Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gary Alexander Neville [1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 February 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2] [3] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1992 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–2011 | Manchester United | 400 | (5) |
International career | |||
1992 | England U16 | 1 | (0) |
1992–1993 | England U18 | 8 | (0) |
1995–2007 | England | 85 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2012–2016 | England (assistant) | ||
2015–2016 | Valencia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gary Alexander Neville (born 18 February 1975) is an English football pundit, former player, and co-owner of English Football League club Salford City. As a player, Neville was a right-back and spent his entire career with Manchester United, serving as club captain for five years. He is one of the most decorated English and European footballers of all time, having won a total of 20 trophies, including eight Premier League titles and two UEFA Champions League titles. [4]
Neville made his international debut for England in 1995 and was first-choice right-back for more than 10 years, representing the nation at three European Championships and two FIFA World Cups.
After retiring from football in 2011, Neville went into punditry and was a commentator for Sky Sports, until he took over the head coach position at Valencia in 2015. After being sacked by the club in 2016, he returned to his position as a pundit for Sky Sports later that year. He was also an assistant manager for the England national team from 2012 to 2016. [5]
Neville is the older brother of twin siblings: his brother Phil Neville is also a former long-serving player for Manchester United, while his sister Tracey Neville is a retired netball international.
Neville joined Manchester United as an apprentice upon leaving school in 1991, and captained the youth side to FA Youth Cup glory in his first season. He made his senior debut for United on 16 September 1992 in a goalless home draw against Torpedo Moscow in the UEFA Cup. [6] Neville emerged as part of Alex Ferguson's youth-oriented side of the 1990s (nicknamed Fergie's Fledglings , an updated take on the 1950s equivalent Busby Babes) that included his brother Phil, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes. [7]
In the 1994–95 season, Neville became United's first-choice right-back when Paul Parker was ruled out by injury, and remained so until his retirement, although in his first season as a regular player he often found himself on the sidelines as Denis Irwin was switched to right-back with Lee Sharpe (normally a winger) filling the left-back role.
Neville scored the first goal of his career in 1997 against Middlesbrough in a 3–3 draw, [8] and he went on to score a total of five league goals for United; against Everton in 1999, Aston Villa in a 2–0 victory on 20 January 2001, [9] the sole goal against Leicester City on 13 April 2004, [10] and his final league goal came a week later when he scored the second in a 2–0 victory over Charlton Athletic on 20 April 2004. [11] Neville also scored two goals in the UEFA Champions League, the first on 12 March 2003, when he scored the equaliser in a 1–1 draw with FC Basel, [12] and his seventh and final ever United goal against Lyon on 23 November 2004 in Alex Ferguson's 1,000th game in charge of the club, a 2–1 victory. [13]
"Gary was the best English right-back of his generation."
Neville formed a successful partnership with Beckham on the right wing, regularly contributing assists. [15]
In January 2005, Neville was critical of Nike for starting anti-racism campaign Stand Up Speak Up, accusing them of being involved for good public relations. [16] [17] Neville made the comments after refusing to wear a training top bearing the logo ahead of a fixture against rivals Arsenal. [18] Writing in The Independent , journalist Sam Wallace said Neville's refusal, as well as that of teammates Scholes and captain Roy Keane, caused friction between the two teams before the match. [19]
Following Keane's departure in November 2005, Neville was appointed the new club captain. In January 2006, his actions were the subject of some controversy after his celebration in front of the visiting Liverpool fans at Old Trafford, when he was seen to run from the halfway line towards the opposing fans to celebrate the 90th minute injury-time winning headed goal by United defender Rio Ferdinand. [20] His actions were criticised by Liverpool and fellow England defender Jamie Carragher, sections of the media and police who blamed him for disturbances between fans after the game. He was subsequently charged with improper conduct by the FA. Neville contested this, asking if it was preferable for players to act like "robots" and show no emotions. He was fined £5,000 and warned about his future conduct. [21]
Neville recovered from an injury suffered against Bolton Wanderers in March 2007 and in his first match back, a reserve game against Everton in January 2008, he scored a rare goal in the 21st minute of the game which helped Manchester United to a 2–2 draw. [22]
On 9 April 2008, Neville made his long-awaited comeback against Roma in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg at Old Trafford, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Anderson; Neville was welcomed back to the pitch with a standing ovation, and was promptly given the captain's armband. [23] [24] It was Neville's 99th Champions League appearance. However, he was not selected for the Champions League final squad on 21 May, though he did join in with the post-match celebrations after United won on penalties following a 1–1 draw with Chelsea. Instead, Rio Ferdinand and Giggs lifted the trophy together having shared the captaincy during Neville's absence.
