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Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE (né Wilson; 29 November 1973) is a Welsh football coach and former player. He was most recently the manager of the Wales national team. He is also a co-owner of Salford City. Giggs played his entire professional career for Manchester United and briefly served as the club's interim manager after the sacking of David Moyes in April 2014. Giggs is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation.

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

• 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 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[236] (since surpassed by Gareth Barry).

• Most Premier League assists for a player, with 162.[236]

• 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).[237]

• 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 Medals (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.[90]

• 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.