Ryan Giggs

**Ryan Joseph Giggs** (born 29 November 1973) is a Welsh former footballer and manager.

Giggs was born in Canton, Cardiff, and grew up in Ely, Cardiff. He has Sierra Leonean and Dutch ancestry.

As well as the Wales national team, he also played for the Great Britain squad at the 2012 Summer Olympics and Manchester United, where he has spent his whole career until now. His playing position was as a left winger. Giggs also loves rugby league and follows the Warrington Wolves and Melbourne Storm as his father Danny Wilson is a former rugby league player.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="24"|Manchester United|1990–91|First Division|2|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|1|
|1991–92|First Division|38|4|3|0|8|3|1|0|1|0|51|7|||
|1992–93|Premier League|41|9|2|2|2|0|1|0|–|46|11||||
|1993–94|Premier League|38|13|7|1|8|3|4|0|1|0|58|17|||
|1994–95|Premier League|29|1|7|1|0|0|3|2|1|0|40|4|||
|1995–96|Premier League|33|11|7|1|2|0|2|0|–|44|12||||
|1996–97|Premier League|26|3|3|0|0|0|7|2|1|0|37|5|||
|1997–98|Premier League|29|8|2|0|0|0|5|1|1|0|37|9|||
|1998–99|Premier League|24|3|6|2|1|0|9|5|1|0|41|10|||
|1999–2000|Premier League|30|6|–|0|0|11|1|3|0|44|7||||
|2000–01|Premier League|31|5|2|0|0|0|11|2|1|0|45|7|||
|2001–02|Premier League|25|7|1|0|0|0|13|2|1|0|40|9|||
|2002–03|Premier League|36|8|3|2|5|0|15|4|–|59|14||||
|2003–04|Premier League|33|7|5|0|0|0|8|1|1|0|47|8|||
|2004–05|Premier League|32|5|4|0|1|1|6|2|1|0|44|8|||
|2005–06|Premier League|27|3|2|1|3|0|5|1|–|37|5||||
|2006–07|Premier League|30|4|6|0|0|0|8|2|–|44|6||||
|2007–08|Premier League|31|3|2|0|0|0|9|0|1|1|43|4|||
|2008–09|Premier League|28|2|2|0|4|1|11|1|2|0|47|4|||
|2009–10|Premier League|25|5|1|0|2|1|3|1|1|0|32|7|||
|2010–11|Premier League|25|2|3|1|1|0|8|1|1|0|38|4|||
|2011–12|Premier League|25|2|2|0|1|1|5|1|0|0|33|4|||
|2012–13|Premier League|22|2|4|1|1|2|5|0|–|32|5||||
|2013–14|Premier League|12|0|0|0|2|0|7|0|1|0|22|0|||

### International

**Appearances and goals by national team and year**
|Team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="17"|Wales|1991|2|0|
|1992|3|0|||
|1993|6|2|||
|1994|1|1|||
|1995|3|0|||
|1996|3|1|||
|1997|3|1|||
|1998|1|0|||
|1999|3|1|||
|2000|4|1|||
|2001|5|0|||
|2002|5|0|||
|2003|7|1|||
|2004|3|0|||
|2005|6|3|||
|2006|5|0|||
|2007|4|1|||
|Great Britain Olympic team|2012|4|1||

