Most Decorated Player In English Football History

Medals and honours is every player's dream and in the history of English football there has been many but one stands out as he is the most decorated player in the history of the game in England.

Ryan Joseph Giggs, a Wales international who plays for Manchester United, is the most decorated player in the history of English football with a total of 
35 winners medals.


The 39 year old who has played for Manchester United his entire career signed a professional contract with the club on 29 November 1990( his 17th birthday) and from then has made a total of 959 appearances scoring 168 goals.

Giggs made his first appearance for United in the 1990-91 season and became a regular in the team soon after. Here is a breakdown of his honours

Winners Medals:

Premier League (13): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13

FA Cup (4): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04

Football League Cup (4): 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10

FA Community Shield (9): 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013

UEFA Champions League (2): 1998–99, 2007–08

UEFA Super Cup (1): 1991

Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999

FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008

Other Personal Records are:

Only Manchester United player to have winner's medals from all 13 Premier League title wins.

Most Premier League appearances for a player, with 611

Most Premier League assists

Only player to have played in 22 successive Premier League seasons.

Only player to have scored in 21 successive Premier League seasons.

Only player to have scored in 17 different Champions League tournaments
(includes 11 consecutive tournaments, 1996–97 to 2006–07; only Raúl has a better record with 14)

Most goals by a British player in the Champions League/European Cup proper history, and 14th overall (not including preliminary rounds).

Most UEFA Champions league appearances.
   
Most appearances by a Manchester United player.

Most starts by a Manchester United player, started in 794 games.
   
First player to score 100 Premier League goals for Manchester United.
   
Second midfielder to have scored 100 goals in the Premier League for a single club (first being Matt Le Tissier).
   
One of four Manchester United players to win two Champions League Medals (others are Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Wes Brown).
   
Oldest (37 years, 289 days) player to score in the Champions League, when he scored against Benfica on 14 September 2011.
  
One of two Manchester United Players to win at least 10 Top division medals (the other one is Paul Scholes.)
   
Oldest (38 years, 243 days) player to score in the Football competition at the Summer Olympics, when he scored against United Arab Emirates on 29 July 2012.

Giggs made 64 appearances for his country (Wales) and has always been regarded as one of the greatest players ever to have not played in the World Cup.

Giggs is currently a player coach assisting current Manchester United Coach, David Moyes.