Neville started his first game in 17 months when he captained Manchester United for the 2008 FA Community Shield against Portsmouth on 10 August 2008. He then made another start against Zenit Saint Petersburg in the UEFA Super Cup, before making his first start at home since his injury against Villarreal in the opening group game of the 2008–09 Champions League. On 21 September 2008, Neville started his first league game in almost 18 months when he played against Chelsea. Neville extended his stay at Old Trafford until June 2010. [25]
On 27 October 2009, Neville was sent off for a tackle on Adam Hammill in United's 2–0 away win against Barnsley in the League Cup Fourth Round. [26] Neville added another medal to his honours list on 28 February 2010 when he came on as a substitute for Rafael in the 2–1 League Cup final win over Aston Villa. [27] He did feature in enough league games to qualify for what would have been his ninth title medal, but United were beaten to the Premier League title by Chelsea who finished ahead of them by a single point. Neville signed a new one-year contract in April 2010. [28]
Having made only sporadic appearances in the last couple of seasons, Neville stepped down as team captain in September 2010 in preference of a more-regular first-team player, usually Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidić or Patrice Evra, although he remained as club captain off the pitch. [29] On 24 October, Neville made his 600th appearance and his penultimate start for United in a 2–1 away victory against Stoke City; after receiving a 34th minute yellow card for a foul against Matthew Etherington, Neville was shown leniency seven minutes later for another reckless tackle on the same player, and was substituted at half-time for Wes Brown. [30] [31]
On 2 February 2011, Neville announced his retirement from football after almost 20 years playing at Manchester United. [32] Neville's final professional appearance was against West Bromwich Albion on New Year's Day 2011, a 2–1 victory at The Hawthorns. [14] [33] Neville later revealed that, during half-time of his last game, he sat on the toilet and knew for certain that it would be his last game. [34] By the time of his retirement, Neville had won eight Premier League titles, [14] three FA Cups, [14] two Champions Leagues, [14] an Intercontinental Cup, [35] a FIFA Club World Cup, [36] and two League Cups. [14] The 2006 League Cup was his first trophy as captain. [37]
His testimonial was played at Old Trafford against Juventus on 24 May 2011. Manchester United's starting line-up included members of the "Class of '92": Neville was joined by Phil Neville, Beckham, Butt, Scholes and Giggs. Juventus won the match 2–1. [38] [39] He made another appearance in Paul Scholes' testimonial at Old Trafford on 5 August 2011, playing for the New York Cosmos in their first fixture since their re-establishment in 2010. [40]
Neville made his first appearance for England in 1995 when he was picked by Terry Venables for the friendly against Japan. [1] [41] On 23 May 1996, he was joined in the England team by Phil Neville for a match against China; [42] they had also appeared together in the 1996 FA Cup Final two weeks earlier and thus were the first pair of brothers to play together in an FA Cup-winning side and for England in the same season since Hubert and Francis Heron in 1877, 119 years earlier. [43]
He was subsequently selected at right-back for his country by five different coaches. The form of Manchester City's Micah Richards, Liverpool's Glen Johnson and Neville's Manchester United teammate Wes Brown placed his position in the England team under threat in the latter years of his career.
