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Ryan Giggs: Biography

Ryan Giggs is a current star of both the Manchester United and Wales national side.

He was born Ryan Joseph Wilson on 29 November 1973 in Cardiff, Wales but was brought up in Manchester and at the age of 14 signed for Manchester United starting his illustrious career.

He has been in Manchester United's first team setup since 1991 and is 2nd in the all time most appearances for the club earning his right to be considered a true Manchester United legend.

His international career has been frustrating as he has never been able to play in a major competiton with Wales due to the limited amount of players available to the club. He announced his international retirement in May of 2007 and played his last game for Wales on June 2nd of that year.

Ryan Giggs will play his last international game against the Czech Republic on June 2nd 2007. It will be his 64th appearance for Wales.(edit)
Ryan Giggs announced his retirement from international football on May 30th.(edit)
Ryan Giggs came third in the Football Writers player of the 06/07 season award.(edit)
Ryan Giggs holds the record for the most English Premier League medals with 9.(edit)
Ryan was shortlisted for the 2007 PFA player of the season.(edit)
Ryan was selected in the 2007 PFA team of the year.(edit)
Giggs is Manchester United's only number 11 since the induction of squad numbers in 1992.(edit)
Ryan is the current Wales national team captain.(edit)
Ryan won BBC Goal of the Season for 1998/1999 for his goal against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final.(edit)
On March 3rd 2007, Ryan became only the 2nd player to reach 700 appearances for Manchester United.(edit)
Ryan scored the winning goal for Manchester United vs Lille which caused the Lille players to walk off the pitch in a UEFA Champions League game in February 2007.(edit)
At the age of 14 Ryan played football for Manchester United's local rivals Manchester City.(edit)
Ryan is Manchester United's vice captain for the 2006/2007 season. Gary Neville is the captain.(edit)
Ryan is half white and half British African.(edit)
Ryan has made 512 appearances for Manchester United and has scored 96 goals.(edit)
Ryan is Manchester United's longest-serving player and has the 2nd highest number of appearances for the club.(edit)
Ryan is often reffered to as the Welsh Wizard by fellow Manchester United teammates.(edit)
Ryan is 5'11' tall.(edit)
Ryan is an active campaigner in the fight against racism in football.(edit)
Ryan is a patron of the charity 'Five Star Scanner Appeal', who aim to raise �1m to fund a new scanner for the Manchester Childrens Hospital which should be built by 2009.(edit)
Ryan was inducted into the FA Challenge Cup Team of the Century in 2006.(edit)
Ryan was inducted into the Premiership Team of the Decade in 2003.(edit)
Ryan is often called 'Giggsy' by both fans and fellow players.(edit)
Ryan holds the record for most FA Cup winners medals along with ex-Manchester United teammate Roy Keane.(edit)
Despite playing for Wales as an adult, Ryan used to play for England schoolboys football team.(edit)
Ryan's winning goal in the 1999 FA Cup semi final vs Arsenal was voted Manchester United's greatest ever goal by the fans.(edit)
In 2006 Ryan became the first player to score in 12 consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League.(edit)
Ryan is the top all-time scorer in the FA Premier League who isn't a striker. (edit)
Ryan is one of only two players to have scored in every Premiership season since its conception in 1992.(edit)
Ryan holds the record for scoring Manchester United's fastest goal (15 seconds) which he scored against Southampton in 1995.(edit)
Ryan was the first person to win the Professional Football Associations Young Player of the Year award in consecutive seasons.(edit)
Ryan has done advertisements for such companies as; Reebok, Sovil Titus, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd, Givenchy, Fuji, Patek Phillipe, and Celcom.(edit)
Ryan is the only ever Premiership League soccer player to be mentioned in the cartoon The Simpsons (edit)
Ryan won the Under-21 European Footballer of the Year Award in 2003.(edit)
Ryan has two children; a daughter called Liberty and a son, Zach.(edit)
Ryan is a UNICEF representative. (edit)
Ryan was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005.(edit)
Ryan won the Wales Player of the Year Award in 1996 and 2006.(edit)
Ryan was named the Barclay's Premiership Player of the Month in August 2006.(edit)
Ryan has been a member of the Manchester United squad during eight of their Premiership League wins; in 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003.(edit)
Ryan's squad number for both Manchester United and Wales is 11.(edit)
Ryan has won the Professional Football Associations Young Player of the Year award twice, in 1992 and 1993.(edit)
When he debuted for Wales in 1991, Ryan was the youngest ever player to represent the Welsh team on an international level.(edit)
In soccer, Ryan is a left winger and centre midfielder.(edit)

Ryan Giggs: (On 2006/2007 Season) Our main aim was to win the Premiership and we achieved that. Now we need to kick on a try to improve.(edit)
Ryan Giggs: (On Scoring A Disallowed Goal In The 2007 FA Cup Final) Games like this are usually decided by one goal and that was the case. If we had got that goal we might well have gone on to win the game. (edit)
Ryan Giggs: (On international Team Mate Gareth Bale) My advice for Gareth is to just carry on with what he is doing, that is why clubs have been interested in him.(edit)
Ryan Giggs: (On the 2007 FA Cup Defeat) This defeat does not hurt any less because we are champions, but maybe in a couple of days' time we will be able to take a step back and look upon this season as being a successful one. (edit)
Ryan Giggs: (On being mixed raced) I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins. (edit)
Ryan Giggs: (On trying to sign a new contract) That disappointed me at the time. I had pushed the boat out by asking for three more years - but in the end we settled on two and that only took a couple of meetings.(edit)
Ryan Giggs: (On captaining his country) Being captain is great for me personally, not only to captain the country but in such a big game as well, and playing against your team-mates. I'm not a vocal captain, like other people. I just try to lead by example.(edit)
Ryan Giggs: (On winning the league) I don't think we've ever taken it for granted. When you win the title, you find it's even harder to defend it; Arsenal have never been able to defend a Championship and we hope Chelsea face that sort of problem this year.(edit)
Ryan Giggs: (On his father) He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school.(edit)