Ryan Joseph Giggs,who is born 29 November 1973 is a Welsh
football coach and former player. He is the manager of the Wales national team
and a co-owner of Salford City. He played his entire professional career for
Manchester United.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 winger, 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 Manchester United first team. At the end of the
2013–14 season, he was named as Manchester United's interim player-manager
following the sacking of David Moyes. He was named as assistant manager under
Moyes' permanent replacement, Louis van Gaal, on 19 May 2014; he retired from
playing the same day. He holds the club record for competitive appearances. At
international level, Giggs played for the Wales national team 64 times between
1991 and 2007, and was named as the captain of the Great Britain team that
competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is one of only 25 players to have made
over 1,000 career appearances.Giggs is the most decorated player in football
history.During his time at United, he won 13 Premier League winner's medals,
four FA Cup winner's medals, three League Cup winner's medals, two UEFA
Champions League winner's medals, a FIFA Club World Cup winners medal, an
Intercontinental Cup winner's medal, a UEFA Super Cup winner's medal and nine
FA Community Shield winner's medals. Manchester United and Liverpool are the
only clubs in English football history to have won more league championships
than Giggs.Giggs captained United on numerous occasions, particularly in the
2007–08 season when regular captain Gary Neville was ruled out with various
injuries.Giggs also has a number of personal achievements. He 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, as well as the FA Cup Team of the Century.
Giggs holds the record for the most assists in Premier League history, with
271. He was named as BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2009. In addition to
the many honours Giggs has received within football, he was appointed an OBE in
the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours List for his services to football.
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