Neville had been the youngest first-choice player in the England first team during his debut tournament, Euro 96, playing in each game until the semi-final, for which he was suspended after receiving a yellow card in two separate games. England were knocked out by the eventual winners, Germany, in a penalty shootout. In June 1997, he participated in the Tournoi de France, the friendly international football tournament held in France as a warm-up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. [44] He also played in the 1998 World Cup under the tenure of Glenn Hoddle as manager. As "a bit of a sceptic", Neville did not see Eileen Drewery, the faith healer Hoddle had brought into the England squad. [45] Neville also played at Euro 2000 during the tenure of Kevin Keegan as manager.
A broken foot ruled Neville out of the 2002 World Cup, [46] but he quickly returned to the side after regaining his fitness, and was once again the first-choice right-back by the time of Euro 2004, with the team now being managed by Sven-Göran Eriksson.
Neville missed the latter stages of the qualification campaign for the 2006 World Cup with injury. He returned to the England team in March 2006 for a friendly against Uruguay. Neville was selected for England's 2006 World Cup squad. [47] He played in England's opening Group B game against Paraguay but pulled his calf in training the night before the team's second game and was forced to miss the next three games until playing the full match in England's losing quarter-final against Portugal on 1 July. It was his 81st England cap, bringing him up to ninth in the all-time rankings, ahead of Gary Lineker and teammate Michael Owen, who had briefly drawn level with Neville during the World Cup.
Neville briefly took over the England captaincy during this game after the substitution of David Beckham due to an injury shortly after half-time, despite the previous match's deputy captain John Terry also being on the field.
After the defeat to Portugal, Neville announced that he would continue to be available for selection for his country under new coach Steve McClaren and added that, unlike some former international teammates, he would not ever make the decision to retire from the England set-up, saying, "That decision is not Gary Neville's to make". As one of three club captains (along with Terry and Steven Gerrard) in the first-choice England line-up, he was mentioned as a contender for the England captaincy vacated by Beckham after elimination from the World Cup. However, Terry was given the job and Steven Gerrard made vice-captain.
On 11 October, Neville was involved in a game-changing incident during a Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia when his straightforward backpass took an unfortunate bounce and caused goalkeeper Paul Robinson to miss his kick, which resulted in the ball ending up in the net. Although Robinson was at the centre of the moment, Neville was officially credited with an own goal, the second of his England career; he has scored no goals for England.
On 7 February 2007, Neville won his 85th cap in England's 1–0 friendly defeat to Spain. His appearance took him to within one cap of equalling Sansom's record for an England full-back, and eighth in the all-time appearances list for his country. However, an ankle injury suffered on 17 March 2007 while playing for Manchester United robbed him of the chance to equal Sansom's record, as he was forced to miss the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Andorra on 24 March and 28 respectively. Surgery on his ankle ruled him out of two summer matches at the new Wembley Stadium, and then a calf muscle injury delayed his recovery in the autumn. These injury problems together with a perceived decline in ability threatened to put an end to Neville's international playing career.
On 24 May 2009, Neville was given a surprise recall to the England squad by Fabio Capello for the World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Andorra, [48] but did not feature in any of these games. [49]
Neville holds or co-holds a number of England records:
Neville wrote in his autobiography that, at times, he had reflected on his international career and thought sometimes that it was "a massive waste of time", and that success with United was "always the most important thing". [50] [51]
An experienced and dedicated footballer, regarded as one of England's greatest right-backs, [52] and as one of the best Premier League full-backs of his generation, Gary Neville was an aggressive, tenacious, and hard-tackling player, known for his work-rate, professionalism, determination, and consistency as a defender; due to his positional sense, he was also capable of playing as a centre-back on occasion. [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] Under England manager Venables at Euro 96, Neville was also required to play in other different roles depending on the opponent, including as a right-sided wing-back and winger, in addition to his typical roles of right-back and right-sided centre-back. [58] [59] Although he was not the quickest, tallest, strongest, most talented or most technically