**International goals**
- _Scores and results list Wales / Great Britain goal tally first. The score column indicates the score after each Giggs goal._
|colspan="7"|**Ryan Giggs – goals for Wales**|||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|31 March 1993|Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|2|8 September 1993|Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|2–2|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|3|7 September 1994|Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|2–0|UEFA Euro 1996 qualification|||||
|align="center"|4|2 June 1996|San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino||align="center"|4–0|align="center"|5–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|5|11 October 1997|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||align="center"|2–3|align="center"|2–3|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|6|4 September 1999|Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus||align="center"|2–1|align="center"|2–1|UEFA Euro 2000 qualification|||||
|align="center"|7|29 March 2000|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales||align="center"|1–2|align="center"|1–2|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|8|29 March 2003|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales||align="center"|4–0|align="center"|4–0|UEFA Euro 2004 qualification|||||
|align="center"|9|8 October 2005|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland||align="center"|3–2|align="center"|3–2|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|10|rowspan="2"|12 October 2005|rowspan="2"|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales|rowspan="2"||align="center"|1–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|2–0|rowspan="2"|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|align="center"|11|align="center"|2–0|||||||||||
|align="center"|12|28 March 2007|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|3–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification|||||

|colspan="7"|**Ryan Giggs – goals for the Great Britain Olympic team**|||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|29 July 2012|Wembley Stadium, London, UK||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|3–1|2012 Summer Olympics|

### Managerial record

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="6"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Manchester United (interim)|align=left|22 April 2014|align=left|11 May 2014||||
|align=left|Wales|align=left|15 January 2018|align=left|3 November 2020|||

## Honours

**Manchester United**
- Premier League: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
- FA Cup: 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
- Football League Cup: 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
- FA Community Shield: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013
- UEFA Champions League: 1998–99, 2007–08
- UEFA Super Cup: 1991
- Intercontinental Cup: 1999
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2008

**Individual**
- PFA Young Player of the Year: 1991–92, 1992–93
- PFA Team of the Year: 1992–93, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2008–09
- PFA Team of the Century: 1997–2007
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2008–09
- PFA Merit Award: 2016
- FWA Tribute Award: 2007
- Bravo Award: 1993
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 2009
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year: 1996, 2009
- GQ Sportsman of the Year: 2010
- Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 1997–98
- Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year: 1990–91, 1991–92
- Manchester United Players' Player of the Year: 2005–06
- Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02): Overall Team of the Decade
- Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02): Domestic Team of the Decade
- Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12): Best Player
- Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12): Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons public and panel choice
- Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12): Most Player Appearances (596)
- UEFA Champions League 10 Seasons Dream Team (1992 to 2002): 2002
- Welsh Footballer of the Year: 1996, 2006
- Premier League Player of the Month: August 2006, February 2007
- BBC Goal of the Season: 1998–99
- Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player of the Match Award: 1999
- English Football Hall of Fame Inductee: 2005
- UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2006–07
- Golden Foot: 2011
- Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award: 2019
- One Club Award: 2020
- IFFHS Legends

**Records**
- 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.
- Most Premier League appearances for a player, with 632 (since surpassed by Gareth Barry).
- Most Premier League assists for a player, with 162.
- Only player to have played in 22 successive Premier League seasons.
- Only player to have scored in 21 successive Premier League seasons.
- Only player to have scored in 17 different Champions League tournaments (includes 11 consecutive tournaments, 1996–97 to 2006–07; Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have a better record with 17)
- Most goals by a British player in the Champions League/European Cup proper history, and 14th overall (not including preliminary rounds).
- Most appearances by a Manchester United player.
- Most starts by a Manchester United player, started in 794 games.
- First player to score 100 Premier League goals for Manchester United.
- Second midfielder to have scored 100 goals in the Premier League for a single club (first being Matt Le Tissier).
- One of four Manchester United players to win two Champions League titles (others are Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Wes Brown).
- Oldest (37 years, 289 days) player to score in the Champions League, when he scored against Benfica on 14 September 2011.
- One of two Manchester United players to win at least 10 top division medals (the other one is Paul Scholes.)
- Oldest (38 years, 243 days) player to score in the Football competition at the Summer Olympics, when he scored against United Arab Emirates on 29 July 2012.
**State and civic honours**
- OBE for services to football: 2007
- Honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of Salford for contributions to football and charity work in developing countries: 2008
- Freedom of the City of Salford: 7 January 2010. He is the 22nd person to receive the Freedom of the City of Salford.