\n	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus\n	$\"\"$ Belarus\n	2\u20131\n	2\u20131\n	UEFA Euro 2000 qualification\n
7\n	29 March 2000\n	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales\n	$\"\"$ Finland\n	1\u20132\n	1\u20132\n	Friendly\n
8\n	29 March 2003\n	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales\n	$\"\"$ Azerbaijan\n	4\u20130\n	4\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification\n
9\n	8 October 2005\n	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland\n	$\"\"$ Northern Ireland\n	3\u20132\n	3\u20132\n	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
10\n	12 October 2005\n	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales\n	$\"\"$ Azerbaijan\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
11\n	2\u20130\n
12\n	28 March 2007\n	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales\n	$\"\"$ San Marino\n	1\u20130\n	3\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification\n
Great Britain Olympic team goals\n
1\n	29 July 2012\n	Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom\n	$\"\"$ United Arab Emirates\n	1\u20130\n	3\u20131\n	2012 Summer Olympics\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
G\n	W\n	D\n	L\n	Win %\n	Ref.\n
Manchester United (interim)\n	22 April 2014^[112]\n	11 May 2014\n	4\n	2\n	1\n	1\n	050.00\n	^[235]\n
Wales\n	15 January 2018^[236]\n	3 November 2020^[237]\n	25\n	12\n	5\n	8\n	048.00\n	^[235]^{[failed verification]}\n
Total\n	29\n	14\n	6\n	9\n	048.28\n	\n

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Manchester United

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2000\u20132005

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2010\u20132014

International career

England Schoolboys

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Managerial career

Manchester United

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Personal life

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