gifted player, he was a reliable, traditional defensive-minded right-back, known in particular for his tactical intelligence and ability to read the game, as well as his stamina, work-ethic, authoritative presence on the pitch, and leadership, which enabled him to excel in this role; as such, he has been described as an "old-fashioned" defender, due to his combative playing style. [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [60] During his career, Neville also formed a notable partnership with David Beckham down the right flank at Manchester United: [15] [57] he would often carry up the ball, lay it off to his teammate, and subsequently make overlapping runs to advance into more offensive positions, from which he could receive passes and deliver accurate crosses, providing an additional attacking threat to his team when Beckham was heavily marked. [53] [61] A vocal presence on the pitch and an opinionated dressing room personality, Neville also drew controversy throughout his career for his outspokenness and tendency to be involved in conflicts with opponents. [57] His former manager, Ferguson, once described him as "the best English right-back of his generation". [57]
Neville, who holds UEFA Pro Coaching Licences, was appointed to the England senior team coaching staff by newly appointed manager Roy Hodgson on 14 May 2012 along with Ray Lewington and goalkeeping coach Dave Watson, signing a four-year contract with the FA. [62] This saw him on the coaching team for Euro 2012, and was met with the backing of former England and Manchester United teammate David Beckham, who called his appointment a "shrewd move". [63] Neville continued to work as assistant manager of England through the 2014 World Cup and subsequent Euro 2016 qualifying campaign. [64]
Neville was appointed as head coach at Valencia in Spain on 2 December 2015. Neville's brother Phil had previously been caretaker manager and continued to work with his brother at the club; [65] Neville also retained his England assistant coaching role while at Valencia. [66] The decision to hire Neville was met with much surprise in Spain, due to his lack of prior experience, and as he was not fluent in Spanish. [67] [68] [69] On 9 December, Neville managed his first game in charge of Valencia, suffering a 2–0 defeat against Lyon in the Champions League; as a result, Valencia finished third in their group, and were demoted to the UEFA Europa League. [70]
On 3 February 2016, Valencia lost 7–0 away to Barcelona in the first leg of the semi-final of the Copa del Rey. This came after the team had gone eight games without a victory in La Liga since Neville took over, leading to criticism from the press as well as the club's fans, who called for him to resign. [71] A week later, Valencia were eliminated from the tournament after a 1–1 draw in the return leg. [72]
Having started with a sequence of nine winless league matches, Valencia recorded their first win under Neville in a 2–1 victory at home against Espanyol on 13 February 2016. [73] On 17 March, in the return leg of Valencia's UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie, Neville was sent off for protesting against Athletic Bilbao's goal to the officials; although Valencia won the match 2–1 at home, they were eliminated from the tournament on away goals, following a 2–2 draw on aggregate. [74] [75] On 30 March 2016, Neville was sacked by the club. [76] At the time of his sacking, Valencia were 14th in the league, six points clear of the relegation zone, and had won only three of their 16 league games under Neville, also failing to keep a single clean sheet. [67]
In 2014, it was announced that Neville, along with fellow Manchester United legends Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Phil Neville, had agreed to a deal to purchase Salford City ahead of the 2014–15 season, [77] [78] with plans to get the club to The Football League. [79] The group announced they would take part in a special friendly, with Salford facing a Class of '92 team. [80] [81] [82] On 22 September, the group agreed to sell a 50% stake in the club to billionaire Peter Lim. [83] [84] Salford obtained promotion in their first season, as documented in the Class of 92 television programme for the BBC. [85]
Ahead of his testimonial in 2011, Neville revealed he would spend the proceeds towards a supporters club and hotel near Old Trafford. [86] [87] Despite objections from Manchester United, Neville's plans were approved in 2012. [88] In 2013, Neville and Ryan Giggs launched a hospitality company named GG Hospitality, [89] with plans to build football-themed hotels and cafés around the United Kingdom, initially in Manchester and London. [90] [91] [92] The first operation was a football-themed restaurant named Café Football in Stratford, London, which opened in November 2013, [93] with Hotel Football, previously under the guise of the supporters club Neville announced in 2011, scheduled to be opened in late 2014. [94]
