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Ryan Giggs Paul Scholes Signed Manchester United photograph 12×18″

Authentic Ryan Giggs Paul Scholes Signed Manchester United photograph 12×18″. Signed in black marker by the two legends, obtained at private signing session.

Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE (born Wilson; 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. 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.

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.

Named as assistant manager under Moyes’ permanent replacement, Louis van Gaal, on 19 May 2014; he retired from playing the same day holding the club record for competitive appearances – 963. At international level, Giggs played for the Wales national team 64 times between 1991 and 2007; and named as the captain of the Great Britain team that competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is one of only 28 players to have made over 1,000 career appearances.

Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes (born 16 November 1974) is an English football coach, pundit, former player, and co-owner of Salford City. He spent his entire professional playing career with Manchester United, for whom he scored over 150 goals in more than 700 appearances between 1993 and 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation and one of the greatest Manchester United players of all time.

Scholes came through the Manchester United youth academy as one of Fergie’s Fledglings, a group of players recruited by Manchester United under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson. Scholes made his full debut for Manchester United in the 1994–95 season. He went on to make 718 appearances for the club; the third-highest number of appearances by any player for the club. Furthermore, Scholes announced his retirement from playing in May 2011 and was appointed as a coach at Manchester United. He returned to playing in January 2012, and played one more season for the club before retiring again in May 2013.^[ With Manchester United, Scholes won 25 trophies including 11 Premier League titles (more than any other English player) and two UEFA Champions League titles.

Then again, Scholes represented the England national team from 1997 to 2004; gaining 66 caps and participating in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups; as well as the UEFA Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 tournaments. Besides, Scholes announced his retirement from international football in August 2004; citing his family life and his club career with Manchester United as being more important.