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English association football player

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Paul Scholes is an English association football player who is widely regarded as one of the most skilled midfielders of his era. He matters because of his significant contributions to his team's success and his influence on how the midfielder position has been played in professional football.

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Person · Open Library

Works
3

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  • Class of 92
  • Scholes
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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1968-01-13

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
43
Total plays
112

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Quotes

  • When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.'

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Central Midfield
Nationality
England

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Paul
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Salford
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Participant in
2002 FIFA World Cup
Position played
midfielder
Country for sport
England
Mass
72
Image
P Scholes.jpg
Height
168
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name in native language
Paul Scholes
Commons category
Paul Scholes
date of birth
1974-11-16
coach of sports team
Salford City F.C.
number of matches played/races/starts
1
social media followers
946369
total goals in career
0
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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Scholes (born 16 November 1974) is an English former football pundit, coach and player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, Scholes 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. Scholes won 25 trophies, including 11 Premier League titles (more than any other English player), three FA Cups and two UEFA Champions League titles. He is renowned for his technical skills, accurate passing, intelligent movement, powerful shooting from long range and goal-scoring ability.

Scholes came through the Manchester United academy as one of Fergie's Fledglings, a group of players recruited by the club under the management of Alex Ferguson. He made his full debut in the 1994–95 season. He went on to make 718 appearances for the club, the third-highest number of appearances by any player. He 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Scholes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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