In 2015, Neville and Ryan Giggs gained planning permission for a second Manchester hotel which will not be football themed. The pair will be redeveloping Manchester's former stock exchange building into a boutique hotel. Giggs and Neville bought the 1906-built Northern Stock Exchange Building for £1.5 million in 2013. The Grade II-listed building is on 4 Norfolk Street and will have 35 beds, a gym, spa, roof-top terrace, restaurant and bar. Zerum, Gary Neville's property consultancy, acted as agents for the application for planning permission. [95]
Along with other United players who won the 1992 FA Youth Cup, Neville founded a higher education institution in Greater Manchester, named University Academy 92 which offers "broader courses than traditional degrees" and aims to attract students who "otherwise might not go on to higher education". It opened in September 2019 in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. As of August 2022, it has 400 students. [96]
In January 2022, it was announced that construction had begun on the £120 million St Michael's redevelopment project in Manchester city centre. The development will feature "a new public space (St Michael's Square), 191 hotel rooms, 181 apartments and a rooftop restaurant capable of hosting 900 guests". [97]
Neville wrote a weekly full-page column in the Sports section of The Sunday Times of Malta , [98] [99] the widest circulating newspaper in the country, which is home to the oldest recognised Manchester United Supporters' Club. [100] He joined Sky Sports at the start of the 2011–12 season, taking over as match analyst on Monday Night Football from Andy Gray [101] alongside Jamie Redknapp. Neville had previously done some punditry work for ITV Sport during the 2002 World Cup, which he missed due to injury, and for Euro 2008, which England did not qualify for. In 2014, he began presenting Sky Sports' Monday Night Football with broadcaster Ed Chamberlin. Former England teammate and retired Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher joined a year later. Neville and Carragher have been praised for their analysis, with their former on-field rivalry adding to their personalities on-air. [102] His commentary for a Fernando Torres goal for Chelsea against Barcelona in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League semi-finals second leg garnered notoriety and was dubbed a "Goalgasm". [103] [104] On 8 August 2014, The Daily Telegraph announced that Neville would be joining their staff as a columnist. [105]
In taking his managerial job at Valencia in December 2015, Neville quit his position as a regular Sky Sports pundit after four years in the job. [106] After being sacked from the club during the 2015–16 season after only four months, in 2016, Neville returned to his position as a pundit for Sky Sports for the 2016–17 season. [107] Neville participated as a pundit in ITV's coverage of 2018 FIFA World Cup. [108] and in the 2020 UEFA European Championship. In 2021, Neville started his own YouTube channel, named The Overlap, on which he interviews figures from the world of sport. [109]
Neville has regularly been praised for his well-researched and neutral analysis, and he is now regarded as one of the best football pundits on British television, [110] [111] [112] with Gary Lineker saying he would like to work with Neville on Match of the Day , [113] and Des Lynam also praising his switch from player to pundit. [114] Neville has also received criticism from some in the sport for being overly opinionated or excessively harsh in his analyses; in 2011, Chelsea manager André Villas-Boas spoke out against comments Neville had made about Chelsea during a period of poor form, accusing him of being "biased", [115] [116] [117] while in 2016, Hernán Crespo was critical both of Neville's punditry and his tenure as Valencia's manager, stating, "To watch a game from the TV, it's very different than from the bench. I'm almost happy for Gary Neville's troubles at Valencia. I remember he was too harsh as a TV pundit." [118]
Neville has spoken out publicly against the dominance of foreign players in the Premier League. In 2013, he said: "We have reached a tipping point. You have Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid and Lionel Messi at Barcelona but in the Spanish league 63 per cent of their players are still Spanish. That sounds about right. We've gone too far in England. We're maybe 20 per cent off. We need to give chances to our own." [119] In July 2018, Neville was interviewed by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee about the proposed sale of Wembley Stadium. Neville described it as a "short-term plan we'll regret forever". He suggested taking a 25% cut of agents' fees to fund grassroots football instead. [120]
In 2021, when reports emerged that a number of European clubs (including six Premier League clubs) were breaking away from the European football pyramid system to form a European Super League without meritocratic relegation and promotion, Neville publicly opposed the plans. [121] Shortly thereafter, the European Super League collapsed amid a strong backlash. [121] Two weeks later, Neville expressed support for Anti-Glazer protests, which occurred in light of the attempted creation of the European Super League, and is part of a movement dating back to 2005. [122]
