Paul Scholes

English association football player

AI overview

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

Top works

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Scholes
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Music · MusicBrainz

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

Official site

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 43
Total plays: 112

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations
· 1958 · cited 70,815x
“Mini-mental state”
· 1975 · cited 68,270x
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,797x
Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 45,719x
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,474x

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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

via TheSportsDB

~40 min read

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.

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