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. 

## Career statistics 
### Club 
### International 
**Appearances and goals by national team and year**

**International goals**
:*Scores and results list Wales / Great Britain goal tally first. The score column indicates the score after each Giggs goal.*

### Managerial record 
## 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

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**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
*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): Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons public and panel choice
*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.
* 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.

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