In 2024, Neville began making guest appearances on the British reality television business programme Dragons' Den . [123] He has invested in a number of businesses including sports recovery company MyoMaster run by former Harlequins rugby player, Joe Gray and his wife Lottie. [124]
Neville's father, Neville Neville, was a former league cricketer. His mother Jill used to play netball in the local leagues, and was general manager and club secretary for Football League club Bury. [125] [126]
Neville was a talented cricketer as a schoolboy and played alongside future England captain Michael Vaughan at the Bunbury Cricket Festival and younger brother Phil for Lancashire's Under-14 team, [127] and also for Greenmount Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket League, for whom on 19 July 1992 he scored 110 not out in an unbroken partnership of 236 with Australian professional Matthew Hayden in a Hamer Cup tie against Astley Bridge. [128]
In 1999, Neville was best man for the wedding of team-mate David Beckham and Victoria Adams. [129] Neville married Emma Hadfield on 16 June 2007; [130] they have two daughters. [131]
In July 2009, he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Bolton for his outstanding contributions to football. [132]
In January 2010, it was reported that Neville has applied for planning permission to build an eco-friendly home, which would be the first zero-carbon house in northwest England. [133] Neville's testimonial game was reported to be the most eco-friendly game in English football history. [38]
Neville endorsed the Labour Party in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, [134] joining the party in 2022. [135] [136] He criticised the party for not opposing the Conservative government's lockdown restrictions during the 2020–2021 COVID-19 pandemic, arguing businesses should receive more economic support. [137] Prior to the 2024 general election he appeared in a party election broadcast with Labour leader Keir Starmer. [138]
On 16 April 2022, Neville revealed that he will be banned from driving after reaching 12 penalty points on his licence and issued an apology. [139]
Neville drew public criticism for his support and financial partnership with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where he worked for the Qatari national broadcaster for an undisclosed fee. [140] [141] [142] He was called out by Ian Hislop on an episode of Have I Got News For You prior to the World Cup, for supporting a state known for serious human rights abuses. [143] [144]
Club | Season | League | FΑ Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other [nb 1] | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester United | 1992–93 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
1993–94 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
1994–95 | Premier League | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
1995–96 | Premier League | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 39 | 0 | ||
1996–97 | Premier League | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1 | |
1997–98 | Premier League | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |
1998–99 | Premier League | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | |
1999–2000 | Premier League | 22 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
2000–01 | Premier League | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 1 | |
2001–02 | Premier League | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |
2002–03 | Premier League | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | – | 44 | 1 | ||
2003–04 | Premier League | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 | |
2004–05 | Premier League | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
2005–06 | Premier League | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | ||
2006–07 | Premier League | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 33 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2008–09 | Premier League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
2009–10 | Premier League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
2010–11 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 400 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 117 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 602 | 7 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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England | 1995 | 6 | 0 |
1996 | 10 | 0 | |
1997 | 7 | 0 | |
1998 | 8 | 0 | |
1999 | 3 | 0 | |
2000 | 7 | 0 | |
2001 | 8 | 0 | |
2002 | 5 | 0 | |
2003 | 7 | 0 | |
2004 | 12 | 0 | |
2005 | 4 | 0 | |
2006 | 7 | 0 | |
2007 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 85 | 0 |
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | ||||
Valencia | 2 December 2015 | 30 March 2016 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 35.71 | 39 | 38 | +1 | |
Total | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 35.71 | 39 | 38 | +1 |
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Salford City Football Club is a professional association football club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.
