Ryan Giggs
Ryan Giggs
Ryan Joseph Giggs, OBE is a Welsh football coach and former player who is the co-owner of Salford City. He played his entire professional career for Manchester United. The son of rugby league player Danny Wilson, Giggs was born in Cardiff but moved to Manchester at the age of six when his father joined Swinton RLFC...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth29 November 1973
football couple hero
Nelson Mandela is my hero outside of football. I was fortunate enough to meet him a couple of times. He was really clued up on his football and he knew me, so that was just unbelievable. It really stuck with me.
disappointment years achievement
Every one is special. Especially after the disappointment of last year, losing out on the last day, it is a great achievement by the lads.
disappointment games play
When you lose a game or don't play well you can't wait for the next one, because it soon disappears, the disappointment.
dad player people
Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.
dad rugby-league watches
My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league.
talking wish conversation
I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am.
football successful want
I just want to be as successful as I can in football.
football team talking
I like to let my football do the talking, I'm respectful of other good teams such as Arsenal.
eye player thinking
Too much money at a young age, it just takes your eye off the ball. And you're not as hungry as players used to be. You think you've made it before you've done anything.
father people black
A lot of people don't know that my father is black
football league manchester-united
We will go back to playing like Manchester United.
soccer football black-and-white
I actually don't feel the years passing, although the younger players make sure to remind me of my age. If there's a clip of Bobby Charlton playing or a game's in black and white they'll ask: Were you playing in that Giggsy?
football waiting olympics
I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about it, about the Olympics coming to London and the football being played in different parts of Britain.
evil training film
Roy Keane is Damien, the devil incarnate off the film The Omen. He's evil. Even in training.