Ryan Giggs
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Giggs is the most decorated footballer in the history of Manchester United, having won eight FA Premier League championships (a record he shares with Liverpool FC's Alan Hansen, Phil Neal and Kenny Dalglish), four FA Cup titles, two League Cup titles and one Champions League title.
He has also won the PFA Young Player of the Year award twice, making him the first player to win the award in consecutive years - a feat matched only by Robbie Fowler and current team-mate Wayne Rooney. Giggs also holds the record at Manchester United for scoring the team's fastest goal (15 seconds), set in November 1995 against Southampton FC.
Ryan Giggs snippets
- Ryan's real surname is Wilson - he took his mother's name
- Ryan's father, Danny Wilson was a Rugby League player for Cardiff and Swinton
- Although Ryan is a Welsh international, he was once the captain of the England Schoolboys football team