The 1998–99 season was Manchester United's seventh season in the FA Premier League and their 24th consecutive season in the top division of English football. After finishing the previous season without winning any titles, United won the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1998–99, the first side in English football to do so. During the campaign, United lost only five times: in the Charity Shield against Arsenal; in the fifth round of the League Cup against eventual winners Tottenham Hotspur; and three times in the league, including their only home loss all season, against Middlesbrough in December 1998. A run of 33 games unbeaten in all competitions began on 26 December at home to Nottingham Forest, whom they also beat 8–1 away from home in February 1999, Manchester United's record away win in the Premier League. The season was characterised by comebacks, particularly in the FA Cup fourth round against Liverpool and the semi-finals of the Champions League against Juventus, but none more so than in the Champions League final, when Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored in injury time to overturn Bayern Munich's early lead.
The 1999 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match between Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany, played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, on 26 May 1999, to determine the winner of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. Injury time goals from Manchester United's Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær cancelled out Mario Basler's early goal for Bayern to give Manchester United a 2–1 win and their first European Cup title since 1968, their second overall. Referee Pierluigi Collina has cited this match as one of the most memorable of his career, and described the noise from the crowd at the end of the game as being like a "lion's roar".
Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera, known as Antonio Valencia, is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played primarily as a right-sided player throughout his career, initially as a right winger, before developing into a right-back. He is regarded as one of the best Ecuadorian footballers of all time.
The 2004 FA Cup final was the 123rd FA Cup Final and the fourth to be played at the Millennium Stadium, the Welsh national stadium in Cardiff, due to the ongoing reconstruction of the usual venue, London's Wembley Stadium. The match took place on 22 May 2004 and it was contested by Manchester United, who had finished third in the Premier League that season, and Millwall, who had finished 10th in the First Division.
The 1999 FA Cup final was an association football match that took place on 22 May 1999 at the old Wembley Stadium in London to determine the winner of the 1998–99 FA Cup. It was contested between Manchester United and Newcastle United. Goals from Teddy Sheringham and Paul Scholes gave Manchester United a 2–0 win to claim their 10th FA Cup title. It was the second part of the treble of trophies Manchester United won during the 1998–99 season, which was completed four days later, when they won the Champions League.
The UEFA Celebration Match was a football match played at Old Trafford, Manchester, on 13 March 2007 as a celebration of both the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, which laid the foundations for the European Union, and the first participation of Manchester United F.C. in UEFA competitions. Manchester United won the match 4–3 against a Europe XI managed by Italian World Cup-winning manager Marcello Lippi. All the hosts' goals came before half-time, while Florent Malouda scored for the Europe XI midway through the first half and El Hadji Diouf scored twice in the second.
Fergie's Fledglings were a group of football players recruited by Manchester United under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson and trained by assistant coaches Brian Kidd and Eric Harrison, before eventually progressing to the first team during the 1990s.
The 1998 Football Association Charity Shield was the 76th FA Charity Shield, an annual English football match organised by The Football Association and played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. It was contested on 9 August 1998 by Arsenal – who won a league and FA Cup double the previous season – and Manchester United – who finished as runners-up in the league. Watched by a crowd of 67,342 at Wembley Stadium in London, Arsenal won the match 3–0.
Eric George Harrison was an English professional football player and coach. He played in midfield for several teams, including notable spells at Halifax Town and Barrow. Harrison became a football coach and worked at Everton before he was brought to Manchester United by Ron Atkinson in 1981 to manage the youth team. Under Alex Ferguson, Harrison developed "one of the best crops of young players in the English game" – the so-called Fergie's Fledglings – which included David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville.
Although Arsenal and Manchester United have frequently been in the same division in English football since 1919, the rivalry between the two clubs only became a fierce one in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the teams regularly competed against each other for the Premier League title and the FA Cup. There was also an enmity between the managers, Arsenal's Arsène Wenger (1996–2018) and United's Sir Alex Ferguson (1986–2013), as well as club captains Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane. Their contests often involved on-field trouble – seven red cards were shown in matches from February 1997 to February 2005. The league fixture in September 2003, known as the "Battle of Old Trafford", was marred by a mêlée instigated by Arsenal players, who felt striker Ruud van Nistelrooy had cheated to get Vieira sent off. A season later, Manchester United ended Arsenal's unbeaten run in controversial circumstances, which led to more disorder, this time in the tunnel.